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The MHC Magazine · Vol. 15 · August 2026
Marriage, mental load, and how couples stay connected when life doesn't slow down.
In this issue
Nobody talks honestly about what's actually happening to skin after 40 — the hormonal shifts, the collagen drop, and why navigating this...
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At year fifteen, Nick and Amy felt like roommates — passion gone, no idea how to move forward. What they rebuilt from...
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Long-term love isn't found in grand gestures — it's in the small, daily choices. How each zodiac sign says "I still choose...
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When Dax Shepard relapsed after sixteen years of sobriety, he told Kristen Bell himself — before she could find out any other...
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Five Miami bars picked for lighting, seating, and one thing more important than both: whether they actually create the conditions for connection...
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Money, sex, family, feeling neglected, wanting more — five conversations couples avoid for months. Word-for-word scripts for opening each one without triggering...
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Your relationship doesn't have a communication problem — it has a distribution problem. Here's the invisible layer beneath household tasks that almost...
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The wedding budget conversation isn't about the flowers — it's four separate conversations about money values, family power, and debt tolerance that...
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The couples together longest are usually the ones who've stopped getting dressed for each other. A scenario-by-scenario fix — weekend mornings, WFH,...
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The dry spell isn't the problem — what you've decided it means about you is. A six-step sequence for rebuilding sexual confidence,...
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Most relationship pain isn't caused by the other person — it's caused by a self-protection system that outlived its usefulness. Here are...
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There's a version of "falling for someone" that has nothing to do with them — it's the thrill of being chosen. Here's...
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Nobody warns you that the first year of marriage is the hardest — not because something's wrong, but because it's the adjustment...
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The best relationships don't avoid chaos — they move through it, the way Vietnamese traffic flows without ever stopping. In Volume 15's...
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featured couple
"Why don't we create the marriage we have always dreamed of having?"
A blind date, an engagement three weeks later, four kids — and the year they nearly lost it all, which became an app that's helped over a million couples.
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