The Empowered Connections Collection

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

Hands pulling a rope in opposite directions with a red knot in the middle, representing how to negotiate with a narcissist and manage high-conflict relationship dynamics.

How to Negotiate With A Narcissist: Learn Skills to Communicate & Set Boundaries in High-Conflict Relationships (with Rebecca Zung)

Learn how to negotiate with a narcissist using practical negotiation tactics to set boundaries and protect yourself in high-conflict relationships.

A masked figure holding a white face mask, symbolizing a con artist hiding their true identity through deception and emotional manipulation.

Gaslit, Betrayed, and Deceived: How a Con Artist Manipulates Emotions and Skills to Protect Your Well-Being

Learn how a con artist manipulates emotions, causes betrayal trauma, and how to protect yourself and recover safely.

A smiling couple shares a warm, affectionate moment outdoors, illustrating emotional connection and intimacy in a romantic relationship.

Enneagram Types and Relationships: Is Your Personality Compatible with Your Partner’s?

Learn how enneagram types shape relationships, conflict, and emotional connection—and how understanding personality can strengthen your bond.

A couple sitting close together on a couch, smiling and talking while holding coffee, illustrating attentive listening and emotional connection in a relationship.

How to Listen Better in Relationships: The Japanese Art of Being a Good Listener

Learn how to listen and be a good listener in relationships. Discover skills that improve communication, emotional intimacy, and repair.

Team discussion around a table reviewing the six types of working genius framework during a collaborative work meeting.

The 6 Types of Working Genius: How Understanding Your Strengths Can Reduce Burnout, Improve Relationships, and Support Career Growth

Discover how the 6 types of working genius reduce burnout, improve relationships, and support career growth through strengths alignment.

People forming human connection in a pottery workshop, working together and improving their social wellness while overcoming loneliness.

How to Overcome Loneliness, Build Human Connection and Improve Your Social Wellness

Learn how to overcome loneliness, build human connection, and improve your social wellness with simple steps that help you feel happier.

A younger woman and her mother-in-law arm wrestle at a table, symbolizing conflict and power struggles in a toxic mother-in-law relationship.

How to Set Boundaries with a Toxic Mother-in-Law and Protect Your Marriage

Learn how to set healthy boundaries with a toxic mother-in-law, reduce conflict, and protect your marriage with evidence-based strategies.

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.