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7 research-based resolutions that will help strengthen your relationship in the year ahead

  • Written by Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
imageConsider some science-backed ways to keep the home fires burning in 2021.Gabriele Grzelewski/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The new year is going to be better. It has to be better. Maybe you’re one of the 74% of Americans in one survey who said they planned on hitting the reset button on Jan. 1 and resolving to improve. Those New Year’s...

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