Hannah Brooks Marriage Coaching
               

I'm all for honesty in relationships. Without revealing what is true for us, including our feelings and views on life, how will the other ever truly know us? It is only when we are known and accepted for our real self that we feel truly loved. So it pays to be honest, authentic and truthful in our communications with our partner. But it’s equally important to know the difference between honesty and saying everything you think. They are not the same. All the thoughts that go t

I recently had a conversation with some family members about what men really want. One person said, they just get married so they can have sex reliably. There is some truth to that. Being physically intimate with our partner is the defining difference between just being roommates or friends, and being romantic life partners. But, it’s often not the ultimate reason we want someone to walk together through life with us. Not even for most men. What we all want, and perhaps espec

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "Why should it just be up to me to work on our relationship? Shouldn't we both be trying to improve things? It feels unfair..." I know it can be hard to wrap your mind around what a huge amount of influence you have over how loving and mutually supportive your relationship can feel, because it's not what we're taught. But I strongly believe that (and witness all the time), rather than it being burdensome that the change is