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Clearing Money Resentments in Partnership
When couples who come to me struggling with sex, I ask this question: What is the connection between money and sex for you?
And then there is this moment of loud silence.
They ponder how their struggles with sex and their struggles with money might possibly be connected.
How is it for you to hear that about half of American couples fight about money?
I worked with a couple (names changed) Dan and Bry a few years ago. They came to couple’s therapy to work on their sex life, which was at zero.
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Where’s the money, honey? How sex and money flow together in relationship
When most people think about relationships, they think about relationships with other humans.
What about some of the other primary relationships you have during your life?
~The relating you do with the land you dwell on.
~Your very intimate relationship with the food that nourishes your body.
~Money.
Today, I’m inviting you to consider money as a primary relationship in your life.
And because we are a relationship school, teaching the skills for graceful relating, it’s something we gotta talk...
The Intimacy Issues Issue: Understanding Your Closeness Style
Today I want to introduce you to three common intimacy profiles, based on attachment style.
Does one of these sound like someone you know?
I share these in service of you understanding more about yourself in relationship.
Disclosure: These are composite stories and common traits from hundreds of clients I’ve worked with in private practice.
Mina longs for a loving long term relationship. However, every time she gets near a committed partnership, she finds some reason to end the relationship. ...
Healthy Boundaries: Your key to Unlocking Personal Agency
When my kids and I moved into a 38-foot converted bus on a commune for a few years, we had 240 square feet of living space.
My physical boundaries became tiny! All of my movements became tighter as my body adapted to living in a minuscule space. It took a couple of months of head-bumping and hip-bashing, but I learned to navigate precisely and efficiently within a very small radius.
When we left the bus and moved into a sprawling house in San Francisco, I noticed acutely the feeling of ‘too m...
How to Overcome Trust Issues in a Relationship
Trust is built and deepens over time, an accumulation of experiences. As you find that your partner shows up and cares for you and about you, it makes it possible to believe that behavior is going to continue happening. Each time you turn toward your partner and feel seen and accepted, that trust renews. Every time you are received gently in your vulnerability, trust deepens. There is a need, and a response of presence. Trust is the glue in a relationship. It’s part of a solid foundation of s...