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Relationship tips to maintain closeness: DatingAdvice.com Interview

I was recently interviewed by DatingAdvice.com and was thrilled to be able share about my passion and relationship tips for helping couples maintain closeness. I hope you enjoy the article! Marriage Counselor Suntia Smith Inspires Individuals & Couples to Maintain Healthy Personal Relationships Suntia Smith used to work solely with women in her relationship coaching practice. She drew from her

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How Therapy Can Help You Break Free from Toxic Relationships Cycles

Toxic relationships cycles are happening again. Like it did the last time, and the time before. You continue to find yourself in the same frustrating, messy, heartbreaking spot as you always do. Relationship after relationship, it’s always the same: You end up hurt, unhappy or alone. You have suffered enough. It is time you take back your life from the

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Let’s Talk About Sex

There are times when stress and jobs and kids and mortgage payments suck the joy, the passion, the sexiness out of life. And out of your relationship. You fondly remember those years when sex and romance was just, well, natural. There was kissing, cuddling and make-out sessions that lasted hours. It felt like heat and flirtation radiated off you two.

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How to Fight Fair In Your Relationship

There are times when disagreements turn into wars. And you are prepared to drop some bombs. If your relationship has become a war of words, watching this video is a chance for you to begin revitalizing the loving connection you have with your partner. It’s an opportunity for long-term change that brings respect, communication and trust back into your relationship.

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Make Your Love Last

Your relationship is pretty good. Make Love Last:  You still make each other laugh, cuddle, and feel loved. However, even in seemingly happy relationships, couples get stuck. Maybe it’s been a slow fade or a quick switch, but you and your partner are on two different pages (of two different books in two different languages), and no matter how hard

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3 Reasons Relationships Fail

Attitude is everything. You’ve heard this before. Your middle school basketball coach probably even said it during a pre-game speech, or maybe it was the mid-level manager at your very first job. But have you ever applied that motto to your relationships? If you haven’t, well, it’s time to start. When I see couples who have the right attitude, there

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Couples Corner Rebuilding A Relationship

Couples Therapy with Suntia

You need help. Someone to mediate. Someone to translate. Someone to help you explore how things went wrong in your relationship — and how things can go right once again through couples therapy. However, you are anxious about putting your time, emotional energy and the future of your slowly crumbling relationship into someone else’s hands. I get it. Which is

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5 Myths about Relationship Counseling

When you hear “going to relationship counseling,” the phrase is often followed up by a this-can’t-be-a-good-thing feeling. There are preconceived ideas about who goes, what it means and what happens during a counseling session such as: “If you need to go to someone to help you fix it, you’re a failure”; “The relationship must be on the verge of breakup”;

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Why I Love Couples Therapy

You have a love story. We all do. And while we cannot write every word of our love story, we can control how we react to the plot’s twists and turns. That’s life, that’s love: The ups and downs are uncontrollable, but it’s up to us how we ride those waves. This is what I love about relationships. And let

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Getting the Relationship You Want Rebuilding A Relationship Relationship Quiz

Quiz: Do You Need Couple’s Therapy?

As a marriage counselor, I’ve worked with all types of couples. I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. And after several sessions, I’ve seen the good turn to great, the bad turn to good and the ugly turn to surprisingly wonderful. Relationships do not improve on their own. When things get tough, the husband and wife, the girlfriend

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