Society has perpetuated this romantic notion that our partner needs to be our everything and our sole source of support and happiness. In practice, we all need a broad support network of friends and family to truly get the mental and emotional help that all of us need. With social distancing and stay-in-place orders widespread, many of us are finding our typical robust support networks reduced down to a single person: our partner.
In this episode, Anne and fellow marriage and family therapist Andres Brown discuss what level of support from, and to our partner is healthy. They give practical tips and advice on how to find the balance between finding much-needed support from our partner and also growing our own inner strength and resilience. They outline what we all can do to lift ourselves up when our partner isn't able to (and probably shouldn't) give us the support that we think that we need.
Society has perpetuated this romantic notion that our partner needs to be our everything and our sole source of support and happiness. In practice, we all need a broad support network of friends and family to truly get the mental and emotional help that all of us need. With social distancing and stay-in-place orders widespread, many of us are finding our typical robust support networks reduced down to a single person: our partner.
In this episode, Anne and fellow marriage and family therapist Andres Brown discuss what level of support from, and to our partner is healthy. They give practical tips and advice on how to find the balance between finding much-needed support from our partner and also growing our own inner strength and resilience. They outline what we all can do to lift ourselves up when our partner isn't able to (and probably shouldn't) give us the support that we think that we need.