You love your partner. You’re not ungrateful. From the outside, your life probably looks fine. And yet there’s this quiet voice that k
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Karyn Spetz, LCSW, CLC
Certified Relationship CoachÂ
Why Pros & Cons Lists Never Actually Help (And What to Do Instead)
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If you've ever sat at your kitchen table, opened a notebook, and drawn a line down the middle - pros on one side, cons on the other - you're not alone...
Marriage Problems: Is Your Relationship Hard or Just Wrong For You? | Should I Stay or Should I Go
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Not every hard relationship is the wrong relationship. But not every hard relationship is worth staying in either. Here's how to tell the difference.
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The Messy Middle: What to Do When You're Not Ready to Leave But Can't Keep Going
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There's a space it's easy to end up in that doesn't get talked about enough. It's not crisis. It's not contentment. It's somewhere in the in-between -...
Why We Only Speak Up When We're Ready to Leave
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There's a pattern I see come up over and over again when I'm working with women, and I want to slow down and really walk through it - because it matte...
Why There's No Unconditional Love In Adult Relationships
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We’re often told that unconditional love is the highest form of love — something to aspire to in our romantic relationships. The idea sounds comfortin...
Over-functioning In Your Relationship? Why Doing Too Much Creates Distance
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Over-functioning in relationships is one of the most common reasons women feel exhausted, resentful, and emotionally disconnected — even when nothing ...
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Is Not About Pushing You To Leave (Or Stay)
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One of the questions I get as a relationship coach who specifically helps people this extremely difficult situation is:
“If I work with you around th...
47. When You’re the One Who Always Has to Fix Things First
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 Have you been noticing that you are the one who always smooths things over?
Maybe you're the first to bring up the conflict after a fight, the one w...