Feeling unappreciated for your efforts in a relationship can create tension and disconnection, but it’s a common dynamic that can be addressed with understanding and communication. Misaligned expectations, unspoken needs for recognition, and missed opportunities to share positives often lie at the root of the issue. By identifying these patterns and working together to clarify roles, express appreciation, and nurture positivity, couples can transform frustration into deeper connection and mutual care.

When you feel negatively toward yourself, healing involves developing compassionate self-awareness and, ultimately, self-acceptance.

Good intentions by a partner in a couple can lead to conflict and feelings of rejection. Developing self-awareness and curiosity can help repair the relationship by nurturing empathy and compassion.

Love is a multifaceted experience. Our ability to accept and give love fluctuates over time and with different experiences. So how do we learn to love ourselves and others better, as well as cope with setbacks such as rejection?

Rejection sensitivity can be difficult to live with. Using the framework of attachment theory, learn how to cope in healthy ways with rejection.

Do you ever wonder why you are so insecure, even when you don’t think you have a good reason to be? This general sense of insecurity is likely an expression of anxious attachment.

What is attachment theory, and how does it affect you in relationship with others?