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The skill of taking Timeouts and Externalization
While marital conflict is unavoidable, emotional flooding, toxic fighting, and escalation are entirely preventable.
Here are 2 powerful ideas for what to do instead of fighting with your partner…
Flooding… and what to do about it…
Some of the most useful stuff in science-based couples therapy helps us to be kinder and more regulated…
It is when we really are so pissed, that we don’t give a sh*t, that we are the most epically unkind…
Here’s how to do better…
Why some unhappy partners prefer to suffer in silence…
Some humans are unlucky.
They never experienced a family of origin that confirmed their self-worth… Unfortunately, they refrain from complaining when they should…
3 Ways we humans struggle with Relational Ambivalence
There is a lot of talk these days about Relational Ambivalence. How does Perel’s idea of Relational Ambivalence relate to our ongoing epidemic of family estrangement?