It is important for any relationship that
each partner feel emotionally satisfied.
Not exact matches
By thinking of stock prices in this way - as mere quotes from an
emotionally unstable business
partner - you are free from the emotional attachment most investors
feel toward rising and falling stock prices.
Each
partner must do his «grief work» — the work of his personality in letting go of the children
emotionally, accepting the reality of their leaving and dealing with the varied
feelings these events bring.
Fortunately, if we can find other ways to connect with our
partner and
feel emotionally connected, then our sexual needs do not have to dominate the situation.
Most homebirth midwives
feel it's their job to hold the space, just be there to
emotionally support the woman and her
partner.
No matter how appreciative your
partner might be (and I'm not taking Steven's appreciation for granted), at the end of the day or when your kids are grown and will leave home, if you didn't make the time to also raise and nurture yourself, your passions and dreams, you'll end up
feeling emotionally broke and living with regrets is something neither you or your husband can afford.
If after talking to your
partner, and to your best friend and to as many people as you can get to listen, and you still
feel sad, still
feel emotionally fragile, and you can't sleep even though you are exhausted... You may need professional help.
Your
partner may be ready to pick up where you left off before baby's arrival, whereas you may not
feel comfortable enough — physically or
emotionally — and might crave nothing more than a good night's sleep.
People who did not
feel emotionally close to their
partners — or who did not always find it easy to talk about sex with their
partners — were also more likely to report a lack of interest in steaming up the sheets.
Emotionally charged discussions can turn ugly in a heartbeat, and reassuring your
partner of his or her best qualities can buffer any hurt
feelings that might start to arise in either of you.
To review, your Love Maps store all the information and details about your
partner, and
emotionally attuned couples are aware both of their own
feelings and those of their
partner, and consider this in their decision making processes1.
If you
feel the need to hide the friendship from your
partner, for example hiding text messages, then you are
emotionally cheating and you'll need to ask yourself what is wrong in your relationship.
Due to the constant interaction with the dangers in the sea, the surfers become mentally and
emotionally very powerful, which makes their dating
partners feel secure in their company.
Do you
feel physically and
emotionally safe with your
partner?
An affectionate «good - bye» allows you and your
partner to
emotionally hold on to loving
feelings while separated from each other.
«By
partnering with Aromatherapy Associates, Westin is able to provide its guests with an elevated spa experience that physically restores and
emotionally uplifts, ensuring that they leave
feeling better than when they arrived,» said Jeremy McCarthy, Director of Global Spa Development and Operations for Starwood.
Many people report needing to
feel emotionally close to their
partner before they get physically close to their
partner.
Do you want to
feel emotionally connected with your
partner?
If your
partner has experienced a traumatic event in her past, this may lead her to be withdrawn and
feel emotionally numb, causing her to avoid meaningful communication.
Instead, they
felt emotionally estranged from their spouses, and many ended their marriages to seek greater happiness with new
partners.
Do you often
feel frustrated and defeated, opting to withdraw from your
partner or
emotionally lash out in ways you know are hurtful?
The most frequent response from your
partner, when you express your discontent, is to pull away
emotionally so he or she does not have to
feel inadequate.
More recently, Sue Johnson, the founder of
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, added to Bowlby's research by adding that for this romantic attachment to
feel secure, we need accessible, responsive, and engaged
partners.
Men who
feel uncertain about their adequacy as a man or lover, may often equate sex with a technical performance, and may be so concerned with whether or not they can bring their
partner to an orgasm, that they undervalue many women's need for tender loving care, and appear
emotionally absent during the sexual act.
Are you
feeling emotionally or physically disconnected from your
partner?
Couples leave therapy
feeling more understood and supported, clear on how to meet the needs of their
partner, and more
emotionally connected to one another.
When working with couples, I use «
Emotionally Focused Therapy» to help
partners deeply reconnect on the level of needs and
feelings (as opposed to having that same unproductive argument over and over again).
When one person begins to
feel emotionally unfulfilled or disconnected it often manifests as anger toward their
partner for being thoughtless, inattentive, for not helping out, or not participating.
If you and your
partner find that you are fighting the same fights over and over;
feel disconnected or that you are starving
emotionally, and don't know how to resolve these distressing problems and would like help enhancing or saving your relationship, please give me a call.»
When you argue, fight, or disagree with your
partner, do you
feel emotionally intimate with them?
Tatkin shares the complexity of attachment styles and how to love an
emotionally unavailable
partner so they can be more available, and how to love an insecure
partner so they
feel safe.
To review, your Love Maps store all the information and details about your
partner, and
emotionally attuned couples are aware both of their own
feelings and those of their
partner, and consider this in their decision making processes1.
If you are
feeling emotionally rejected by your
partner, chances are that you won't be in the mood to make love.
Doing so will allow your
partner to openly express what they need to
feel loved and will keep you attuned to each other's needs, leading to an
emotionally connected and fulfilling sex life.
They also report that it gives them a chance to show their
partners they care (47 %) and to
feel emotionally closer (44 %).
Emotionally intelligent couples remember all the major events in each other's history, and continuously update this information as the facts and
feelings of their
partner's would change.
If you do not
feel safe (
emotionally or physically), there is no way for you to reach a state of compromise with your
partner.
Each has been an
emotionally healthy
partner for most of the relationship and is aware of and can express
feelings.
You are anxious because you don't know anything about your legal rights, you have no one to protect your interests, you are
feeling emotionally vulnerable and your former
partner is being antagonistic.
It is much harder to stay
emotionally connected to a
partner who thinks,
feels, and behaves differently without needing to change or fix their character, but this is the work of long term intimacy.
This negative pattern can easily develop once
partners feel hurt or invalidated in small ways and therefore begin to pull away
emotionally to protect themselves.
Maybe you
feel like you can't count on your
partner or spouse to be there for you
emotionally and otherwise.
If it
feels hard to understand your or your
partner's
feelings, you or your
partner tend to «zone out» to cope, or you struggle to send or don't get clear, loving messages, find an
Emotionally Focused Couples Counselor to help.
Adult love relationships are about creating secure attachment and a connection that allows each
partner to
feel emotionally safe.
As relationships ebb and flow you will find that there will be those times when you
feel more
emotionally connected to your
partner than you will at other times.
Couples who
feel emotionally and / or sexually disconnected from their
partner / spouse; couples who are experiencing infidelity; couples who have different parenting beliefs / styles; couples on the brink of divorce, and divorced couples who want to learn how to peacefully co-parent.
A repair technique is when one
partner uses good tact to help the other
partner emotionally recover from
feeling hurt during a conflict.
But when we are caught in a downward spiral, and it
feels impossible to get out from within the strength of its force, the ability to reach out to your
partner physically,
emotionally, or energetically, is difficult but necessary.
I am strategically optimistic about all of these relationships because of my firm belief that good couple therapy can help motivated
partners save their marriage, heal from infidelity, build trust, stop arguing, improve communication,
feel more connected
emotionally, rekindle their sex lives, and deal productively with both children and extended family.
Or you may
feel emotionally and physically neglected by your
partner, shutting down your sexual
feelings.