In my work with couples, I like to think of the Japanese art of kintsugi. The word means “gold repair,” and it refers to the practice of mending broken pottery with lacquer and powdered gold. Rather than hiding the cracks, kintsugi illuminates them. The once-broken object becomes even more beautiful — not in spite of its history, but because of it.The same can be true for relationships.Every couple will experience breaks. Sometimes they come in the form of betrayal, misunderstanding, a slow drift, or simply the accumulation of unmet needs. When a relationship cracks under pressure, the instinc...

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