How To Set Boundaries When Your Needs Are Different
Practicing boundary-setting skills is a complex, kinesthetic art–like juggling apples while tap-dancing on a balance beam–not a static end-point.
Practicing boundary-setting skills is a complex, kinesthetic art–like juggling apples while tap-dancing on a balance beam–not a static end-point.
We all have bad moments in relationships. Can we acknowledge them, resist judging, and start fresh?
Many basic relationship skills can be used in your parenting.
If you’re frequently “skin-hungry,” it could be a sign that an essential physical and emotional nutrient is missing from your relationship.
Become a relational Jedi by putting these five guiding principles into practice.
For couples motivated to communicate better, mistakes aren’t just part of the learning process: they ARE the learning process.
Peace means being curious about your own “inner wars” and moving forward with values and ideals that spring from a sense of human interrelatedness.
A person who relates more to their phone than to their partner can end up in an emotional vacuum.
It’s enlivening to explore and take risks (within reason) in committed relationships–to color outside the lines of our comfort zones.
Romantic relationships cycle through three common phases: connection, disconnection, and repair. Each of these phases requires our skillful attention, though it’s easy to idealize the connection phase.
