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Date Nights When You Can’t Leave the House Due to COVID

Outline of house with window looking out at tree. Image meant to signify feeling trapped and the improved communication skills and emotional connection achieved from attending intensive marriage counseling in Massachusetts such as a Hold Me Tight Workshop in Massachusetts.

“My husband and I really need a date night, but it’s not happening during COVID.”

“The only privacy I get is when I go to the bathroom! It’s impossible to have a private conversation with my partner in this house.”

This blog is geared at helping you think ‘outside of the box’ regarding finding a space for a date night.

1,000 Soft Touches–ACTIVITY

White feather against blue sky background. This signifies the light touch of emotional connection learned from eft marriage intensives in Massachusetts or emotionally focused intensive couples therapy in Massachusetts.

“1,000 Soft Touches” involves doing the ‘little things’ for your partner so he/she feels SEEN and HEARD.

As much as people understand the idea, it’s often difficult for people to imagine what would be a ‘soft touch’.

Slow Down Conflicts With ‘Infinity Listening’–VIDEO

Sign of infinity using blue and yellow/orange 'lights'. This signifies active listening pattern learned at New England Hold Me Tight at an eft marriage intensive in Massachusetts.

I don’t feel heard in this relationship.” is a frequent complaint that I get when working with couples. Another is, “I don’t want to say anything as it will just make a big argument.”

Can you relate to either of these phrases? If so, it’s understandable you feel apprehensive of having conversations with your partner.

5 Tips for Self-care in Times of Stress and During COVID–BLOG

Hot chocolate with ying/yang symbol on top. This is meant to signify emotional connection and balance a couple experiences in emotionally focused intensive couples therapy in New England.

This is a time of stress for most of us. The media surrounds us with news of death and exposure numbers. The government initiates increasingly restrictive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Predictable realities, such as being able to buy toilet paper, are no longer predictable. Routine social connections are being discouraged. By ActivelyContinue reading “5 Tips for Self-care in Times of Stress and During COVID–BLOG”