What it costs the partner who said something hard. What it costs the partner who heard it.
What it costs the partner who said something hard. What it costs the partner who heard it. Two separate skills — one for each chair.
We’re writing this guide carefully. It’ll publish here in the same volume as the lead guide. In the meantime, the five-question sample is the closest thing we have to the conversation it’s pointing at.
Take the sample →How to make a specific request — about touch, about time, about effort — without the asking itself becoming the conversation. With scripts for the ten minutes after.
On timing, sequence, and the well-meaning catastrophe of holding all three conversations on the same Sunday. A rough calendar that has worked for a number of long-married couples.
How a long-married no is not the no of a new relationship — and the cost of treating them the same. Including what to do when 'no' has been the default for a while.