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3 Ways to Start Balancing Parenthood and Your Relationship

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Keeping up with the conversations, decisions, and changes that come with starting and supporting a family is far more difficult than most can imagine. Whether you have a newborn at home or a family of six, balancing parenthood and your relationship with your partner is a trial for most couples. But conscious communication and a little guidance from a family-friendly relationship counselor go a long way toward striking a healthy balance.

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What Exactly Is Love?

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Valentine’s Day may have passed, but love is still in the air. And it has us thinking about what love truly is. However, there may never be a firm and fast answer that fits everyone’s perception. Not only does the definition of love evolve over time, but every human being understands and defines love differently. That’s why it’s important for couples to talk about what love looks like to them and how they most effectively experience it.

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Coming Out As Bisexual To Your Partner

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Our sexuality is a huge part of our identity, and while coming out as gay, bisexual, or any other non-straight sexuality may be scary and, in some cases, painful, it can also be liberating and empowering. Establishing our sexuality is an important part of our developmental journey into adulthood, and it helps us gain a sense of authenticity with ourselves, as well as with our partners.

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Navigating an Interracial Relationship

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In American society, the topic of race is charged with hundreds of years of prejudice, violence, and systemic inequality. Even today, people of color face injustice at every stage of life, including marriage and relationships.

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How Babies Affect a Relationship

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When couples consider expanding their families, what they are really considering is how their relationship and their individual lives may change as a result of bringing a new child into the world. Sometimes that looks like warm hugs over a bundle of joy, sometimes it looks like arguing quietly in the kitchen about whose turn it is to do the dishes. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to sustaining a healthy relationship during pregnancy and those first chaotic years of parenthood, it’s important to go in with a realistic idea of how life is about to change and what you can do to help restore balance to your relationship.

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How to be Giving Toward Your Partner

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As the holidays approach, we often think about the kinds of things our partner likes and what we are planning to give them. Usually, it’s a physical object that we intend to wrap and put under the tree. But we don’t have to buy something for our partner or physically give them anything at all in order to be a giving partner. To give is to provide something, and more often than not, our partner needs us to provide them with more than gifts.

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