In today’s world, the phrase “and they lived happily ever after” is often perceived as an element of a fairy tale, like it’s impossible in real life. But in fact, there are couples who managed to ...

When you're in a happy relationship, the little things matter just as much as the big ones. It's the subtle ways you express love and support that keep the relationship thriving and meaningful. The ...

People with secure attachments and healthy relationships not only live longer, they boast healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives, especially when they’re cultivated over multiple decades.

Anniversaries happen once a year and are certainly worth celebrating, whether you've been with your partner for five months or more than 50 years. Even if you aren't in a relationship right now, you ...

Relationships aren't always easy. Even for couples that seemed destined to stay together forever, there almost always seems to be some invisible force that threatens to tear them apart. That being ...

When couples walk into Dina Chavira's therapy room, she often sees the emotional wear of unspoken needs and unresolved tensions. But among the happiest, something else shows—effortless habits that ...

Happy couples understand that when an argument occurs matters almost as much as what is being argued about. These couples rarely initiate difficult conversations when either partner is hungry, ...

As couples therapists and associate professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, we spend a lot of time thinking about the keys to a long, loving relationship. We've also been married nearly 50 ...

The glow of smartphone screens illuminates countless faces scrolling through carefully curated relationship content, but behind the polished posts and heart-eyed emojis lies a more complex reality.

Just as you’re about to fall even deeper in love, they open their mouth to tell you they might have, ahem, put a little more on the credit card than they planned. Or perhaps to chide you for not ...

That might not sound like much of a hurdle. Don’t happy couples know they’re happy? Actually, often not. Psychologists say our brains can make it hard to appreciate the good things in our lives by ...