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What is Emotional Intimacy and How Do You Help it Grow?

One of the things that sets the relationship you have with a partner or spouse apart from other relationships in your life is the emotion...

Surviving the Holidays (During a Pandemic)

For many, the holiday season can be difficult enough as is for many different reasons during a normal year, much less during a year with ...

Journal Prompts for Seeking a Romantic Relationship

If you are one of the many who is actively engaging in the search for a romantic partner, sometimes it can be helpful to think about and ...

Navigating Life Transitions as a Couple

Life transitions are major events that happen throughout our life and often involve change. These transitions can be both positive and/or...

Some Questions to Help Build Emotional Intimacy

One of the best ways to continue building emotional intimacy in a relationship is for partners to continue to learn about each other as t...

Primary vs. Secondary Emotions

You may have heard the phrase “anger is a secondary emotion”, but what does that mean? To understand this phrase, let me first describe t...

Getting to Know Your Partner’s Inner World

How well do you know the inner world of your partner or spouse? Do you know how they think about things, their fears, dreams, etc.? Accor...

The Art of Asking Good Questions

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a therapist and teacher, it’s that a good question has the potential to change the whole cou...

Setting Boundaries While Social Distancing

As many of us are currently social distancing, you are probably spending much more time at home and less time actually out interacting an...

The Three Levels of Communication

When you hear the word “communication”, you probably think about talking. But communication includes so much more: body language, tone of...

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