Why does the same argument keep happening, even when you are trying so hard to make things better?

If you have read the books, worked on your communication, and still find yourself stuck in painful cycles of shutdown, reactivity, distance, or confusion, this episode is for you.

In this recap episode, I am pulling together the most important insights from our 3-part series on trauma, the nervous system, and marriage, so you can better understand what may really be happening beneath the surface.

Because sometimes you are not dealing with a communication problem alone.

Sometimes you are dealing with a nervous system that learned survival long before it ever learned safety.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why trauma can show up as anger, withdrawal, defensiveness, or emotional distance
• How nervo ...