For a guy, one of the most important steps in any relationship and love is getting to know her friends. Her pals are what I call the defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator, special teams coach — the list goes on. Basically, until you get their approval, her BFFs are going to be ripping you apart. They’re going to be evaluating each and every move, almost like going through the game tape after each date. As a relationship expert, here is my best advice for winning her friends over.
Couple eating chips at a Mexican restaurant. Photo: garren / Bigstock.com
By Emma L. Wells
This weekend date idea will have you and your sweetheart traveling the world without ever leaving your couch. It’s perfect for a night when you might be a little tired but still want to spend some quality, fun time together. All you need is a good appetite and some takeout menus! …Don’t miss the rest! Click here.
Author Ellen McCarthy Discusses ‘The Real Thing’ About Relationships and Love: Find “Someone Who Appreciates Your Whole, Quirky, Imperfect, Wonderful Self”
The day a bride walks down the aisle is magical not only for the lovebirds but for all those in attendance. Family and friends gather to gaze upon this unforgettable event. Weddings make us all ponder the intricate weaving of a lasting relationship and love and what it takes to create one. Having covered over 200 ceremonies as a wedding reporter for The Washington Post, relationship author Ellen McCarthy has crafted a warm, insightful book based on the couples she has had the privilege of interviewing. In her new book about love, titled The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life From a Wedding Reporter’s Notebook, she shares her findings on what it takes to reach this ever-magical day and make it last forever and always. …Keep reading for expert love advice from the relationship author!
Relationship experts provide insightful relationship advice to fix everyday problems of relationships and love in new book about love.
By Emma L. Wells
Relationship experts Dr. Lana Staheli and Dr. Pepper Schwartz are taking their dating advice to a new level of efficiency in Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls. In their new book about love, they offer quick, clear, practical fixes — or snaps — that couples can use to improve the day-to-day problems that often occur in relationships and love. The authors have identified 40 different situations that many couples face and 40 specific strategies for dealing with them. It’s the do-it-yourself marriage counseling book that we’ve all been waiting for! This relationship advice covers issues ranging from small, everyday squabbles to larger disputes that emerge over the course of a long-term love, offering couples an alternative to expensive discussion-based therapy. …Don’t miss the rest of our interview with the relationship authors! Click here for more.
Learning how to listen to your body is of the utmost importance, especially during pregnancy. While you’re waiting for your bundle of joy to arrive, prenatal yoga will calm your mind, relax you, and build your endurance to prepare you for the journey of motherhood. To help pregnant women everywhere, Gaiam has teamed up with renowned yoga expert Desi Bartlett to create a new workout DVD called Prenatal Yoga Workout with Desi Bartlett. With our product review, find out how you can stay calm throughout your pregnancy and learn some helpful love advice for you and your honey during this time!
In her book about love, relationship author Daisy Buchanan shares dating advice on how to find relationships and love online.
By Jenna Bagcal
Daisy Buchanan knows that online dating can be overwhelming for some people, but she wants to show readers that love can be found on the Internet. In her new book about love, Meeting Your Match: Navigating the Minefield of Online Dating, the relationship author teaches people how to get the best results when venturing into the virtual world to find a mate. She provides a comprehensive guide of love advice that includes how to find the best site for you based on the website’s “personality,” how to make your profile appealing to potential partners, and even how online dating should be approached by first-time users. In this exclusive interview, Buchanan, who met her fiancé online, shares her firsthand dating advice with readers interested in finding a relationship and love in the age of the Internet. Continue reading →
Reality TV star & Married at First Sight relationship expert Dr. Joseph Cilona gives love advice to help couples with their relationships & love. Photo courtesy of A&E.
The cart comes way before the horse on the reality TV show, Married at First Sight. This series takes a social experiment to the extreme: Six people agree to be matched by experts and get legally married before ever meeting, seeing a picture, or having a conversation with their future spouse. Four experts — a sexologist, a spiritualist, a psychologist, and a sociologist — complete scientific experiments and extensive research to pair up each couple. The show then documents their wedding days, their honeymoons, and the next six weeks of their marriages. After six weeks, each couple must decide whether to get divorced or stay together. In our exclusive celebrity interview with psychologist Dr. Joseph Cilona, he shares his expert relationship advice and reveals the methods used to determine compatibility on the psychological level. …On the edge of your seat? Click here for more!
Justin Bieber. Photo: Santiago Interiano / PRPhotos.com
By Meranda Yslas
Sorry ladies, it seems that Justin Bieber isn’t looking for a new girlfriend anytime soon. As told in UsMagazine.com, Bieber is happy being a single celebrity. The singer shared, “At this point in my life I’m so focused on myself that I’m not looking for a girlfriend. I’m just trying to make sure I’m 100 percent so I can add to the person I want to be with. I want a girl I can trust, who I can lean on. This business is hard, and I want someone I can confide in.” As the 21 year old star is concentrating on himself, his romantic relationships are taking the backseat.
You won’t find any romantic relationships here! What are some reasons to delay entering into a new relationship?
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams are divorced and Adams has moved on. Photo: Fame Pictures
By Meranda Yslas
Hollywood has a new celebrity couple! Singer Ryan Adams is now dating singer Amber Heard’s younger sister, Whitney Heard, according to People.com. Just two months earlier, Adams and actress Mandy Moore officially announced their celebrity divorce. Although the celebrity couple had been married for almost six years before the split, they were going their separate ways beforehand. One insider shared, “They really were just two very different people. He’s such an introvert, and she may not want her life out there every day, but she’s so sweet and friendly and social. Total opposites.”
It looks like former celebrity couple Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore are going their separate ways! How do you know when you’re ready to move on from a past love?
Other relationship experts may discourage you from talking about your ex on a first date, but in this week’s dating advice video, relationship expert, and E!’s Famously Single dating coach, Laurel House says otherwise. “More than revealing your past, it can also set the standard of expectation for your future,” she explains. “It can even make him feel good about himself!”
Josh Murray and Andi Dorfman. Photo courtesy of Andi's Instagram.
By Emma L. Wells
It’s only been two months since his sudden celebrity break-up with Andi Dorfman, but Josh Murray seems to be doing just fine. At the iHeartRadio Music Awards, E! Online asked him if he missed his celebrity ex, and he said no. “We’re friends and everything like that,” he responded. “But at the end of the day, when you’re very different from somebody else, it just doesn’t work out.” He also said that, while eventually he wants a relationship and family, he’s not dating right now. When asked if he would consider returning to The Bachelorette to find that special someone, he replied, “It was a great experience, but I did that already, and I’m kind of moving on from that specific part of my life.” Still, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of being the next Bachelor if asked.
The winner of The Bachelorette seems happy without his celebrity ex. What are some ways you can cope with a break-up and move on too?
In this week’s Single in Stilettos relationship advice video, matchmaker Suzanne Oshima and relationship author Duana Welch reveal how to know if a man is a cheater.
Relationship Author Reveals Dating Advice for Determining if a Man is a Cheater
First, the dating experts share a piece of good news: Most men are not cheaters! To help you figure out if your guy will cheat, here are five types of men who are more prone to infidelity: Mr. History follows a pattern of cheating — not once but multiple times; Mr. All That has women at his beck and call and just can’t resist the constant temptation; Mr. Highly Experienced is used to dating numerous women and doesn’t want to commit; Mr. Globe Trotter attracts ladies with his wealth and adventurous spirit; and Mr. Personality is a narcissist who doesn’t see anything wrong with getting “some” on the side.
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How can you tell if a man is a cheater? Share your love advice in the comments below!
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have a work marriage. Photo: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
By Dr. Jane Greer
The on-screen chemistry shared by actors Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper is so true to life, it’s hard to believe it isn’t real. The two can be seen everywhere from Silver Linings Playbook to American Hustle to their upcoming project, Serena. Both admit to being each other’s work spouses, but insist there is no sex in their faux celebrity marriage. Having a close relationship with someone at work can happen to anyone, not just celebs. You don’t actually have to be “playing” husband and wife on screen to feel like you are just that, to an extent. It can happen in any job setting.
The love advice question is, how entangled can you become with a work spouse, and where do you draw the line so the relationship doesn’t negatively affect other parts of your life?
Dolly Parton gives love advice. Photo: PRN / PRPhotos.com
By Jenna Bagcal
In Hollywood, there are few married celebrity couples who stay together, and an increase in celebrity divorces and break-ups. With that thought in mind, it’s so refreshing to see Hollywood couples who are successful in their relationships and love, like Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean. In recent celebrity news from People.com, Parton, who has been married for 49 years, discusses her relationship and shares her love advice for a successful marriage. “They say that opposites attract, and it’s true,” the country crooner says. “We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun. I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me.”
After 49 years of marriage, Dolly Parton has valuable love advice to share! How do you continually work on strengthening your marriage?
Generosity in a relationship. Photo: Kasia Bialasiewicz / Bigstock.com
by Molly Jacob
It’s a fact that generous couples are happier couples. Experts are finding that love advice for stronger relationships can be just as simple as increasing the generosity between the two of you. Being generous in the realm of relationships and love doesn’t always have to do with money, but can even be something as simple as helping your partner unload the groceries.
Cupid has relationship advice for how to increase the generosity in your relationship!
Former 'Bachelorette' Emily Maynard shares photos of her celebrity pregnancy & celebrity baby shower and showcases her relationship and love. Photos courtesy of Instagram.
By Emma L. Wells
Lucky for fans, former Bachelorette Emily Maynard is keeping the world up-to-date about her celebrity pregnancy via Instagram. Last week, the blonde beauty posted a picture of herself with husband Tyler Johnson and daughter Ricki with the caption, “Spring break on a boat.” In it, the reality TV star is glowing, and her baby bump is growing! UsMagazine.com reported that she recently celebrated her celebrity baby shower and shared a sweet photo of the gender reveal cake. Unfortunately, Maynard didn’t let out any secrets about her celebrity pregnancy, writing, “The cutest gender reveal cake I ever could’ve imagined…I’ll let you all know once I tell all our family first 🙂 Any guesses?”
This Bachelorette star is having fun during her celebrity pregnancy! What are some pre-baby activities you and your partner can do to make this time special?
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By Keith Miller
For many couples, there’s no substitute for the dedicated attention of a qualified couples therapist to breathe life into your relationship and love life. For others, an intensive weekend retreat, relationship coach, self-help educational product, or online program can be very effective.
You may want to consider alternatives to couples therapy, or some combination of both, if your situation warrants it.
“There is a difference between loving, helping and accepting others, and actually letting them be a part of your precious life.”
These days, we all seem to talk a lot about our kids or our friends or our spouses going off to “find themselves” when things aren’t going quite right for them. But the truth of the matter is, it isn’t really possible to “find” ourselves. If we are going to be successful in our relationship and love life, we must “make” ourselves into the person we want to be. Consider these two pieces of dating advice: First, remember to have realistic expectations, and second, know that you can choose to be happy with yourself. I love the following quote by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz: “People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds. It is something one creates.”
Relationships and love are never easy roads tonavigate. However, when you know you’ve hit a dead end and it’s time to move on, it’s natural to feel scared at the prospect of taking a new path. Sometimes letting your significant other go via social media can seem like the ideal situation. But, it isn’t the best option.
Cupid has a few pieces of relationship advice below as to why you should not break up via a social media channel.
Reality TV stars and celebrity couple Chris Soules and Whitney Bischoff prove their relationship and love is stronger than celebrity gossip. Photos courtesy of Instagram.
By Emma L. Wells
Like many Bachelor and Bachelorette couples that have come before them, famous couple Chris Soules and Whitney Bischoff are facing a spinning rumor mill following the announcement of their celebrity engagement. But this pretty pair is determined not to let the celebrity gossip ruin their happiness! Both reality TV stars have posted recent photos to Instagram to prove that their relationship and love is as strong as ever. According to Wetpaint.com, this weekend, Soules shared a heartwarming photo from filming with the message, “She brings me happiness.”
Bischoff also took to Instagram, posting a snap of the famous couple cuddling on the couch together. When recently asked about the celebrity break-up rumors and tabloid drama, she responded, “You can’t read it. You really just can’t. There’s so much outside noise out there.”
This famous couple clearly isn’t letting celebrity gossip damage their relationship and love. What are some ways to stay strong despite rumors?
On this week’s Single in Stilettos show, founder and matchmaker Suzanne Oshima talks to dating expert David Crowther about the number one thing a man wants in a woman.
The relationship experts first clarify that beauty is not an option. As Oshima explains, “Ladies, physical looks are the number one thing, but I’m talking about the number one quality a woman should have in order to get a man.” Crowther then responds with his expert love advice: It’s going to vary from guy to guy! “Some men love to be challenged, while some men love to be nurtured or taken care of,” he shares. The dating expert encourages you to figure out what part of you is most important for a guy to accept; if he’s not okay with that piece of your personality, then he’s not the one for you. It’s that simple!
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What do you think men want most when it comes to their search for love? Tell us in the comments below!
In Rachel Brathen’s new book Yoga Girl, you’ll not only find the key to a successful harmony of body, mind, and spirit, but you’ll also discover how to utilize this balance to achieve a fulfilling relationship and love life. The book is about more than just twisting on a mat; in it, Brathen shares her own life journey and how the physical and emotional healing process of yoga led her to understand the importance of living in the moment and appreciating all the good that surrounds us. Yoga Girl takes readers on an unforgettable journey from a place of uncertainty and insecurity to one of wholeness and happiness. In our exclusive author interview, we uncovered the mysteries of all the gifts that yoga has to offer.
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By Shirley Leung
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