Posts tagged emotional intimacy
6 Tools for Regulating Emotions During Relationship Disagreements: Emotional Equilibrium
6 Tools for Regulating Emotions During Relationship Disagreements: Emotional Equilibrium
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Being Intentional with our Partners While Raising Kids

How do you connect with you partner in the middle of raising young kids? Most couples struggle with building and maintaining a satisfying relationship during these crucial years when the kids are young and need a million things from us. But if you let your relationship die or the intimacy fade, you’ll be in real trouble. We find that simplicity is the best solution to disconnection, find ways to communicate your needs in a clear and direct way to your partner. Plug into creating intentional connection, which looks totally different when you have a year old baby or 3 kids under 10 than it did before kids. Instead of fighting the situation or pretending it’s different, acknowledge your new context and work with it instead of against it.

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Couples Therapy, ParenthoodErika Labuzan-Lopezcouples therapy, couples therapy exercise, new parents, parenthood, parenting, transition to parenthood, communication, communication games, Increasing Intimacy, intimacy, emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, intentions, intentional livingComment
Why Does My Partner Do Everything Wrong?

This week we’re exploring why your partner can’t seem to do anything right, and of course by right that means the way that you do it. As Terry Real, couples therapist and creator of Relational Life Therapy says, “you can be right or you can be married.” It’s important to be able to increase your emotional intimacy with your partner, and you can do that by exploring differences in the way you approach things in life, even if your partner is folding the laundry wrong.

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Marriage During Covid-19: Setting Boundaries as a Couple Even When You Disagree

With the holidays coming up, stress and tensions are high as families are attempting to make plans for the holidays. Whether you agree or disagree about how to proceed, these next couple of months are bound to bring tension in your marriage and family. But don’t let any of those external factors or relationships do damage to your marriage. Keep reading to learn how to set boundaries as a couple to get through all the hard stuff by growing your connection instead of increasing conflict.

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Couples Therapy, Covid-19Erika Labuzan-Lopezcouples therapy, marriage during covid 19, marriage counseling, emotional intimacy, communication Comments
5 Amazingly Simple Ways to Increase Intimacy after Baby - Us plus One: Part 1

You may have noticed that with everything you have to do, daily chores, taking care of your baby, going to work, etc., it's difficult to stay connected to your partner.  If you think about it, there are opportunities all around us to get closer to your partner.  Here I provide 5 simple easy to implement ways to increase intimacy after baby. 

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