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...

Getting Out of Your Conflict Déjà Vu Loop

Conversation 1 Déjà Vu Conflict and Disconnection Have you found yourself in an endless loop of “déjà vu” moments – the same basic conflict on repeat? Whether it’s about chores, money, date night, or another topic, you get stuck in the same basic pattern of pursue and...

What are the 7 Hold Me Tight® Conversations For A Lifetime of Love

Hold Me Tight® Seattle Workshops are divided into 7 conversations for a lifetime of love based on Sue Johnson’s best selling book from 2008 and the Emotionally Focused Therapy process. Each conversation is introduced with a time of teaching and group discussion....