you are connecting to the natural energy that is in everything and it leads to a smooth. the sad irony of life is that it is very easy to develop irrational core beliefs about ourselves and our world that are based in fear. the fear blocks you from feeling loved and then as a result, blocks you from loving in a way that allows your partner to feel loved. the more you love yourself and are not reacting to the …

this is one of the main reasons it’s important for people who have fears to find healthy ways to deal with intimacy disorders and emotional intimate discomfort. one of the most common fears of being intimate that can lead to problems with being intimate is the fear of abandonment or loss. this is a direct route to the development of issues with being intimate. maintain a balanced distance until your partner lets you know that they are ready to work …

it was not as if she and daniel never had sex, but when they did, daniel often felt lonely in his desire for something more — not necessarily exotic sex but sex in which both partners cared about it, and cared about each other, with one of those interests fueling the other. “it is not finite.” he was not surprised when elizabeth rejected the idea; he had mostly raised it as a way of communicating the urgency of his needs. …

the gottman method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the sound relationship house theory. see the gottman method in action and learn ways to apply it with your couples in practice with the art and science of love. john and julie gottman, affective software, inc., and the gottman institute, this online couples assessment tool automatically scores a relationship’s strengths and challenges and provides specific recommendations …

because of my mom’s advice, i don’t panic when we’re going through a tough time; i look forward to falling in love with my husband again. 4. a good friend once told me that you have to “fit your own oxygen mask first.” i was in a really bad place with depression and anxiety and trying to make a relationship work that was never going to work, fixing all of his issues and neglecting my own. you have to give …