I nearly launched a full emotional grenade today. And it took everything I had to walk the talk! Generated by ChatGPT . Edited in Canva . Let me walk you through a day when I, a couples therapist, had to practice what I preach about conflict and repair in relationships. (P.S: It was not easy!) My husband and I had a "not so gentle" start up to a conversation. In his rejection to join me at an event I wanted to go to, he said, "I'm not going! I need and deserve to do something

Image generated by Nano Banana Pro There’s something uniquely painful about feeling alone when you’re actually sitting next to the person you’re supposed to feel closest to. It may take different shapes or forms, but what remains is that it’s quite the ache! Sometimes it’s yelling, arguing, and fighting; other times, it’s the silence! The distance. The withdrawal. The heaviness in the air. In my work, often times I see couples reach out after so many fruitless tries — what I

The Pebbles You Throw in Your Relationship It’s not always the big, dramatic arguments that pull us apart. It’s the small moments—the “That’s not what happened” or “You’re overreacting”—that, over time, create distance. Each comment may seem harmless, but they chip away at trust in ways you might not notice right away. We’ve all been there—caught in the middle of a conversation where you brush off your partner’s thoughts or emotions. Maybe you say it, maybe you don’t, but dee