Many of our adult reactions and relationship patterns are shaped by strategies we developed as children to survive overwhelming experiences.

Join Catherine Roebuck, relationship coach, talks with couples therapist James Christensen in a pre-recorded conversation about gently turning toward feelings we once avoided and updating those outdated coping mechanisms.

In doing so, adults can create more choice, balance, and health in their relationships and families.

Key Points

• Stay close as a couple without losing yourself

• Growth often happens through vulnerability rather than avoidance

• Clear, direct requests—naming what we want rather than what we dislike—create more intimacy and reduce misunderstanding

• Personal growth is not about erasing old patterns, but about building new pathways alongside them

• Practice compassion and taking responsibility for our own self-awareness and behavior