Relationships

• This Valentine’s Day, Give Your Relationship a “Tune-Up”

  This Valentine’s Day, don’t forgo the chocolate and the roses, but give something more by taking the time to look under your relationship’s hood and make sure everything is running smoothly.

• Turn Divorce Into Personal Growth

  Instead of merely vegging on the couch with the latest divorce self-help book, try writing a little yourself and creating a journal that will help you better process your feelings and create a new life story that leaves you stronger, happier and more independent.

• Divorce: Six Steps to Being a Survivor

  Anyone who has navigated the rough waters of divorce will tell you it can make the Australian Outback look like a day in the park. It takes all the grit you have to turn emotions like anger, fear and sorrow into positive energy to manage your divorce successfully.

• Happily Ever After… Divorce: 7 Steps to “Moving On”

  So the story of your marriage ended less like a Disney cartoon and more like a Shakespearean tragedy. Now that all the legal and financial matters are settled, staying in bed with a carton of Ben & Jerry’s and watching rerun Lifetime movies may seem appealing. After all, there are all those love struck couples walking around on the street and not enough things to throw at them.

• Marriage Mayday: Seven Signs That You’re Headed for Divorce

  Since communication breakdown is often a glaring sign on the road to Splitsville, it isn’t surprising that one partner in a relationship is often caught off guard by the dreaded delivery of divorce papers. Below are seven warning signs of a marriage going sour.

• Can We Be Friends?: Shifting From Partnership to Friendship

  It’s the dreaded four-word phrase.”Can we be friends?” It’s a classic break-up line, but it’s also an issue that must be faced when a relationship hits the rocks. In reality, the questions ought to be “should we be friends?” And, if so, “how will we define that relationship?”

• Cohabitation Nation: The Real Scoop About Living Together

  While the marriage rate is at it’s lowest level in four decades, cohabitation between non-married partners has increased 1,150 percent in the last 40 years. A recent USA Today article attributes this trend to twenty and thirty-somethings being disillusioned by their parents’ divorcing. Others say it is an exercise in freedom from the rules and regulations of marriage.

• Dressing for Divorce: What You Wear Could Matter

  You spent six months picking out your wedding dress. Now it’s two hours before your divorce hearing and a nice comfortable jogging suit seems just fine. Before you throw on any old thing and head to the courthouse, remember that appearance is a critical factor in any legal proceeding.