An anxiety attack can come on fast and feel overwhelming. One minute you’re going about your day, and the next your heart is racing, your chest feels tight, your thoughts are spiraling, and it feels like something is seriously wrong.

In almost every couples practice, there’s a familiar scene: one partner feels overwhelmed and wants to talk right now (in order to process, to understand, to feel close again), and the other feels just as overwhelmed, but their instinct is the opposite: they want to shut down, take space, make the feelings smaller so they don’t spill over.

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There is something I notice from time to time in couples who come to see me, a pause when one partner says: “We give each other space” or “We are good at surviving on our own” and the other’s face softens in a way that looks more like sadness than pride.

Divorce is one of the most significant life changes a family can experience. It impacts every member differently. While the process often brings relief from conflict or tension, it also introduces new challenges in how family members relate to each other.

Relationships thrive on communication, but for couples who are neurodivergent, communication can look different. Neurodivergence includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other non-linear ways of experiencing and processing the world.

Guest Post Featuring my colleague that specializes in pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood.

It’s one of the most painful things one can feel: sitting next to the person you love (or once did) and still feeling alone. For many couples, this quiet disconnection sneaks in slowly, almost unnoticed, until the closeness that once felt natural now feels out of reach.