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Feeling disconnected? Or just need some great date nights? Try our couples conversation cards/love quiz experience, created to enhance intimacy and build connection. Just days left on Kickstarter!

Dance Of Hearts - Couples Sessions Card Game Experience This is a Card Game experience, Couples Retreat and Date Night all in one by Marriage & Family Therapist Krista J Miller, MS, LMFT

18 Days left on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danceofhearts/dance-of-hearts-couples-sessions-card-game-experience?ref=section-homepage-projectcollection-3-distance

20 Days left! Build intimacy and have fun with our love quiz & couples conversation card experience: Dance of Hearts: Couples Sessions! Meaningful connection may just be a question away…..

Begin with a love quiz to access your relationships current needs across seven categories. Then dive into our conversation cards, crafted to deepen connection and encourage an atmosphere of warmth, effective communication and closeness within the relationship. Repeat often over time to stay on top of your relationship’s needs and protect commitment!

Start fanning the flames of your relationship today!

Dance Of Hearts - Couples Sessions Card Game Experience This is a Card Game experience, Couples Retreat and Date Night all in one by Marriage & Family Therapist Krista J Miller, MS, LMFT

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Now on Kickstarter, 20 days left! Build Intimacy & have fun with our Love Quiz & couples conversation card experience: Dance Of Hearts, Couples Sessions! It's a card game, couples retreat, recurring date night all in one!

Begin by uncovering your relationship’s current needs through our unique Love Quiz. Next, with your prescription in hand, dive into our uniquely curated conversation cards, crafted for deep connection, intimacy and harmony. Repeat over time to facilitate communication, encourage growth and protect commitment.

Start fanning the flames of your relationship today!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danceofhearts/dance-of-hearts-couples-sessions-card-game-experience

Kickstarter tonight, 5pm! Come check out our project! Dance of Hearts: Couples card game/date night experience/relationship builder: meaningful connection can just be one question away!

Exciting new project, launching soon!

Love this list! Which is your favorite tip?

42 Little Things That Will Ultimately Make A Relationship Last Strong relationships are kept together by people who choose to do the little things.

It's important to understand the difference. Read on to move from accusations of gaslighting into connection.

Is it Gaslighting? — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Is it gaslighting or more common form of defensiveness? Understanding the difference is imperative to protect actual victims and also in creating a bridge to connection in relationships.

Need to get your groove back? Align therapist Ashley Lundquist has some excellent ideas to get started:

Disclosing S*x and Intimacy Fears in Couples Therapy — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Developing meaningful shared rituals of connection is imperative for any couple to move from simply being roommates, to treasured romantic partners.

It can be very hard to find a good couples therapist, here are some tips!

How to find the best marriage counselor — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Here are five ways to find a great marriage counselor.

Gifts are purchased, dinner reservations made, but now….what should we talk about? Need some ideas? We are here to help! Here are some questions that not only open up conversation, but build connection. Would love to hear what your favorite questions are!

Valentine's Day Conversation Questions — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Gifts are purchased, dinner reservations made, but now….what should we talk about?  Need some ideas?  We are here to help! But before we get to the conversation, we need to talk about the importance of the date itself and how to be intentional with it’s formation.

Always a great collaboration! I've got my ticket!

Y’all know how much I love Julie and John Gottman The Gottman Institute! Their work has fundamentally changed me and my family.

This is going to be a great conversation — please join us tonight! ❤️❤️❤️

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Get 2024 started off by signing up for one of our two new groups at Align!

✨Daring Greatly is a daytime 8 week group for women based on the research of Brené Brown to identify values, embrace vulnerability, develop self-compassion, cultivate shame resilience and improve connection.

✨Bold is an 8 week evening group for teens designed with many of the same concepts as Daring Greatly, but relevant and appropriate for teens.

Visit our website to fill out an interest form today! https://www.krista-j-miller.com/groups

Great advice!

Want A Happier Marriage? Stop Asking Your Partner To "Show The Receipts" Asking your partner to show immediate proof of a problem they’ve shared with you is hurtful and invalidating. Here’s a better path forward.

It's spooky season, but couples therapy doesn't need to be frightening!

Discover the safety in marriage counseling — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Couples counseling may sound scary, but here are 5 facts that can help you feel more comfortable about taking the leap.

Always good to have more info on Boundaries, Nedra Tawwab is a great resource!

New podcast with therapist Nedra Tawwab on setting boundaries: http://link.chtbl.com/RTAdam

Check out Align Therapist, Claire Fallin's new blog post about the legacy of trauma in relationships: learn how to recognize the impact and what to do next.

Invisible Scars: Recognizing and Addressing the Effects of Trauma in Love — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Trauma can significantly impact a relationship in various ways, as it not only affects the individuals involved but also the dynamics and communication within the partnership. However, before we dive into the impacts of trauma on relationships, it is important to first define trauma. 

Looking for a therapist certified in EMDR? Wondering what EMDR is and how it can help you? Check out our resident certified EMDR therapist, Sam Grimaldo's article on this! He has immediate openings.

What is EMDR? — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy EMDR can be a very effective treatment for a range of traumatic experiences, but can be hard to describe. Sam Grimaldo, LPC, LMFT breaks down the process and how it can help.

Healing is possible! Align therapist Savannah Coffey, MA, LMFT outlines the process for healing a relationship after a betrayal. There is no need to do this alone!

Mending What's Been Broken, Healing After Infidelity — Marriage Counseling San Antonio-Align Couples Therapy Many couples who have experienced infidelity seek therapy in order to try and repair their relationship. Therapy can be a difficult and emotional process, but with the aid of a trained therapist, it can also be a transformative experience. It is very important to understand that the therapeutic envi

Ever wonder why sometimes something is funny and sometimes it starts a fight? The status of your emotional bank account is the answer!

When you invest in your emotional bank account, your relationship flourishes! There may still be times you have withdraw from the account - fights happen, bids for your partner's attention can fail - but when these happen they hurt less with a plethora of saved up positive interactions.

Deposits can be big or small. Here are everyday ways to make deposits into your emotional bank account. Want to learn more? Subscribe to Love Notes, a monthly newsletter to get April's download with tangible ideas on how to invest in your emotional bank account.
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It helps to remind yourself that your boundaries actually help protect your relationship with your loved one, regardless of the reaction of the boundary crosser.

Healthy boundaries can seem offensive in dysfunctional families. When people don’t want to receive boundaries they reject them by labeling your behaviors as mean, weird or cold.

You won’t be able to change everyone’s opinion and you can still set your boundaries.

This podcast is a fabulous collaboration, check it out with your partner! Loved the hack of how small daily turns toward each other help regulate eventual conflict; we actually have more of a sense of humor later, how cool is that!

Drs. John and Julie Gottman are out with a new book—“The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy”—and have graciously agreed to join me on the next two episodes of “Unlocking Us.” (Bonus: Ashley, Barrett, and I will then sit down for a third episode in this series, on October 12, to break down what we’ve learned.)

Sharing a huge learning from the book about what happens when we focus on what’s wrong:

“Here’s what happens in distressed relationships, over and over: We all have needs. We all have valid desires. But we don’t say them. We drop hints. We suggest. We stay safely in the shadows. We hope our partners will ‘just know.’

“We tell ourselves a story about why they should be able to figure it out without us having to say it (‘It’s obvious! It’s just common sense!’), and we believe it. Then, when our partners fail to magically fulfill those needs, we feel resentful. We begin to believe that our partners don’t care, are thinking only about themselves, are too busy for us, or no longer value the relationship as they once did.

“And so we criticize them. ‘You always.’ ‘You never.’ These red flag phrases alert us that a couple is in shaky territory: the negative perspective might be starting to set in.

“They’re scanning for what’s wrong, and losing the capacity to notice what’s right.

“And the end result is criticism, which is when we take aim at who someone fundamentally is, instead of distinguishing between the person and the action.”

Join us for these podcasts on —they’re direct, honest, and actionable!

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S*x Myth's Part II: check out Align therapist Claire Fallin's latest post and helpful graphic. She has compiled some great info to help you cultivate and enhance your physical intimacy. https://www.krista-j-miller.com/blog/2022/4/18/myths-that-could-be-ruining-your-sex-life-part-ii

When you do these things, you not only communicate respect but also build trust and emotional safety.

An essential part of healthy boundaries is learning to respect and accept other people’s boundaries.

Do you find it hard to respect other people’s boundaries?

So excited for this, out this week!

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Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart | Official Trailer | HBO Max Research professor and New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown will take viewers on an interactive journey to share the language, tools and framework f...

When defensiveness shows up, it can quickly become a self-perpetuating horseman. While it may be perfectly understandable to put up a defense when approached with a complaint or criticism, it rarely has the desired effect. Blame, excuses, or playing the victim can easily be interpreted as not taking the complaint—or your partner—seriously. That can escalate the conflict even further or bring additional horsemen into the conversation.

I love this team. Creating a team during a pandemic has not been easy, but so worth the community that exists now! Grateful and excited to see how we can continue to grow and serve Texas!