We're back this week with more on the Connection Loop™. If you missed that newsletter, you can find it here. I want to revisit something we talked about a few weeks ago, because I think it left some of you with a question you maybe haven't said out loud yet. We talked about masculine and feminine energy, and how leaning into your femininity can shift the dynamic in your marriage in a really beautiful way. And I stand by every word of that. But I also know that for some of

We’re back this week with more on the Connection Loop™. You can find that newsletter here . The idea of a full cup (and in the Division Loop™, its counterpart would be self-neglect) is what we’re focusing on today. But I’m also introducing an analogy that I really love. For a lot of years, I low-key expected my marriage to make me happy. Not in an obvious, dramatic way. It was more subtle than that. It was the quiet disappointment when my husband didn't notice I was having

If you read the blog about the loops, then you saw that femininity was in the Connection Loop™. That’s what we’re talking about today. If you missed last week’s newsletter, you can find it here . Learning this genuinely changed the way I understood my marriage, and honestly, the way I understood myself . When I first came across it, I kind of wanted to be annoyed by it. Because it made a lot of sense, and that meant I had some things to reckon with. Maybe you'll feel the sa

I hope you’re staying warm, wherever you are in the world. When I originally wrote this post, it was cold here in Michigan! I always feel bad for my husband when the weather is extreme, because he is a lineman and works outside. It can be brutal at times, and I can’t imagine doing that work without whining about it all day (and probably quitting because it’s too hard). But he’s been doing it for over 30 years with few complaints. When the temps were below zero, he would com

We're back this week with more on the Connection Loop™. If you missed that newsletter, you can find it here . Receptivity. Honestly, it’s something I'm still working on. My husband wants to make my coffee for me in the morning. And my first instinct, almost every single time, is to stop him. I don't want to burden him while he's getting ready for work. I can make my own coffee; I've been doing it successfully my whole adult life. Why should he have to do that for me? So

Hello, friends, We’ve had an exciting few months here. Our youngest daughter, Scout, is a welder, and she beat 7 men for one welding position at SpaceX in Texas. We are so proud of her! She’s never lived more than an hour from home, so having her live across the country has been a new challenge. I think there was a time when, even though she’s grown, and this is a wonderful opportunity for her, I would have tried to stop her from being so far away. My fear of what could go

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