Openings

Relationships

Slow Down for Love

Kathryn Ford M.D. on April 2, 2026

The loneliness epidemic is not just about needing more people in our lives. It's also about not connecting with people when we are with them.

The loneliness epidemic is not just about needing more people in our lives. It's also about not connecting with people when we are with them.

Relationships

Are You Hoarding Hurt?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on December 18, 2025

Holidays with family and friends? Time to clean house and get rid of emotional clutter.

Holidays with family and friends? Time to clean house and get rid of emotional clutter.

Relationships

The Do-Over: Quick Fix for Relationship Mistakes

Kathryn Ford M.D. on August 18, 2025

Don't let everyday mistakes make you both miserable and unravel your relationship. Reach quickly for this instant repair tool.

Don't let everyday mistakes make you both miserable and unravel your relationship. Reach quickly for this instant repair tool.

Relationships

Now Is How You Love: Lighten Up About Past Painful Moments

Kathryn Ford M.D. on May 5, 2025

A couple's life together is full of rough weather. Two skills and one paradox can help you sail through the storms.

A couple's life together is full of rough weather. Two skills and one paradox can help you sail through the storms.

Marriage

Before Calling It Quits on Your Marriage

Kathryn Ford M.D. on April 22, 2024

When your relationship is falling apart, don’t just do something! Admitting you don’t know what to do can be the beginning instead of the end.

When your relationship is falling apart, don’t just do something! Admitting you don’t know what to do can be the beginning instead of the end.

Relationships

Different Realities? Tired of Fighting?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on January 15, 2024

The next time you're plunged into the pain of different realities, step back from the certainty that you are right and that your partner is wrong. What if you’re both right?

The next time you're plunged into the pain of different realities, step back from the certainty that you are right and that your partner is wrong. What if you’re both right?

Relationships

Should You Accept a Partner as Is or Ask Them to Change?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on October 26, 2023

Think it’s not your job to teach your partner how to love you better? Think again. You might get the relationship you're longing for.

Think it’s not your job to teach your partner how to love you better? Think again. You might get the relationship you're longing for.

Mind Reading

Can You and Your Partner Read Each Other’s Minds?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on July 14, 2023

Being tuned in to your lover is your exciting superpower for intimacy. Here’s how to get even better at it.

Being tuned in to your lover is your exciting superpower for intimacy. Here’s how to get even better at it.

Mindfulness

How to Talk to Be (Really!) Heard

Kathryn Ford M.D. on April 8, 2023

We can learn to talk in ways that help others to hear us. To be heard more, and hurt less, take off the armor and tune in.

We can learn to talk in ways that help others to hear us. To be heard more, and hurt less, take off the armor and tune in.

Relationships

How Partners Micro-Ghost Each Other

Kathryn Ford M.D. on December 23, 2022

Love is built, or not, in those difficult emotional moments when we encounter each other a bit more naked than usual.

Love is built, or not, in those difficult emotional moments when we encounter each other a bit more naked than usual.

Relationships

Couples: Who Says, 'It Shouldn’t Be This Hard'?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on September 25, 2022

Do you feel like there’s something wrong when love is hard? Maybe the difficulties are the doorways to adventure.

Do you feel like there’s something wrong when love is hard? Maybe the difficulties are the doorways to adventure.

Relationships

Decoding the Confusing Feelings of Love

Kathryn Ford M.D. on June 23, 2022

What does the feeling of being in love mean? And what does it mean when the feeling goes away?

What does the feeling of being in love mean? And what does it mean when the feeling goes away?

Openness

How Do You Get That Special Person to Open Up to You?

Kathryn Ford M.D. on February 24, 2022

Behind the scenes of every encounter, we are constantly trying to solve the riddle: how do I get you to be more open to me?

Behind the scenes of every encounter, we are constantly trying to solve the riddle: how do I get you to be more open to me?

Sex

Listening Like You Mean It

Kathryn Ford M.D. on January 3, 2022

Fireworks happen when two people connect with open hearts and open minds. To spark fireworks in a conversation, you first have to learn how to really listen.

Fireworks happen when two people connect with open hearts and open minds. To spark fireworks in a conversation, you first have to learn how to really listen.

Relationships

Holiday COVID Conversations: Take Two

Kathryn Ford M.D. on November 15, 2021

The secret to being more fully ourselves and connected to each other is mastering the art of hard conversations.

The secret to being more fully ourselves and connected to each other is mastering the art of hard conversations.

Openness

The Importance of Being Open in the Moment

Kathryn Ford M.D. on October 15, 2021

What is the one most important thing you can do to keep the love you have or to get back the love you’ve lost? Tune into openness to have less hurt and more love.

What is the one most important thing you can do to keep the love you have or to get back the love you’ve lost? Tune into openness to have less hurt and more love.