When you’re engaged, you prepare endlessly for your wedding. You think about the venue, guest list size, and every detail about your wedding day. How do you prepare for your marriage past the wedding day and the honeymoon? Your relationship deserves a great...
As our roles in life shift and transform, as do the expectations and responsibilities associated with them. It’s easy to become engrossed in fulfilling these priorities for those we love, we work with, and we share a community with. In the midst of doing so, we can...
You have likely heard some version of the importance of physical safety in relationships – and yes, this is essential! However, we tend to talk less about the importance of emotional safety in relationships. Feeling emotionally safe in your relationship goes even...
Love is one of the most important, widely recognized, and yet largely misunderstood emotions we experience. As humans, our brains are naturally wired to make connections with others and, for both biological and cultural reasons, many of us believe we need it to...
On the nature of helpful questions and conflict resolution. I think words are tools we use to build meaning. I don’t think that there are “bad words” that exist, but different situations may call for different tools. From an early age, many of us were...
We feel most alive when we are in relationships with others. It’s how we’re wired – It’s human nature. When we spend time with others (and who doesn’t), we are bound to face some conflict, tension, power struggles, and hurts. So, the next time you feel you...
