Ask anyone “What is the opposite of love?” and the answer you will most likely receive is “hate.” Sounds like a simple enough question. But “hate” is not the answer; the opposite of love is indifference – having no strong feelings, apathy, lack of interest in the other person or in the relationship. When couples [...]

Ladies, what happened the last time you had lunch with a girlfriend? Most likely you connected – venting your frustrations, worries and complaints about life. Then your friend did the same. When lunch was over, nothing changed but you both walked away with a sense of peace and a feeling that you were not alone [...]

How does your partner communicate that he loves you? Does he buy you flowers? Tell you how beautiful you look? Expressing love is one of the most, if not the most important form of communication in a relationship. Our natural tendency is to express love the way we would like it be communicated to us. [...]

Communication is like breathing. We do it all day long without much conscious effort or thought; when times are good and we are healthy we take it for granted; it’s usually not until it breaks down that we begin to pay more attention to it. Until then, we don’t realize how complicated communication is. Here’s [...]

Why is communication so difficult? Melissa: When Joe goes away on business trips once a month, he doesn’t understand that I need him to keep in touch. He’ll call once at night, but if he goes out late with his co-workers I may not hear from him at all. He is so insensitive and gets [...]