The Luvvy Magazine

Growing your relationship.

Short articles inspired by psychology and neuroscience, filled with practical ideas you can start using today.

Your desire isn't broken

More date nights and lingerie won't help if the handbrake is on. The real question about desire isn't the one you've been asking.

One thank you on Monday can change how Wednesday feels. Small moments of gratitude compound in a direction you choose.

One of you pushes, the other pulls away, and a row about the dishes becomes something bigger. There's a hidden pattern behind it.

Your relationship feels easy, so surely it doesn't need work. That comforting thought is exactly how good relationships quietly fade.

Splitting everything down the middle sounds fair. So why does someone still end up feeling short-changed?

The couples with the best sex lives aren't the ones working hardest on sex. They've built connection everywhere else.

Ask your partner not 'how are we doing?' but 'what are we making together?' The happiest couples have an answer.

Strong couples aren't held together by grand gestures. Decades of research points to five small habits you could start this week.

A story written two centuries ago quietly set us up to fail at love. Here is the one we could tell instead.

'Oh, this old thing?' Deflecting a compliment feels like modesty. To your partner, it can feel like rejection.

The spark arrives on its own. Everything that comes after it is something you get to build.

'This is delicious' is kind. But one small shift turns being thanked into being truly seen.