Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why your marriage is hurting, and how to blossom as a couple
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Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why your marriage is hurting, and how to blossom as a couple
Having your own bad, immature, and broken parts open to the scrutiny of that person Solving conflict in ways that do not involve leaving the relationship Staying in the relationship even if the other person changes for the worse Being called to sacrifice many individual preferences for the sake of the relationship
John Townsend • Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships
Attachment disorders are at their core a form of object impermanence. The insecurely attached babies experience their reliance on their caregiver as ephemeral. They do not trust it will continue. They do not trust she will return. They do not trust their needs will be met. When she leaves the room, she might as well cease to exist. Physical separat... See more
Small Wire • Romance plot
Expressing your needs and expectations to your partner in a direct, nonaccusatory manner is an incredibly powerful tool. Though it’s used naturally by people with a secure attachment style, it is often counterintuitive for people whose attachment style is anxious or avoidant.
Amir Levine • Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love
You know a relationship matters to you in a healthy way when you are willing to act over the awkwardness of the small but scary steps that lead to change: 1. Notice which behavior of yours leads to problems for you or your partner. See through such excuses as: “This is how I am!” or “But I’m right.” Acknowledge the fear or pain behind any behavior
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