Reconnecting the Love
When love feels steady but the spark is gone, it’s often not a lack of effort, it’s a lack of polarity and emotional safety. In this guide, we explore how couples lose connection through unconscious patterns, and how to restore intimacy by honouring our differences and rebuilding trust.
Mindful Guide to Shame
Shame is the painful sense that there's something wrong with me. It's different to guilt. Guilt says, "I did something wrong." Shame says, "I am wrong."
Self-Compassion
Self-compassion is simply turning that same caring presence inward. It's about how we respond to our own pain, struggle, and mistakes. It's choosing to treat yourself with care when things are hard, instead of going down the well-worn path of judgment, pressure, or emotional shutdown.
Choosing The One
A Mindful Guide to Knowing Yourself, Learning from the Past, and Choosing a Partner for Emotional Safety and Deep Connection.
Loving Language
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall Rosenberg, offers a way back to harmony. It’s not just about how we speak, it’s about how we listen, how we show up, and how we choose to connect, even when it’s hard.
Calming for Couples
Emotion regulation is the key to transforming repeating conflict cycles. It doesn’t mean shutting down your feelings. It means learning to notice when you’re becoming dysregulated and using tools to calm your nervous system so you can show up with care, curiosity, and clarity. No other relational skills works if you are not regulated first.
Loving an Alcoholic
Loving someone with alcohol use disorder (AUD) can be deeply challenging. You may feel torn between wanting to help and feeling exhausted by the cycle of addiction. Understanding what actually works, based on research and best practices, can empower you to support your partner without losing yourself in the process.
Letting Go of Resentment
Resentment creeps in quietly. A little frustration here, a missed expectation there. Left unchecked, it turns into distance, withdrawal, and bitterness.
This guide will help you spot resentment, take responsibility for your part, and move toward repair, so you don’t let unspoken hurt run the show.
A Quick Guide to Repair & Apology
A solid apology isn’t about wiping the slate clean for ourselves, it’s about rebuilding trust and showing the people we care about that they matter.
The Life Meeting
Life gets busy, and without intention, connection can slip. A weekly marriage meeting is a simple but powerful practice to keep your relationship thriving.
Holistic Wellbeing
In my practice, I use an approach called the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model to guide the work we do together. It’s a way of understanding ourselves through the lens of four interconnected dimensions: the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual.
Purpose Journaling
This guide will walk you through the practice of purpose journaling, helping you to explore who you are and why you are here.
Therapy On Paper
Therapeutic journaling can help us cope with emotional pain, distress and trauma. This four-day writing exercise from Penebaker is designed to enhance both mental and physical health.
Mental Health
Discover a comprehensive approach to evaluate and enhance your mental health, drawing from a blend of personal insights, rigorous research, and the valuable knowledge so helpfully shared by Dr. Andrew Huberman on the Huberman Lab podcast.
Good Thinking
Humans typically have more than 6000 thoughts a day. Considering how influential thinking is over our feelings and behaviours, it can be helpful to consider for a moment, what is linguistic thought?
Deep Breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, helping the body move out of fight-or-flight mode. This reduces cortisol levels, heart rate, and blood pressure, promoting a calm and grounded state.
Getting Clear
Am I overreacting to the people in front of me?
Does everything feel like its too much?
I might be overwhelmed!
Writing The Illicit
The Illicit is what's forbidden by law, rules, or custom to maintain order. However, there is no thought, feeling or desire that can hurt anyone, only actions can.
What Makes Relationships Work
Ways to improve the quality and longevity of your romantic relationship.
How to Run a Men’s Circle
A quick look at men’s circles, and how to run a potent one in your community.