As every hopeless romantic would declare, love is bliss. And if you were to believe that every love story ends in “happily ever after”, the world would have been a happy place to live in.

My mother was meeting Mike for the first time, after hearing about him for many years. Mike Schwass: national speaker, published author, coach, therapist, namesake for the high school Blackhawks MVP award...and quadriplegic.

Is your relationship in trouble? Even if you have found the love of your life, it takes a lot of effort to keep a relationship loving. A healthy relationship begins with both partners being emotionally healthy. Learn more about the process and take a quiz to learn about your own identity.

Discover 3 huge barriers that inhibit couples recovering from infidelity to survive the extramarital affair and rebuild their marriage.

Here are 11 warnings. They are not meant to encourage judgment, moreover, they are meant to help you to respect where people are at. The last person to know where they are at is the person them self, because their lust, emotion, and need to be rescued from their hell will make you the idol they will worship. They will be so attached, yet, complain and struggle, often blaming you for all their problems, when really it was their reality before you met.

This power struggle is a turn off. I have heard it many times from different men. Why do we always want to prove to men that we are smarter, tough, and independent? Why keep score?

Verbal abuse says far more about the abuser than it ever says about you. If you were to give that abuse a physical image, what would you choose? You can use that image to reject the power that verbal abuse exerted over you once and for all.

There are no truer words spoken than, “Talk is cheap.” If you are in a relationship with someone who is unreliable and has a knack for disappointing you, is it worth it?

Many women do not recognize that they have the power within themselves to live the life they truly desire. Too often, women find themselves forfeiting that inner strength for the counterfeit of an externally driven motivator - the expectations and demands of relationships in their lives.

Seduction is the art of consciously alluring or tempting an individual to engage into a sexual act.

So, the courting is over and you have settled in to a relaxed state in your relationship. You know your partner, you can anticipate their needs, wants and desires and you can push their buttons when and if you choose to.

Do we let society dictate to us who we should fall in love with ? Or should we as individuals make that choice?

Most marriages that are troubled have these giver and receiver roles firmly fixed. In marriages that are happy, these roles will fluctuate between the partners regularly, depending on where the need is greatest. Where does most of your energy go during a normal day?

Any time a secret society suddenly becomes un-secret - or is, more aptly, penetrated - there is always a mixed reaction to a world that is in equal parts intriguing and pathetic. The society of pick-up artists revealed by Neil Strauss' The Game is no different. But buried among the acronyms and exploits of the pick-up community are some valuable insights...

When I was a younger man one of my girlfriends had told me I hope you get struck by lightning. I thought to myself the chances of me being struck by lightning or about a million to one. However they are not quite that high and in fact I used to like to go jogging in the rain because I was a very good runner in high school and college.

Everyone hates attending a party where they know hardly anyone. However, with a few tips, you might find yourself knowing everyone by the night's end.

When we are in an established relationship, we quite normally have expectations of our partner. What do we do when the other person in the relationship is failing to meet our needs?

Friendship is life's sweetest gift

Find out which questions you should be asking during your roommate interviews. Simply follow 3 easy steps and you'll never have to worry again about being unsure which questions to ask.

Expectations are relationship killers. I bet you’re thinking that I must be batty, you have to have expectations of your spouse otherwise they won’t do the things that you want them to do or they might turn into somebody that you hate.

Lonely. That's what Janette felt when her husband didn't kiss her goodbye before leaving for work. Sometimes his forgetfulness in this area brought her to tears.

This is a relationship action plan to help any single person to help you find a way to find your true love. This I how I done it.

It takes hard work to be in a relationship. Many men don't understand what's involved. So they cheat, instead. This article is for those of you.

Do you feel a deep need to be saved from inner loneliness and emptiness? Do you get entangled into co-dependent relationships? You can break free. Find out how