Relationship Advice Cafe

How To Confront a Cheating Spouse

May 19, 2012

As tears of rage, shame and disbelieve gush out of your eyes, you feel as if your heart is being ripped out of your chest, while your stomach is heaving with waves of convulsive pain. You just read an email, you discovered a charge for a hotel room on your partner’s credit card bill, or [...]

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How To Make Him Commit

May 18, 2012

You know her. She’s that friend who is constantly trying to get the guy she’s dating, her “kind of” boyfriend, to commit to her by doing everything in her power to make him happy. She does what he does, she goes along with whatever he wants, she reads articles about how to make him commit…She [...]

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10 Things To Consider Before Getting Engaged

May 18, 2012

Here’s how the story goes – You’re dating a special someone. Love abounds. You begin to feel they’re the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. The next steps seem pretty clear… proposal, engagement, planning, invitations, the big day, honeymoon and happily ever after. Cue Disney music and release the doves. [...]

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10 Tips to Beat the Cheat: How To Stress Less After Infidelity

May 17, 2012

Infidelity is a taboo subject that many don’t like to discuss. But with divorce on the rise, it is a common issue that occurs more frequently than many believe. According to the website InfidelityFacts.com, over half of men AND women admit to having cheated on a partner and the vast majority (68% of women and [...]

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5 Red-Flags You Have to Eliminate in Your Marriage Today

May 16, 2012

As I sat with my friend Mandy* the other day, I listened as she passionately told me how things between she and her husband were devastatingly hopeless. I saw the hurt in her eyes and heard the pain in her voice. My heart ached for her, yet I realized that this was only her side [...]

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Top 6 Reasons You Love A Bad Boy…And Shouldn’t

May 16, 2012

This is not a new topic. Google “Bad boys and good girls” and prepare to be occupied for the next year, viewing articles, opinion polls and suggestions for how to kick your bad habit. Everyone knows it’s a dangerous dynamic, yet women continue going back, time and time again. What gives? The answer lies in [...]

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How To Cope With A Break Up

May 16, 2012

Navigating a break-up can leave you feeling like you are on an emotional roller coaster. You may experience symptoms of grief and focus on what is lost. Even more, it can be challenging to accept the loss when you have invested so personally, creating dreams and shared experiences that you want to hold onto. This [...]

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How To Rebuild Your Relationship After An Affair

May 16, 2012

After an affair, we look for all the pain and devastation to end. We would like to have forgiven our partners or to be forgiven. We may wonder if it was better not to know, therefore we don’t have to suffer. We would like for everything to return to normal. However there is no returning [...]

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8 Tips To Affair-Proof Your Marriage

May 16, 2012

As a Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in infidelity, I see the devastating results of affairs every day. I see men and women who step out of their marriage sexually, emotionally, and sometimes both. One thing I love about what I do, if given the chance, is helping the couple discover where the marriage [...]

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In The Dating World, Nothing Beats Authenticity

May 16, 2012

What does it mean to be authentic? Authenticity is defined as not false or copied; genuine; real. It is being who you are under all circumstances. It is about showing up to any situation (especially dating) as the whole person you are. It’s about speaking up about your likes and dislikes, your passions, your fears [...]

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