Don’t Get Sucked Into The Spiral

If you turned the average relationship into a movie, this might be the plot… The Crush (Act 1) Two people meet. They’re excited to spend time together. They notice every delightful thing about each other. They’re at the beginning of a great adventure. They want...

Set Goals in Love

Until recently, Jenna believed she could achieve anything she set her mind to. It worked in her career, after all. She set big goals. She accomplished them. But it wasn’t working in her personal life. All she wanted, she told me, was to find her future husband. It...

2 Strategies That Can Save the Day When He Pulls Away

He’s pulling away. You can feel it. It’s not just that he’s not contacting you as often. It’s the way he communicates. Almost as if he’s irritated by you. As if it’s a big effort to pick up his phone and text you back. It hurts. It hurts because you thought you had...

4 Steps to Defuse His Emotional Triggers

It was just a comment. All Amanda did was ask Ethan to pitch in to get chores done. Okay, maybe she mentioned the fact that all he was doing was sitting on the sofa staring at his phone. But it was a light-hearted joke. She wasn’t being mean about it. Ethan blew up....

The 5 Things Your Relationship Needs To Thrive

Do you know what you need from a relationship? A relationship that doesn’t meet your basic needs isn’t going to work over the long term (though it may be fun in the short-term!). But that begs the question… What ARE your basic needs? Do you know? A popular exercise...