14 posts

The Difference Between Being Chosen and Being Truly Considered

Someone choosing you does not automatically mean they want to know how to love you well.

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Communication

When you ask for things .. then constantly push it away

Because the health of a relationship is shaped not only by what we ask for… but by how we receive it when it arrives.

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Patterns/Roles

The Grief of Outgrowing Old Relationship Roles

One of the hardest parts of healing isn’t learning new skills. It’s grieving the roles that once helped us survive.

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Communication

The Courage to Leave the Moral High Ground

A subtle way childhood wounds can show up in adult relationships is through a sense of moral superiority.

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Patterns/Roles

The Invisible Relationship Maps We Inherit

Culture is the collection of spoken and unspoken rules that quietly teach us what it means to belong.

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Patterns/Roles

When Always Wanting “More” Becomes a Relationship Pattern

We become more practiced at noticing what’s absent than appreciating what’s present.

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Communication

The Difference Between Feeling Understood and Feeling Agreed With

I don’t actually think agreement is what most of us are longing for. I think we’re longing to feel understood.

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Dating

Connection VS. Capacity

Why chemistry alone doesn’t make a relationship workable.

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Boundaries

Healthy Relationship Avoidance

How exploring your avoidance can sometimes deeply support you.

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Secure Attachment Skills

Mistaking Certainty for Safety

Why needing to know can sometimes be about managing fear.

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Communication

What is Differentiation?

How to stay deeply connected without losing yourself.

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Patterns/Roles

The Relationship Isn’t (Always) the Problem

Sometimes the deeper struggle is what the relationship brings up.

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Patterns/Roles

Endlessly Chasing Someone’s Potential

When hope keeps you attached to who someone could become.

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Breakups

Unprocessed Breakup Pain Can Come Up Later

Grief doesn’t always arrive when a relationship ends.

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