Relationship

Learn the signs that indicate your relationship may need professional help and how seeking guidance can strengthen your bond.

Regular check-ups on communication, trust, and intimacy can strengthen your relationship and foster deeper connections between partners.

Resentment rarely starts with a blow-up. It builds in the quiet moments, in the ones where you feel dismissed, misunderstood, or like you're carrying more than your share. Left unspoken, that weight can slowly shift the feel of a relationship. But when you notice the signs early and respond with care, there’s a real chance to soften the tension and find your way back to each other.

Conflict is inevitable in any relationship, but it doesn’t have to create distance. From everyday disagreements to deeper emotional struggles, how you handle conflict can strengthen or weaken your bond. This guide explores the causes of relationship conflict, practical ways to resolve it, and how coaching can help break unhealthy patterns. With the right approach, conflict can bring you closer instead of pushing you apart.

How much conflict is normal in a relationship? Disagreements happen, but when do they become harmful? Learn the difference between healthy vs. unhealthy conflict, how to navigate disagreements, and practical tips for strengthening your bond through open communication.

What makes a relationship truly great? In a world filled with challenges, from busy schedules to everyday stress, thriving in a partnership requires effort, intention, and mutual support. This blog explores the foundational qualities of healthy relationships, such as trust, love, communication, respect, and commitment, and dives into actionable insights to help couples navigate common challenges like miscommunication, emotional disconnect, and boundary conflicts. With expert advice and practical tips, learn how to strengthen your connection, support each other’s growth, and create a bond that not only survives but thrives. Whether you’re in a new relationship or a long-term partnership, this article offers the tools to help your love grow deeper and stronger over time.

Infusing play in your relationships is like breathing life into it - like breathing air into a deflated balloon, a good dose of play can revive any stale relationship. It’s no wonder that that Dr. Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute for Play, compares play to oxygen - we don’t realize how important it is, until we don’t have it. Play activates the executive functioning in our brain in a way that invites vitality, curiosity, innovation, problem solving - plus it’s FUN.

Are you falling out of love or just becoming comfortable in your relationship? These are the signs and expert tips to know.

How do you know if you’re in a high-conflict relationship? These are the 5 signs that you are a high-conflict couple plus how to address the challenges.

This is everything you need to know about setting healthy boundaries in a relationship including how to establish boundaries and maintain them.

Are you having problems communicating with your partner? These are Ritual’s 10 expert tips to deal with a partner who won’t communicate.

Learn how to build emotional intimacy in your relationship with tips from Ritual’s experts including how to ignite passion and strengthen your bond.

How do you know it's time to get a divorce? These are the 5 signs it's time for a divorce plus how to approach discussing divorce with your partner and how to avoid divorce.

This is what to do when your partner won’t consider joining couples therapy including expert tips and alternatives to couples therapy.

Healthy disagreements, amicable resolutions, and parenting discussions. This is everything you need to know about conflict resolution in your relationship.

There is so much information available about spotting a toxic partner. However, here’s how to know if you’re the toxic one in the relationship.

How do you know when your relationship is in trouble? These are the 10 tell-tale signs from our experts.

How do you know if you’re getting the most out of your couples counseling, marriage counseling, or relationship guidance sessions? These are Ritual’s top 10 tips.

Self-awareness in a relationship is not always as easy as it may seem! Our experts have 10 tips to help you improve and practice self-awareness in your relationship.

Do you know your attachment style in a relationship? Identify yours and learn how it impacts relationships.

Have you ever considered adding a relationship reboot to your list of resolutions? These are our expert tips for strengthening your relationship in 2024.

For those of us having a hard time unlocking forgiveness, empathy can be the key.

The word “but” sneaks into many of our sentences, sending messages of dismissal and sabotaging our efforts at effective communication. You'd be surprised to know what word you can use instead to form a team with your partner, and change how you communicate around differences and fears.

Do you know the relationship warning signs? These are the obvious, and more subtle, relationship red flags that you should keep an eye out for over the holidays.

Wondering if your relationship can survive cheating? Read these 6 tips for moving forward after infidelity.

Hurt feelings don’t have to turn into huge fights. This relationship hack saves so much heartache and makes sure you’ll be heard and understood like never before. Here’s how to harness the power of I-statements

Love is often seen as the absence of boundaries, but is that really what makes for a healthy relationship? Here we explore why boundaries are especially important for couples and how they can make your connection stronger.

Resentment, a potent yet silent force, has the ability to undermine the very core of a romantic relationship. It is crucial to identify the telltale signs of this emotion and take decisive action to address it. Read on for strategies of letting go and moving on stronger.

Marriage is a beautiful journey, but it's no secret that even the strongest bonds face turbulent times. Here, we uncover the hidden reasons behind failing relationships and arm you with actionable strategies to steer your marriage away from destruction and towards enduring happiness.

How do you know if you need relationship help? These are the 10 signs you and your partner should speak with an expert.

Managing relationship conflicts can be tough, especially when arguments and unresolved issues accumulate. The strain of constant fighting is familiar to many couples. While not all problems have solutions, they don't have to severely strain your connection. Discover effective ways to address differences and change how you perceive conflicts.

Goodbye, larger-than-life unachievable goals. Looking for some simple ways to improve your relationship in the new year? Check out these five achievable resolution ideas and start 2023 right. This year, let's set ourselves up for success.

Attending your first relationship guidance session can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to! Here are 10 tips to help you prepare for your first couples therapy/relationship guidance session.

Much attention is given to sex in our relationship. So we often use sex as the relationship health barometer. Are we having it? Is it good? Are we having it enough? If I don’t want it, is that normal? Then we place values on the answers to these questions - determining and interpreting things about ourselves, our partner and our relationship - based on sex. But here’s the thing, the way we understand sex, is actually not personal.

Routine, security, and stability are all virtues of a long term relationship. The down side of these wonderful gains can sometimes be dullness, numbness, and stagnation. B o r i n g. We believe that long term relationships can be absolutely thrilling, with endless possibilities, adventures, and excitement.

In our relationships we strive for “picture-perfect” balance, harmony. And so we avoid conflict - which, according to all the data and science, is actually our sweet spot for growth as a couple. We reject the notion that conflict is bad, and invite people to step in with curiosity, adaptability, and vulnerability instead.

Professionally, we strive for growth and opportunity. We read leadership books and listen to all the podcasts. We hire business coaches, and run side gigs galore. We want to climb the ladder, and we’re willing to learn, work overtime, dedicate our weekends, and prioritize work over our personal lives for the sake of our professional future. But, do we invest as much in our relational future?

Have you ever shared a challenge with your partner and been met with a “don’t worry, you’re great.” While our partner may mean to support us or cheer us up, this response can often end up making us feel alone and unseen. Here’s a Ritual reframe on what actually happens in those moments, and how we can turn them into deeply intimate moments of growth, between you and your partner, and you and you.

Saying no isn’t bad - it’s an important skill in every relationship Relationships require a lot from us, but they don’t require us to lose ourselves in them. How can we stay close to each other while still being true to ourselves? This is where people struggle most so often stuck in the belief that boundaries are meant to keep *the bad stuff* out, why do we need to put up boundaries with our loved ones? But we do. And here’s why.