Maybe it’s been building slowly—moments of silence, miscommunication, or loneliness that pile up until we begin to feel emotionally unsafe or unseen. This disconnection isn’t a failure—it’s a signal. And the good news is: it’s repairable.

True reconnection begins with awareness. We first have to understand what is happening in our relationship, why it’s happening, and how we can begin to rewrite the story we’ve been stuck in.

And while we often think of emotional safety as something created by words or actions (and it is), there's something even more foundational going on beneath the surface:

Your nervous system is either allowing connection—or protecting you from it.