Relationships can be overwhelming—communication hurdles, past hurts,
Relationships can be overwhelming—communication hurdles, past hurts, and fears of incompatibility create roadblocks. Navigating diverse identities, values, and experiences can feel risky and vulnerable and often become sensitive topics that we have learned clever ways to tiptoe around or bury under a rock. In protecting ourselves somehow we end up even farther apart feeling alone and unsure how to move forward. No matter how messy things seem right now, you’re not riding this roller coaster alone anymore. Listen, none of us were born with a manual on how to have a healthy relationship. We’re all just out here winging it, trying not to trip over our own emotional shoelaces!