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One of the best things you can do in any relationship is to slow down. What does that mean? What’s the point? How do you slow down? How can do slow down once an interaction is escalating and one or both of you gets upset so fast? Slowing down is literally slowing down your talking, breathing, thinking, and […]

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About this blog: I am a LMFT specializing in couples counseling and grief and have lived in Silicon Valley since 1969. I'm the president of Connect2 Marriage Counseling. I worked in high-tech at Apple,...