How to build a healthy romantic attachment

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. ~ Ephesians 5:31a

Parents are important. Without them we wouldn’t even be here. And without them, we wouldn’t know how to be in relationship with one another. Therein lies the source of some of the problems we encounter in Romance.

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Winners and Losers in Marriage

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Most every couple I’ve ever worked with have the same bottom line issue. They don’t really think the other person cares for them that much. They base that belief on their partner’s external behavior that gets translated into their own internal experience.

However, external behavior is often defensive. It can be very guarded. When behavior is defensive, it muddies the water about what’s really going on inside.

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