Arms Length: The Closeness We Fear It always happens at the same point. Just when things begin to feel easy, the laughter slipping in, the tenderness within reach, she would pull back. A message left unanswered, a weekend suddenly too busy, the warmth cooling into...
Brick by Brick: Building Intimacy is not Just One Leap We adore the idea of grand movie-like romantic gestures: surprise vacations, elaborate gifts, dramatic declarations of love. They captivate us – but they don’t sustain us. Lisa, a client of mine, captured...
Lonely in Love: The Disconnection No One Talks About The ache went straight through my heart. He wasn’t crying. He wasn’t even angry. Just sitting there, eyes lowered, voice soft: “I don’t know… we live together, we talk, but I feel more lonely than when I...