10 LGBTQ+ Dating Tips: Clarity, Privacy and Your Own Pace

10 LGBTQ+ Dating Tips: Clarity, Privacy and Your Own Pace

Dating as an LGBTQ+ person can bring excitement, uncertainty and questions about how much of yourself to share. There is no single queer dating style. Your identity, experience, access needs and circumstances belong in the conversation without becoming a test you have...
Keeping a Connection Warm Without Playing Games

Keeping a Connection Warm Without Playing Games

A thoughtful message or shared joke can be a welcome way to stay connected. It works best when it fits the relationship and leaves both people free to respond in their own time. You cannot ensure that someone thinks about you constantly. Instead, consider what kind of...
Relationship Growth: Responsibility Without Ranking Each Other

Relationship Growth: Responsibility Without Ranking Each Other

If you feel that your partner is “more developed” than you, pause before treating the relationship as a ranking. One person may be more comfortable with a particular skill, such as naming a feeling or planning a difficult conversation. That does not give them greater...
How Often to See a New Partner: Finding a Pace That Fits

How Often to See a New Partner: Finding a Pace That Fits

How often should you see someone you have just started dating? There is no number that proves interest, prevents disappointment or makes a relationship last. A workable pace depends on what both people want, their circumstances and whether they can make choices...
Can You Love Someone While Struggling to Love Yourself?

Can You Love Someone While Struggling to Love Yourself?

You do not need to reach a certain level of confidence before you are allowed to care for someone or receive affection. Self-doubt and a wish for connection can exist together. A relationship is not a reward reserved for people who feel completely comfortable with...
How to Know if You Are a Free Spirit

How to Know if You Are a Free Spirit

“Free spirit” can be a way to describe the room you want for curiosity, independence or a less conventional life. You may enjoy the phrase because it names something you value, even if you also like familiar routines and dependable plans. Instead of checking whether...
Going on a Retreat, A Sex Retreat

Going on a Retreat, A Sex Retreat

A sex retreat is a place that couples can go to so that they can connect with each other sexually. This allows you and your partner to have a weekend with a sex therapist so that you can focus on impacting your sex life for the positive. If you have problems with...
Being in a Loyal Relationship

Being in a Loyal Relationship

Loyalty in a relationship can mean keeping commitments, being honest about matters that affect each other and offering care through difficult moments. It becomes clearer when you discuss what you each mean instead of assuming the word guarantees the same expectations....
Manifesting Love: Intentions, Practical Steps and Mutual Choice

Manifesting Love: Intentions, Practical Steps and Mutual Choice

If manifesting love means making space for a relationship you value, it can be a personal reflection practice. Writing an intention or imagining a caring partnership may help you name what you want. It cannot make a particular person choose you or promise when a...
Using Affirmations to Attract Love

Using Affirmations to Attract Love

Do you want to have love in your life? No matter what you are going through in your life, relationships, job or more, you can change your mind set for love and use affirmations to bring love into your life. Getting Love Even if you love to be single, finding a...