Active Relationships Blog

Incidences of rage are becoming more common. Before responding to rage, consider: How vulnerable is your current position? And are you in danger?

There is one circumstance I’ve found where available literature is sparse: how to date someone who has lost a spouse. Here are points to consider when dating a widower.

Doing what we feel like doing may feel powerful in the moment but rarely serves our long-term goals. Using your brain rather than your feelings to determine your behaviors pays off – big time.

We hope once kids leave the nest we will have time to take care of our needs. The fact is that we need to be nurturing our relationship and preparing for that well before the house is empty.

Our 2021 updates to ARC’s Active Choices curriculum has me thinking about being single, and the stigma that often exists around it. We updated Active Choices with the latest research and I found myself pondering the fact that lots of people get married for the wrong reasons. One of those reasons is that people think they ought to be married.