Common sense, and research says that good communication can improve relationships by increasing intimacy, trust and support. The opposite is also true. Poor communication can weaken bonds and create mistrust. Here are some examples of negative and even destructive attitudes and communication patterns that can actually increase conflict in a relationship. Are you following one […]
All relationships take work, but long distance relationships take a bit more effort in the way of communication, compromise, and understanding. Statistics show that an estimated 2.9% of US marriages were considered long distance, with 1 in 10 marriages reported to have included a period of long distance within the first 3 years. If you […]
To snoop, or not to….. In my book The Mean Girls Handbook of Etiquette my co-author and I have a chapter named after a song Kayne West has called “paranoid.” In the song he says “why are you so paranoid, you worry about the wrong things, wrong things.” Every woman is guilty of becoming paranoid in […]
Are you in a dead-end relationship? Have you asked for a certain level of commitment but never received it? Maybe…just maybe you could be wasting your time, holding out hope for a man who’s not trying to be with you long term. Keep your eyes wide open for these three signs! I want to spare […]
On Saturday, CentricTV will air Michael Baisden’s documentary, “Do Women Know What They Want?” I saw the previews for the film last weekend, and as I watched the snippet on the website, it’s clear the special is of the Steve Harvey ilk: “Let me fix women’s expectations about men so they can stop whining about why […]
