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The Mental Load in Relationships: How to Share It Without More Fights

Feeling like you’re the one who keeps track of everything at home? From appointments to groceries, the invisible mental load can quietly drain your energy and cause tension in relationships. This post looks at what the mental load really is, how it affects couples, and how to start sharing it without turning it into another argument.

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October 30, 2022
Understanding Intimacy and How to Build It In a Relationship
Intimacy can be created (or recreated) across 4 main continuums: physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual. Intimacy is about creating a close, familiar and usually loving relationship with another person. The willingness to share our Self requires safety and trust, trust that our partner will have our back and keep our confidences private. Intimacy forms around all the little things and interactions that we have and share on a daily basis: our routine.
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October 30, 2022
"He left me right before our wedding..."
A client came into therapy deep in her grieving process. She had been in a 7-year relationship and was about to marry, when her partner suddenly said he didn’t want to do “this anymore.”
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September 18, 2022
Common Relationship Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Our society has various myths associated with relationships that may be well intentioned yet tend to cause the opposite effect: Create relationships that are fragile and unsustainable.Let’s look at some of the more common myths...
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August 1, 2022
Tips to end your relationship in a healthy way
Breakups can be messy because matters of the heart are messy, but the key is to stay true to yourself and honor your feelings, and your decision. Whatever your situation may be, or however long your relationship has been, you owe it to yourself and to that person to end things in a healthy way...
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July 24, 2022
We’re halfway through 2022, and this is what you need to do….
We are halfway through the year, and it's a perfect time to reflect and adjust habits, behaviors, and goals for what's left of the year. Here are a few to-do's as you head into the second half of the year. Remember, progress over perfection...
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April 30, 2022
Are Your Red Flags the Reason You're Attracting Toxic Partners?
Though it's important to keep an eye out for these signs, we must look at ourselves first and evaluate our “Red Flags.” What are the things that you do and say in relationships that can potentially be pushing away compatible people and attracting toxic or incompatible folks?
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April 22, 2022
A Personal Story About Emotional Recovery
The 4 R’s are a roadmap, a guide to restore and rebalance yourself after loss and betrayal.
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March 31, 2022
Ladies, Let's Learn to Unlearn. Here's How...
The internal challenge for women is often in doing the “Self” and the implication that we then do not take care of others. Navigating that is at the core of the struggle. Who am I? vs. Who am I supposed to be?
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