A friend of mine recently said, “I love him deeply… but sometimes it feels like we’re having two completely different conversations.” Not louder conversations. Not meaner ones. Just… different. She’ll hint. He’ll miss it.He’ll answer directly. She’ll feel like something got skipped.She wants to process in the moment. He needs time to think. Neither of…
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Some people’s stories don’t come with clean endings. They don’t tie up neatly or offer us a clear hero and villain. They just sit with us, heavy, complicated, and unresolved. Recently, my family lost someone like that. They were the kind of person you wanted at your dinner table. Funny, warm, generous, compassionate. The first…
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A friend recently posed a question to me that I have not been able to shake. He said that for many Boomers, the phrase they rarely heard growing up was, “I love you.” For many Gen Xers and older millennials, the missing phrase was often, “I’m sorry.” Then he asked: What will this generation say…
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Love in a Neurodiverse Relationship
A friend of mine recently said, “I love him deeply… but sometimes it feels like we’re having two completely different conversations.” Not louder conversations. Not meaner ones. Just… different. She’ll hint. He’ll miss it.He’ll answer directly. She’ll feel like something got skipped.She wants to process in the moment. He needs time to think. Neither of…
The Complicated Truth About Second Chances in Relationships
Some people’s stories don’t come with clean endings. They don’t tie up neatly or offer us a clear hero and villain. They just sit with us, heavy, complicated, and unresolved. Recently, my family lost someone like that. They were the kind of person you wanted at your dinner table. Funny, warm, generous, compassionate. The first…
What Will This Generation Not Hear from Their Parents?
A friend recently posed a question to me that I have not been able to shake. He said that for many Boomers, the phrase they rarely heard growing up was, “I love you.” For many Gen Xers and older millennials, the missing phrase was often, “I’m sorry.” Then he asked: What will this generation say…