gap crashing

The Soft Return: How Repair Works in Relationships

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:June 16, 2024
Post category:Anger Dating Depression humans of divorce Joy Love relationship building Relationships Self-care Spirituality

If I believe in a higher plan, if I want to navigate with star maps and not treasure maps, then I can be IN LOVE and AT PEACE even in this painful pause. The pain has a lesson for me. I may learn something new every morning and every evening. I am learning.

Pause in the Gap: Trying to Force An Answer Is Not the Way

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:November 7, 2023
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Love Married Life mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Spirituality

If you can pause and consider the gap when you feel frustrated or impatient, you can tune in to your own feelings more accurately. And if you give your partner the opportunity to fill the gap you may learn something you didn't know, and something you couldn't have learned had you continued to be a gap crasher.