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The Danger of Comparing Your Marriage to Friendships
It’s easy to feel like your friendships provide an effortless connection that marriage struggles to match. But are we comparing two different things? This blog explores how real intimacy in marriage is earned through shared experiences—and why comparing your spouse to a best friend or therapist may be unfair.

When a Spouse Becomes the Therapist: The Unhealthy Dynamic and How to Shift It
When one partner becomes the ‘therapist’ in a relationship, it can create an unhealthy dynamic of dependency and imbalance. Learn how to shift this pattern and build a more connected partnership.

When Money Fights Reveal Deeper Needs or Dreams
Discover how core values and deep dreams drive money conflicts in relationships. This blog post offers a compassionate, Gottman-inspired approach to listening and understanding your partner, paving the way for a more connected future.

Moving from Parent-Child Dynamics to Adult-to-Adult Communication in Marriage
Discover the power of transactional analysis in marriage. Learn how to identify and replace entrenched parent-child patterns with healthy, adult-to-adult communication, paving the way for a more balanced, fulfilling relationship.

Psychological Boundary Violations in Marriage: Understanding and Healing
Psychological boundary violations can cause deep emotional pain in a marriage. Learn how to identify them, why they’re damaging, and how to rebuild trust and respect.

Understanding Attachment Styles: Moving Toward Secure Relationships
Learn about the four attachment styles and how you can shift toward a secure, fulfilling connection. Therapy and intentional work can help you achieve earned secure attachment.

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say: Breaking the Cycle of Miscommunication in Relationships
Many couples fight about surface-level issues while the real emotions remain unspoken. Learn how to break the cycle of miscommunication by saying what you mean and meaning what you say.

How Emotional Memory Shapes Your Relationship
Emotional memory can affect how you connect with your partner. Learn how it influences your relationship and how couples therapy can help you overcome challenges and grow closer.

Unspoken Family Rules: How Your Past Shapes Your Marriage
Our family upbringing shapes our marriage in ways we often don’t realize. Learn how unspoken family rules impact your relationship and how to create new, healthy patterns with your partner.

Boundaries in Marriage: Staying in Your Lane and Respecting Autonomy
Healthy boundaries in marriage help prevent resentment and create a balanced relationship. Learn how to avoid over/under-functioning and respect your spouse’s autonomy.

Book Review of Coupleship Inc: From Financial Conflict to Financial Intimacy
Money is a common source of stress in marriage, but it doesn’t have to be. Coupleship Inc. teaches couples how to treat their relationship like a business to improve communication and financial harmony.

Building a Stronger Relationship Through Friendship: Gottman’s Sound Relationship House
Friendship is the key to lasting love. Learn how love maps, admiration, and emotional bids strengthen your relationship and keep your connection alive.

How Money Scripts Influence Your Relationship (And How to Overcome Conflict)
Money scripts shape how we handle finances in relationships—sometimes causing conflicts. Learn how to recognize and navigate these differences for a healthier financial future together.

The Power of Open-Ended Questions in Your Relationship
Improve your relationship communication by shifting from statements and yes/no questions to open-ended questions. Learn how these questions foster curiosity, collaboration, and deeper intimacy with your partner.

Breaking the Cycle: Overfunctioning and Underfunctioning in Relationships
Feeling like you’re doing too much in your relationship? Or maybe not enough? Learn about overfunctioning and underfunctioning—and how to break the cycle for a healthier, more balanced partnership.

Recognizing Emotional Abuse: Understanding the Hidden Wounds
Emotional abuse is often unrecognized by both the person experiencing it and the one engaging in the behaviors. Understanding these patterns is essential for healing and building healthier relationships.

The Power of Boundaries in Relationships: Why Consequences Matter
Boundaries are essential for healthy relationships, but without consequences, they lose their power. Learn how to create and enforce boundaries with a four-level consequence system to ensure emotional safety and respect in your relationship.

Understanding Projection in Relationships: How to Recognize and Heal
Are you unknowingly projecting your own emotions onto your partner? Learn how to recognize and break free from this common relationship pattern to create deeper connection and trust.

Healing Money Wounds: Understanding Financial Conflicts in Your Relationship
Money conflicts can create stress in relationships, but understanding each other’s financial upbringing can help. Learn how growing up with money abundance, scarcity, or deprivation impacts your relationship and how to work towards financial harmony together.

Using the Values Behavior Exercise to Manage Anger and Increase Personal Choice
Feeling overwhelmed by anger? The Values Behavior Exercise can help you shift from reacting impulsively to responding with intention. Learn how to align your actions with your values and regain control over your emotional responses.