How to Thank Your Partner Increasing expressions of appreciation in members of a couple can help them repair old hurts and to create new connections. But especially in long term relationships, a simple thank you can sometimes fall flat. This post describes a simple way of expressing appreciation and three ways to deepen the practice.…
Emotional Relationships Need Empathy I’m going to go into a deeper description about empathy in a subsequent post but for now I’m going to identify that the keys to expressing empathy are (1) to demonstrate acceptance of the other person’s experience and (2) to demonstrate an emotional response that indicates a caring connection with the…
Sometimes I hear from one member of a couple that their partner is making a mountain out of a mole hill. This usually is said dismissively. A justification is then given to cast the partner as unreasonable. I’m going to review some of those reasons in brief, refute each of them, and end with a…