emotional safety | Romance Is Everything. Rediscover The Joy Of Playtime https://intimatetickles.com Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:36:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://intimatetickles.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-nn-headshot-in-square-32x32.png emotional safety | Romance Is Everything. Rediscover The Joy Of Playtime https://intimatetickles.com 32 32 How to Create More Intimacy in Your Relationship https://intimatetickles.com/how-to-create-more-intimacy-in-your-relationship Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:36:18 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/how-to-create-more-intimacy-in-your-relationship Intimacy, the feeling of closeness and emotional connection with another person, is the cornerstone of healthy and fulfilling relationships, playing a vital role in relationship satisfaction, fostering trust, commitment, and overall well-being. It encompasses various aspects, including emotional, intellectual, physical, and shared experiences, though partners might have different meanings around…

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]]> Help for High-Conflict Couples https://intimatetickles.com/help-for-high-conflict-couples Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:57:47 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/help-for-high-conflict-couples Having a healthy, loving and connected relationship is one of the most rewarding experiences. Couples often start out in a good place and can’t imagine things going awry. The biologically necessary attachment bonding chemical process (the “honeymoon” phase) that connects people can also shield each other from what might become cracks in the relationship later. Ideally, when you settle in…

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]]> Happy 2024, I Have a Few Things for You https://intimatetickles.com/happy-2024-i-have-a-few-things-for-you Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:46:34 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/happy-2024-i-have-a-few-things-for-you 2023 was quite a year. To say there have been some challenges is an understatement but my hope for you is that you are finding some inspiration and optimism for the New Year. There were highs, lows and transitions for many. LoveAndlLifeToolbox.com was about experimentation and change in 2023. The site has gone through a number of shifts in the over 10 years of its existence. I continue to be…

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]]> 5 Steps to Create Positive Change in Your Relationship https://intimatetickles.com/5-steps-to-create-positive-change-in-your-relationship-2 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 07:13:30 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/5-steps-to-create-positive-change-in-your-relationship-2 Marriage and/or long-term intimate relationships have the potential to be incredibly rewarding and people generally do the best they can with what they know. Couples can generally do well over time but many hit emotional speed bumps. No matter when or how a relationship feels strain, ideally there is some reflection and curiosity by one or both partners around the sources of distress.

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]]> Is Your Relationship in Red Alert? https://intimatetickles.com/is-your-relationship-in-red-alert Thu, 29 Jun 2023 01:59:16 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/is-your-relationship-in-red-alert The most dangerous relationship threat isn’t always what is the most visible, like a pattern of high conflict or obvious lack of kindness or disrespect. Those are clearly problematic signs that need attention but the behaviors within a couple that are the least detectable on the surface create a significant vulnerability in the relationship. Their emotional safety levels have taken a hit.

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]]> Healthy Relationships: Assessing the Emotional Safety https://intimatetickles.com/healthy-relationships-assessing-the-emotional-safety Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:38:54 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/healthy-relationships-assessing-the-emotional-safety Couples seek relationship counseling for numerous reasons. No matter what issues they present to therapy with, it often can be boiled down to a problem with the emotional safety in their relationship. The most hostile, distant or disengaged couples are not the only ones who can be challenged with a lack of emotional safety. Those who minimize their feelings or are conflict avoidant can often…

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]]> 10 Characteristics of Successful Relationships https://intimatetickles.com/10-characteristics-of-successful-relationships Sun, 26 Feb 2023 05:09:50 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/10-characteristics-of-successful-relationships People seeking couples counseling seek change to a relationship dynamic that isn’t working in some way. The problems can include poor communication, lack of emotional safety , resentment, trust violations and many other issues. It might even be that the couple have different ideas of what the problems are or simply a felt sense that things are not right. Couples who demonstrate the makings or…

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]]> Happy New Year! The Best of Emotional Health and Relationships 2022 https://intimatetickles.com/happy-new-year-the-best-of-emotional-health-and-relationships-2022 Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:04:01 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/happy-new-year-the-best-of-emotional-health-and-relationships-2022 As we say farewell to 2022 and glide into 2023, my hope is that no matter what is going on around you and in the world, you remember that you and your relationships are your best resources for resilience, joy, peace and calm in this life. Whether you have been following me and this site from the beginning (2014) or have recently discovered “The Toolbox,” I am grateful for your interest and hope…

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]]> Two Ways to Boost the Emotional Safety in Your Relationship https://intimatetickles.com/two-ways-to-boost-the-emotional-safety-in-your-relationship Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:32:29 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/two-ways-to-boost-the-emotional-safety-in-your-relationship Emotional safety is one of the most important elements of any happy and healthy relationship. Yet there are so many ways it can be compromised. Sometimes it happens inadvertently and other times it’s a more direct assault on the foundation of the relationship. When a couple has a high level of emotional safety they usually have a number of things going for them simultaneously; they feel heard…

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]]> The Most Important Aspect of Affair Recovery https://intimatetickles.com/the-most-important-aspect-of-affair-recovery Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:21:28 +0000 https://intimatetickles.com/the-most-important-aspect-of-affair-recovery The emotional backlash of an affair on the partner who was cheated on can be earth shattering. Whether there was suspicion of this happening leading up to the discovery or not, it all leads to a spectrum of emotions including shock, anger, grief and loss. It can feel like the relationship has been dumped upside down with the contents shaken all over the ground. But if both partners are open to…

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