You can do this work as a couple or on your own. Both are valid, and both can shift things.
What you might bring
- Feeling like you can't say the right thing.
- Sex and intimacy that have quietly stalled.
- Conflict that escalates faster than you can keep up with.
- Drifting — busy lives, parallel rather than together.
Going on your own
Plenty of men do this work solo. You don't need your partner's buy-in to look at how you communicate, what you bring to conflict, and the patterns you might be repeating from earlier in life. Often, one person changing how they show up shifts the whole dynamic.
