by Ginger Sullivan | Jun 9, 2020 | Relationships
The heart and soul of relational work is generosity. Having “extra” – extra time, energy, compassion, resources, emotional bandwidth – and choosing to share it with your partner, even and often when you don’t feel like it. Generosity is like cookies. When I have...
by Ginger Sullivan | Aug 15, 2019 | Emotional Health, Relationships
Me too. Me too. No, it’s not about you right now. It’s about the emotional experience of the person sitting across from you. The one you claim to love and care about. But, I can relate. Isn’t that empathy? Yes and no. When you emotionally connect with another person,...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jan 18, 2018 | Relational Intimacy
I told his boss to give him a raise. He deserved it. On this cold almost winter morning, two days post our meal of giving thanks, human harshness was not necessary. In fact, it was quite jarring. “Oh yeah,” I thought to myself upon witnessing verbal violence. “That.”...
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