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Healthy Conflict

Many couples assume that a happy, healthy relationship means that there will be no disagreements, no arguments, and no problems to solve. The reality is that conflict is a normal…

Listening

By Felicia Kashevaroff

Recently we’ve offered up a couple of relationship exercises. In each one, we’ve given very specific instructions to listen to your partner with “curiosity and without judgment.” So, what does…

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Noticing

By Felicia Kashevaroff

Our absolute favorite book on household equity is Kate Mangino’s Equal Partners – Improving Gender Equality at Home. In the book, Mangino interviews a diverse group of forty men who…

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Shared Values

By Felicia Kashevaroff

What are your core values, and why are they important? The word value means something worthy or important. It can be applied to something with monetary worth, but in this…

Holiday Post-Mortem

By Felicia Kashevaroff

As we’ve discussed, the holidays tend to be a total shit show for adults. In our efforts to create magic and joy for our loved ones, we end up creating…

10 Tips for Dividing Household Labor

By Felicia Kashevaroff

With the amount of work on our plates already, dividing labor can be tricky. If you are going to channel energy into something, why not work toward making your household…