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With the power move, we disconnect. Without the power move, we connect.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 17, 20215 min read
It DOESN’T have to be this way
What’s the obstacle in the way of making a love-saving revolution in your relationship? There are only two obstacles, really.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 13, 20214 min read
Is your relationship being poisoned by power struggles?
“Yeah, we fight. Everybody fights. But ‘power struggles’? I don’t know. I don’t want to think we’re in that category.”
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 6, 20212 min read
Conflict! Distance!! Unmet needs!!!
Self-help books—unless they’re utterly incoherent—are all built around the same basic plan: Problem. Promise. Program.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Do you want to go down the road to hell?
And when I say the road to hell, I’m talking about your relationship going down the road to hell.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Feb 23, 20213 min read
Should we blame our parents for the way we are now?
How much and in what way are our parents responsible for the problems we have in our marriage now?
Mira Kirshenbaum
Feb 15, 20214 min read
Anatomy of a fight
There’s always a history of disempowerment. Jason’s a very successful executive in a job where many of the people he works with are women.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Feb 6, 20215 min read
6 Signs Power Problems Are Poisoning Your Relationship
What do power issues have to do with a relationship being in trouble? Everything!
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 27, 20215 min read
Welcome to the relationship revolution
If you’re reading this on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, then THIS is the day. What day?
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 26, 20213 min read
The one thing money can’t buy
Let me tell you about some of the billionaires I’ve worked with, plus another thing that’s utterly new about Why Couples Fight.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 18, 20214 min read
“What’s new about your new book?”
People often ask, especially since there are so many relationship books out there, what do you have to say that’s new?
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 15, 20213 min read
How to disagree with your partner?
This post is an article we just did in request for a piece on “disagree with your partner.” As you see, we disagree with the very premise..
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 13, 20213 min read
“Do we need to seek help for our relationship?”
You know, it’s not all that productive to worry about whether your relationship is “healthy” or about exactly how “healthy” it is. It...
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 11, 20214 min read
Distance: The cold side of the dark side of relationships
“We get along okay. We just keep to our lanes. Though things are pretty bland. Boring, actually.”
This is the cold side of the dark side.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 9, 20213 min read
“What’s happening to our relationship?”
Why is it so hard for us to figure out what really the problem when things are going wrong in our relationships? This is worth exploring.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Jan 7, 20213 min read
The most important quality for a happy relationship??
What is the key to a happy relationship? The joke goes: “Love. Love and money. Love, money, and a very big boat."
Mira Kirshenbaum
Dec 31, 20204 min read
How imperfect people find true and lasting love
In my work with couples, I get to see the deep roots of later disasters. Joe and Ariel’s story is pretty typical.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Fighting’s for boxers, and arguing’s for lawyers
Fighting is really just the “don’t mess with me” posturing we do so we don’t lose. Except our partner does the same thing.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Nov 27, 20203 min read
The Breakup Pandemic: Part Two
So there you are, driving each other freakin’ nuts. What do you do about it? Well, where are you, exactly?
Mira Kirshenbaum
Oct 21, 20203 min read
The Breakup Pandemic: Part One
Before the pandemic, the two of you had worked out a sort of equilibrium based on going to work. There was something about being out of...
Mira Kirshenbaum
Oct 14, 20202 min read
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