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The Illusion of Safety in Distance: Why Avoidance Hurts More Than It Helps

The Illusion of Safety in Distance: Why Avoidance Hurts More Than It Helps

Couples TherapySky YeaterOctober 22, 2025Avoidance, Distance, Illusion of safety, Repair, hard conversations, why we retreatComment

Protecting Your Peace or Avoiding the Hard Stuff…Do You Really Need to Cut Them Off?

Protecting Your Peace or Avoiding the Hard Stuff…Do You Really Need to Cut Them Off?

Couples TherapySky YeaterOctober 15, 2025protecting peace, cut-off culture, avoidance, conflict resolutionComment

Breaking the Pattern of Cut-Off: Tools for Couples Who Disconnect

Breaking the Pattern of Cut-Off: Tools for Couples Who Disconnect

Couples TherapySky YeaterOctober 1, 2025Cut-off, communication tools, trauma responses, disconnection, conflict managementComment

Building Shared Reality: Attunement Through Reflections and Questions

Building Shared Reality: Attunement Through Reflections and Questions

Couples TherapySky YeaterSeptember 24, 2025Attunement, Reflection skills, Curiosity, Check assumptionsComment

The Quiet Superpower: Attunement in Conflict Repair

The Quiet Superpower: Attunement in Conflict Repair

Couples TherapySky YeaterSeptember 17, 2025Attunement, repair process, co-regulation, curiosity, accountabilityComment

In Sync: Attunement in Action

In Sync: Attunement in Action

Couples TherapySky YeaterSeptember 10, 2025Attunement, Synchronization, Movement, Breathing, Play, ConnectionComment

It's Context, Not an Excuse: Using Attunement to Deepen Your Relationship

It's Context, Not an Excuse: Using Attunement to Deepen Your Relationship

Couples TherapySky YeaterSeptember 3, 2025Attunement, Context, Compassion, Understanding, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, mental health awarenessComment

Family Roles: It's Time to Let Go

Family Roles: It's Time to Let Go

Couples TherapySky YeaterAugust 27, 2025Terry Real, Family roles, couples therapy, intentional rolesComment

FOOBs: The Family of Origin Bullsh*t You Didn’t Sign Up For (But Are Still Living With)

FOOBs: The Family of Origin Bullsh*t You Didn’t Sign Up For (But Are Still Living With)

Couples TherapySky YeaterAugust 13, 2025FOOBs, Terry Real, trauma responsesComment

Why You Keep Fighting Like You're 10: Understanding the Adaptive Child in Your Relationship

Why You Keep Fighting Like You're 10: Understanding the Adaptive Child in Your Relationship

Couples TherapySky YeaterAugust 6, 2025adaptive child, terry real, trauma responses, conflict managementComment

Sound House: Building A Solid Homebase

Sound House: Building A Solid Homebase

Couples TherapySky YeaterJuly 30, 2025Gottmans, Sound House, Healthy relationships, Love Maps, Affirmations, Bids for connection, Positive Regard, conflict management, dream together, shared meaning, shared goals, trust, commitmentComment

Repair Attempts: The Unsung Hero of Healthy Conflict

Repair Attempts: The Unsung Hero of Healthy Conflict

Couples TherapySky YeaterJuly 23, 2025Conflict repair, conflict management, repair attempts, Gottmans, fair fightingComment

Stop Fighting Dirty: The Gottman-Backed Way to Start a Hard Conversation

Stop Fighting Dirty: The Gottman-Backed Way to Start a Hard Conversation

Couples TherapySky YeaterJuly 16, 2025fair fighting, Gottmans, Respect, Resentment, conflict managementComment

Bids That Bind: Turning Toward Togetherness

Bids That Bind: Turning Toward Togetherness

Couples TherapySky YeaterJuly 9, 2025Bids for connection, Gottmans, LongevityComment