Catching the Cycle

A strategy for noticing you’re in the cycle & starting to defeat it. One of the first things that will help improve the effectiveness of EFT therapy is to focus on catching yourself in your cycle with your partner. It is much easier to catch your partner in the...

Resolve To Be Intentional Pursuing your Partner

Becoming Intentional In Your Relationship Dedicate time to your relationship. If you want to improve your golf game or your leadership skills, you invest time and often money. Improving your relationship also requires investment. Life is full of distractions. Spending...

Surviving Holiday Stress with your Partner

Anticipate Holiday Pressure Points For many the holiday season means schedules packed with preparations and events. This comes with unavoidable stressors no matter how carefully you communicate. While you cannot avoid all stressors, you can anticipate and plan for...

Exiting Your Conflict Cycle

Noticing, Admitting, and Naming to Exit Your Conflict Cycle If you have a partner, then you have a basic pattern in moments of tension. Not every fight fits your basic pattern – yet most do. Over 70% of couples world-wide share a similar pattern. It goes like...

Finding the Right Things to Reach for in Your Relationship

Are you frustrated that no matter how much you try to get connection, appreciation, or acceptance from your partner, it just gets further out of reach? You might be reaching for the wrong thing! Reaching for stand-in needs instead of true attachment needs Many people...