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Valentine’s Day is upon us, and for many people, that means showing your honey just how much you love them with cards and flowers, gifts and candy, candle lit dinners and an evening for two, but if you’re moving on from a relationship, Valentine’s Day may feel like another reminder that pours salt in the wound.

The poet Pablo Neruda once wrote “love is short, forgetting is so long,” and for those of you who are trying to move on, you may feel like forgetting is too long. Friends and family will tell you “time heals all wounds” or “just give it time” and while these adages are true, here are a few other helpful things you can do that will help you move on.


Is it time to move on?


Valentine’s Day is upon us, and for many people, that means showing your honey just how much you love them with cards and flowers, gifts and candy, candle lit dinners and an evening for two, but if you’re moving on from a relationship, Valentine’s Day may feel like another reminder that pours salt in the wound.

The poet Pablo Neruda once wrote “love is short, forgetting is so long,” and for those of you who are trying to move on, you may feel like forgetting is too long. Friends and family will tell you “time heals all wounds” or “just give it time” and while these adages are true, here are a few other helpful things you can do that will help you move on.


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Do you find yourself pushing your partner to attend couples counseling, but feel like it's an impossible feat? Do you feel like you're the only one in your relationship willing to "do the work?" Do you worry that if you don't attend counseling together there can be no change?

Guess what? You're not alone. It is not uncommon for one partner to reach out for relationship help while the other partner refuses to participate, but it does leave us with the question -
Can you get couples counseling without both sides of the couple?  The answer may surprise you...

How to Be Successful At Couples Counseling When Your Partner Won't Go

Do you find yourself pushing your partner to attend couples counseling, but feel like it's an impossible feat? Do you feel like you're the only one in your relationship willing to "do the work?" Do you worry that if you don't attend counseling together there can be no change?

Guess what? You're not alone. It is not uncommon for one partner to reach out for relationship help while the other partner refuses to participate, but it does leave us with the question -
Can you get couples counseling without both sides of the couple?  The answer may surprise you...

read article
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