“For better or for worse.” It’s a tall order. And as time goes on many couples struggle to fill it. According to the numbers, more than half succumb to “worse” and let it go. Some couples just coast along, more like roommates than lovers. But [...]
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and [...]
Everything seems fine. Sort of. Nothing really seems wrong between you. Right? Except, you don’t really talk about much. Or touch…You remember being closer. But you really don’t remember how things between you got so distant and isolating. It feels as if you are just [...]
Is your relationship over? Is it too hard, too exhausting, or too dramatic to motivate you to keep trying? Or maybe you’re simply all talked out. Every conversation is a debate. Every debate ends in an argument. Every argument ends in an impasse. It seems [...]