Advanced Non-Monogamous Dynamics: Beyond Jealousy in Polyamory Polyamory and Non-Monogamy is often introduced through the language of jealousy. How do you handle jealousy? How do… Read More »Beyond Jealousy: Advanced Polyamory and Non-Monogamous Relationships
Emotional Capacity vs. Willingness vs. Emotional Availability vs. Emotional Labor You can be fully willing to work on your relationship and still lack the capacity… Read More »When They Can’t Open Up: Emotional Capacity vs. Emotional Availability
How To Process Your Emotions One of the most common pieces of advice in self-help culture is that you need to feel your feelings and… Read More »What Does It Mean To ‘Feel My Feelings’?
When Emptiness After Sex Feels Lonely You put enormous energy into becoming someone worth wanting. Almost none into learning how to actually be with someone… Read More »Why Sex Feels Empty, Even When Nothing Went Wrong
How To Build Intimacy Most of us have had the same exchange so many times it barely registers anymore. Someone asks how you are. You… Read More »The Question That Changes Everything
Why Fantasy Love Feels Better Than the Real Thing (And What That’s Actually Telling You) The deliciousness of longing is what romance novels are made… Read More »Why Fantasy Love Feels Better Than the Real Thing
What If You’ve Never Seen A Relationship Built On Love? Most of us arrive at midlife carrying relationships like old luggage — overpacked, worn at… Read More »What If You’ve Never Seen a Relationship Built on Love?
What Actually Keeps a Relationship Running Relationship advice is everywhere, and most of it is either painfully obvious or built on the quiet assumption that… Read More »8 Ways To Make Your Relationships Better Than Ever
The Foundation You Can’t Skip: Why Great Relationships Start With Yourself There’s a romantic idea most of us grew up with — that the right… Read More »Why Great Relationships Start With Yourself
Pleasure, Grief, and Nervous System Regulation It’s easy to think that grief and pleasure are mutually exclusive. In hard times, many of us try to… Read More »Pleasure, Grief, and Nervous System Regulation