Dan: “She’s so darn sensitive! So “precious”, I can’t say anything without hurting her feelings.”
Julie: “Unbelievable! He never cares that my feelings are real and legitimate!”
Dan: “I feel like I’m constantly walking on eggshells and if I make one single comment that she doesn’t like, I’ll never hear the end of it and will be paying all weekend.”
Julie: “I go out of my way and make huge efforts to explain what I’m feeling and what’s going on in a calm way, without blaming, and he thinks I’m attacking him!”
Dan: “I’m doing my best! What more does she want from me? I feel like the more I bend over backwards, the more I do everything wrong.”
Julie: “He gets defensive and then shuts me out and punishes me for 3 days! I feel so dismissed, belittled, and sooo alone!”
Dan: “She’s always hurt, ha! What about my feelings? I’m never good enough, even when I rub her back, make dinner, and work hard at my job. She just has another meltdown and I’ll never see the end of it. Why can’t she just appreciate all that I do?”
Julie: “I can’t believe he says I don’t appreciate him! He’s the one who pushes me away and does not value me!”
One of the things Julie and Dan needed to learn that it was possible for them to work as a team, to learn how to get past the mexican standoff and truly appreciate their complementarity.
I’ll teach you to:
Connect with your inner compass (be your authentic selves) so that you can learn how to bring your empathic nature to your relationship.
How to navigate (and learn from) your partner’s sensitivity to cultivate partnership and intimacy and tenderness.
How to repair your relationship after rifts and upsets so that you feel cherished and supported by one another.
Gabrielle Taylor - Psychotherapist & Relationship Coach
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