Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning.

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones

Infidelity happens in good marriages, in bad marriages, and even when adultery is punishable by death. It happens in open relationships where extramarital sex is carefully negotiated beforehand. And the freedom to leave or divorce has not made cheating obsolete.

The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over.

The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness.