In the busy busyness of life and relationships, it can be easy to lose intimate moments like the one this captures. As time progresses, we may forget that early physical closeness and sense of connection to each other. I often sit with couples who care deeply, but feel distant as the relationship grows. Not because they don’t love each other, but because they have become caught in patterns that leave them both feeling unheard or misunderstood. The same conflicts happen again

I’ve been thinking a lot about the word sorry, especially given recent events. It’s such a small word. One we learn early in life. As children, we’re taught to say sorry when we’ve hurt someone. We learn that it helps repair something. The apology is accepted, and something settles. The relationship feels safe again. But as adults, sorry can become much harder to find. Sometimes it’s replaced with defensiveness. Sometimes with silence. Sometimes with words that minimise the h