Labor of Love: Should a Relationship Take Work?


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 29 comments

Should Love Take Work?

The end of a relationship's honeymoon period typically comes with a realization that your partner can in fact do some wrong. It may start to bother you that he's not as social as you'd like, tunes out when you're venting about friends, or has irresponsible spending habits. And as time goes on, and you start to take each other for granted, it might take more effort to make time for date nights, Read more

Would You Go to Preemptive Couples Counseling?


Updated 08/19/10 4:34 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 8 comments

Preemptive Couples Counseling

Even if you'd rather talk to a friend than a therapist for your own problems, it's good to have an uninterested third party when navigating your trickier relationship differences. Yet some couples go to counseling before the problems even start. My friend and her boyfriend know they want to married, but they're seeing a psychologist once a week for couples counseling before they do anything Read more

How Not to Destroy Your Marriage


Updated 05/18/12 12:53 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Not to Destroy Your Marriage

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more

6 Tips For Dealing With Debt Collectors


Updated 05/17/12 9:53 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Deal With Debt Collectors

If your bill is long past its due date, then expect the debt collectors to come a-knockin'. Hiding from them and pretending they don't exist is not a good solution; it will only aggravate the problem and make things worse. Dealing with the issue head-on might help you catch a break. Here are a couple tips for dealing with those dreaded debt collectors: Know your rights. As consumers, we are Read more

What You Never Knew About Procrastination and How to Cure It


Updated 03/19/12 10:58 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Stop Chronic Procrastination

Some people may wonder why procrastination advice seems to never work for them and if there is a deeper issue at hand. Well, for 20 percent of the population who are chronic procrastinators, it is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, according to Joseph Ferrari, a psychology professor at DePaul University and a leading expert in the study of procrastination. For those 20 percent, Read more