Your feelings in a marriage are important and need to be shared. No one has to agree with you in order for your experience to be valid.” Sharon Pope Have you ever gone to your husband to share your feelings about the struggles in your marriage only to be told, “We’re...
Liz has been feeling disconnected in her thirty-year marriage for the last ten years or so. She loves her husband, thinks he’s a good man who works hard and means well, but she feels like she doesn’t know him anymore. And maybe more painfully, she feels like he...
“You don’t need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.” Wayne Dyer There’s something that happens in our intimate relationships that prevents us from feeling intimacy with our partner. I’ve never met anyone who did this...
“Gaslighting qualifies as a form of emotional abuse that involves denying a person’s experience and making statements, such as ‘that never happened,’ ‘you’re too sensitive,’ or ‘this isn’t that big a deal.’” Dr. Ramani Durvasula There are many books, articles, videos...
“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.” Brené Brown, Daring Greatly I...
