Empowered Connections
Cultivate Positive Relationships
You deserve to feel loved and respected, and have mutually positive relationships that support the well-being of everyone involved in them — including you.
The Empowered Connections Collection is full of wise advice from our expert relationship counselors to support your ability to set healthy boundaries, identify (and manage) problematic relationships, develop your confidence in relationships, and create empowered connections that lift you up.
The Latest Posts in The Empowered Connections Collection
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Difficult conversations are tough, and easy to avoid (or botch). But authentic communication is vital for healthy relationships — especially when it’s about something hard to talk about. Get strategies for having productive, “critical conversations” on this episode of the podcast.
When AI Starts to Feel Safer Than People: Understanding the New Landscape of AI Relationships
Learn why AI relationships with chatbots feel so safe, how they shape real connection, and what this means for mental and emotional health.
The Power of Guilt: How Feeling Bad Can Actually Improve Your Relationships
Learn how to deal with guilt, understand shame vs guilt, and improve your relationships with support from a therapist for guilt.
Stop Wasting Your Energy: How to Focus on What Actually Matters
Reclaim your energy and focus with practical strategies to stop wasting effort and refocus on what truly matters.
Money & Relationships: How to Combine Finances After Marriage (Without Resentment)
Learn how to combine finances after marriage and build fairness, trust, and teamwork in your relationship.
How to Become Influential: Everyday Leadership That Creates Change
Learn how to become influential through micro leadership. Build trust, compassion, and clarity with small actions that create real change.
When Politics Get Personal: How to Maintain Relationships in an Era of Polarization with Dr. Bill Doherty
Discover how to stay connected across differing values and beliefs with Dr. Bill Doherty’s political communication strategies.
Relationship Ambivalence: How to Get Clarity on Staying or Leaving
Feeling stuck in relationship ambivalence? Learn how to get clarity on whether to stay or leave with research-backed tools.
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