Romantic getaways and picturesque holiday vacations sound like the perfect time to connect with your partner. But our ideas about that perfect vacation don’t always come true. Sometimes we find ways to mess things up when they’re going well as a form of self-sabotage.

Infidelity is traumatic. Often, it’s too damaging for a relationship to survive it. Even though emotional infidelity doesn’t involve physical contact, the harm done to the faithful partner is much the same.

Appreciation is a major key to a successful long-term relationship. If you and your partner are no longer interested in making each other happy, your relationship is struggling

In a relationship, fighting is necessary. It can actually be a red flag if you two never argue. But the opposite is also true.

Communication is the bedrock of relationships. Learning to deal with conflict in a healthy way is the key to maintaining a long-lasting, fulfilling partnership.

Our culture has a way of easily categorizing things in black and white terms. When we think of fighting with our partners, the impulse is to worry that it’s always unhealthy.