How to Set Boundaries With Your Partner Without Starting a Fight

June 29, 2026

Set Boundaries with Your Partner Boundaries get a bad reputation. For a lot of couples, the word itself sounds cold — like a wall going up, or an ultimatum in disguise. So people do one […]

Boundaries vs. Controlling Behavior: How Couples Can Tell the Difference

June 29, 2026

Boundaries vs. Controlling Behaviors “I’m just setting a boundary.” It’s one of the most common phrases we hear in couples counseling — and one of the most misused. Sometimes it’s exactly right: a partner naming […]

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Why Involving Third Parties is Hurting Your Chicago Relationship

January 26, 2026

You’re lying in bed in your Lincoln Park apartment, and you can hear your partner on the phone in the next room. Again. It’s their mom. Or their best friend. Or their sister. And you […]

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