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Notes on the long arc of love.

Occasional essays — on attachment, repair, intimacy, and the slow art of staying. Roughly one a month.

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The conversation underneath the conversation

When couples come to me, the fight is rarely about the dishes. It's about whether you can be counted on — and whether I matter enough to be counted on for.

Apr 20268 min read
From the essay

"When couples come to me, the fight is rarely about the dishes."

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TheoryMar 2026

What attachment theory isn't

Your attachment style is a starting point, not a sentence. On the limits of self-diagnosis and the freedom of being seen by another person.

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PracticeFeb 2026

Small repairs, kept up

Long love isn't built on grand reconciliations. It's built on a thousand tiny returns — the daily, unspectacular work of coming back.

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Long loveJan 2026

The second marriage (to the same person)

Every long relationship is at least two relationships. On the quiet, necessary work of marrying who your partner has become.

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SomaticDec 2025

What the body knows first

Your nervous system reaches conclusions about safety before your mind does. A short primer on somatic intelligence in love.

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EmotionNov 2025

On rage, and what it asks for

Anger in a relationship is almost always a door. It's loud because something behind it has been quiet too long.

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