Pacific Couples Blog
Subtle dynamics that can look like therapist bias.
Several commenters pushed this idea further.
March Reading Roundup
Emotional narratives, gender myths, and the hidden rules of modern relationships.
Is Couples Therapy Biased Against Men?
But by the time I’d gotten a half-dozen like that, I started to wonder if I was missing something.
The Myth of Rationality
We may think of ourselves as primarily rational, but that’s not what the science shows.
Substack’s Safety Debate is Really about Something Deeper
Substack isn’t a newsletter anymore.
February Reading Roundup
The cultural conversation around relationships has gotten louder.
Stop Criticizing and Start Complaining
In most relationships, it’s not the issue itself that does damage. It’s the way we bring it up.
So You Married a Feminist
High-functioning men are finding themselves on the receiving end of a criticism they don’t understand.
Neopathonyms
I’ve started calling these invented emotion words neopathonyms, like neologisms, but for feelings.