Relationship Advice for Love after Trauma
Listen on your favorite platform:
Is It Really Possible to Break Unhealthy Relationship Patterns and Be Happy Together?
I’ve never had what I’d call a healthy relationship, and neither has the man I’m dating now. After two long, unhappy marriages between us, this new relationship feels foreign—and almost too good to trust. I want to believe we can create something different, but I keep wondering if we’re just repeating patterns we don’t fully understand. Is it really possible to build a healthy relationship when neither of us has ever had one?
Get Ask Angela delivered to your inbox.
featured in
We’re not born knowing how to communicate in relationships.
For many of us, we missed out on learning healthy communication skills during childhood. Instead of learning how to communicate in ways that allow both people to feel seen, heard, and understood, often we learn patterns of communication that create confusion, hurt, and disconnection. Or we learn that it’s safer to just keep our thoughts and feelings to ourselves … and not communicate.
The secret to fulfilling relationships is learning how to connect with another person through communication. You can start learning the art of communication with our free communication class, The Communication Cure.