​Take care of yourself! Do not let your gas tank go on empty! Winter is here... In all seriousness, we feel more stressed, more depleted, more overwhelmed, when we do not make time to take care of ourselves. Self-care means paying bills, doing the thing you've been avoiding, making something, taking a bath, whatever honors what you really need... Schedule self-care time into your life! Find more joy, find more peace, find more fulfillment from your life!

When we fight with our partner, sometimes we don't even know why.  Sometimes we become so frustrated and sometimes we are walking on eggshells to avoid the argument.  All of this is so common during, what we call, the power struggle phase.  "I am so upset about everything from the way the dishwasher is filled to the way they blow their nose! I cannot even breath!"

Take a moment.  BREATH.  Give yourself a 20 minutes break from whatever is upsetting you.  Then really try to understand what we so upsetting to you.  Was is the lack of appreciation? Was it the lack connection? 

Reach out for help to guide through this phase and find support.  You do not have to struggle.  Learn to listen and learn to share in a way in which you will be heard.  The more practice you have, the easier it will be when it is an emotional time.