Coaching practices for Can a Marriage Survive When One Side Doesn't Show Due to Covid Restrictions

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• After the baby, the move, the hard year, we just quietly stopped reaching for each other
• Between the job stress and the family crisis, my partner and I have basically become two exhausted people running logistics
• My partner and I have drifted into totally separate social lives
• My partner sided with their family over me again, or didn’t back me up in front of others, and I’m left unsure whether they’ll actually put us first when it counts
• In the heat of a fight we cross lines we’d never cross when calm

Practices that may help

1. Rekindling after a drift: returning to aliveness
   Recognize a drift in erotic connection as normal — and name it as the beginning of a renewal, not a failure.
   Mating in Captivity: Sustaining Desire in Long-Term Relationships
2. Make extra deposits during difficult life periods
   External stress drains PSO — consciously increase positive interactions when life is hard.
   Positive Sentiment Override: How to Build the Lens That Protects Relationships
3. Invest in shared social networks
   Spend time with people who affirm and are connected to both of you as a couple.
   Relationship Maintenance Behaviors
4. Create and protect the couple bubble
   Agree that you each put the relationship above any third party, including family of origin.
   Secure-Functioning Relationships
5. Mating in Captivity: Sustaining Desire in Long-Term Relationships
   Esther Perel argues that the conditions that make love secure — closeness, familiarity, predictability — are structurally at odds with the conditions that sustain erotic desire — mystery, distance, and the thrill of unpredictability. Sustaining desire is not about technique but about holding the paradox: you can be deeply known and still be a little unknown, still be an object of curiosity for each other.
6. Agree on relationship principles before you need them
   Set explicit rules for how you will treat each other, especially under pressure.
   Secure-Functioning Relationships
7. Recognize and reinvest in deepened relationships
   Notice which relationships grew closer through the hardship, and deliberately invest back in them.
   Benefit-Finding: Locating Meaning and Growth in Adversity
8. Ask "How are we doing?" as a genuine question
   Invite both partners to rate and describe the overall relationship state this week.
   The Relationship Check-In: A Structured Practice for Staying Connected
9. Prioritize bid awareness during high-stress periods
   Under stress, bid frequency rises and attention drops -- the worst combination.
   Bids for Connection: The Small Moments That Make or Break Relationships
10. Build rituals of connection and shared meaning
    Create repeatable rituals that signal the relationship is a priority.
    The 5-to-1 Positivity Ratio in Relationships

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