relationships

Repair Attempts

Repair Attempts

When people think about repair in relationships, they often picture big conversations or emotional apologies. But most repair attempts are quieter than that. They’re easy to miss. They live in moments of tension when one partner reaches out, not with words, but with a shift in tone, a glance, a hesitant gesture.

And often, these moments fail not because they’re rejected, but because they’re unnoticed.

Why We Misread Each Other

Why We Misread Each Other

We all come into new relationships with our own biases and blind spots. These can come from our childhoods, our past relationships, our internal worlds, and some many other areas. We usually have varying degrees of awareness about what these are and where they come from. The cruel irony is that we are often so fearful about recreating patterns and experiencing similar painful dynamics that we inadvertently become even more primed to notice and overinflate these characteristics. This psychological bias in relationships can skew our perceptions and lead us to misread signals.

Self-Awareness in Relationships

Self-Awareness in Relationships

Self-awareness in relationships allows us to take ownership of our experience - not just what happened, but how we’re interpreting it.