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The first edition of 2026 is out now! Check out the article titled Fresh Start, Stronger Bonds for valuable relationship guidance 🙂

Here's to a year full of many healthy relationships!

New year. New issue. New decade for Bella.

We're celebrating 20 years of championing Gulf Coast women—and kicking off 2026 with our January issue: Define Your Life. Rethink what you thought you knew. Shift perspectives that no longer serve you. Celebrate new paths.

This is your year to do things on your terms.

The January issue of Bella Magazine is out now and online at www.bellamagazine.com.

Happy New Year, Bellas!



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I have followed Mark Groves for several years now. Although we may not see eye to eye on everything, lol, I share his perspective wholeheartedly when it comes to love and relationships. If you want genuine/authentic love, you have to present your genuine and authentic self....flaws and all! Its the flaws that make us real, relatable, and a safe haven for other flawed humans. As he states in his post, drop the fake s**t! The real you will always show up, eventually.

Much Love to all of you!
Angie

I never really understood this till I was older...I didn't tell my partners I chose them fully. I didn't ask for them to tell me either. To honest, I didn't realize this is the common human desire... to be chosen, and feel chosen, no matter the circumstances.

But now I see from both my experiences and having talked to and worked with thousands of people... this is what we all crave. We desire some level of security. Not the future read to us, or the promise of a forever... we want actions and words that say, "despite the fact that you sometimes feel like a flawed human, who wonders if I'll love you if you show me your feelings, your doubts, your weaknesses... I love you and I choose you. Actually, I love you BECAUSE you show me your hurt. I can then love you there."

We can't just expect to receive this kind of love, we must give it too.

All the parts we hide out of shame only remain shameful because we hide them. There's nothing wrong with you. Your desires, your fears, your hurt... they are all exactly like mine and every other human on this planet. Choose to express these parts of you, and you'll be showing yourself, your partner, your community and our planet, that it's okay to be ourselves, raw and real. It's not just okay, it's essential... When we drop the fake s**t, we deal with the real s**t. And the real s**t is where the love is.

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