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Your marriage

What keeps a marriage well is not the big gestures. It is knowing each other, turning towards each other in ordinary moments, staying regulated when it gets hot, and repairing quickly when it goes wrong. Most of the practices here take under five minutes.

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Repair after rupture Emotionally focused Under stress Clear all

Theme · Repair after rupture

Knowing your partner 5 Affection and touch 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Answering bids 5 Repair after rupture 1 Shared spiritual life 1

When · Under stress

After a row 3 Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 1

Offer your spouse one clear reassurance today: I am here, we are okay.

When they wobble, say the steadying thing plainly rather than assuming they know.

A minuteRepair after ruptureEmotionally focusedQur’an 9:40