Grace is looking at how the emotions that couples experience and how they manage their emotions affects their sexual well-being.
"Our lives are full of stressors that can impact intimate relationships, ranging from transitioning to parenthood to navigating sexual dysfunctions to facing day-to-day conflicts common for all couples."
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We have long thought about our feelings as personal reactions that ebb and flow with what happens in our lives. Sure enough, emotions not only draw our attention to what is going on around us, but prepare us for action. By telling us that no, that bear in the woods does not look friendly and […]
As with many therapists, I start sessions by asking my clients how they’re doing that day. Sometimes they’re in a great mood and other times things are going so horribly that they debated cancelling last-minute. Whether they were feeling great or not-so-great, my clients almost always attributed their current mood to external events, like feeling […]
In 2022, Merriam-Webster crowned gaslighting, defined as “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage,” as the Word of the Year. It felt like one day, we were thinking “What’s gaslighting?” and the next, we can’t open social media without reels and posts and media articles warning us of the […]
“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency.” One of my university professors included that quote, from Gandhi, in her email signature. Five years ago, it resonated deeply with me. More recently, I started reflecting on why. The self-sufficiency myth We live in an independent world. As children, we’re […]
What we know about love Finding “the one” is nothing short of magical. A person with no red flags and all green flags, who always makes us feel loved and special, who never disappoints us. They become best friends with our best friends and want the same things we do and they’re exactly our type. […]
In high school, I watched my straight-A friend nearly fail her semester after an excruciating breakup, only to get back on track once her boyfriend showed up at her door with roses and an apology. My earliest memory is of my mom sobbing relentlessly at my father’s funeral, even though they had been separated for […]
How are you feeling right now? How sure are you that you’re feeling that way? How many emotions do you think you can accurately name as you’re feeling them? If you’re like most people, you probably think that you have a pretty good grasp on the way you feel. Maybe you ballparked around 10 or […]
Everyone experiences relationship challenges, but we all respond differently. So, let’s start with a quiz! Think about how you tend to respond when challenges come up in romantic relationships. What’s considered a “challenge” is different for everyone—think about what it means to you. When you’re faced with challenges in your romantic relationship… 1. You think […]
It’s Friday evening and Avery is busy cooking a romantic dinner for his partner, Sam. He texts Sam again asking when she’ll be home—he’s excited to see her and doesn’t want dinner to get cold. Meanwhile, Sam is stuck in traffic after a long day at work. Her boss yelled at her, getting home is […]
