Video Collection · For Supporters · 3 Videos
How to Move In Together (Without Coming Apart)
Short videos for the couple about to share their first home together.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
The collection · 3 videos
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Esther Perel: We Expect Too Much From Our Partners
Esther Perel · 4 min
A renowned couples therapist on why you can't ask one person to be your whole village.
Takeaway
Don't expect your partner to be lover, best friend, co-parent, and confidant all at once. Keep your other people close — a couple can't be a tribe of two.
Reflection
01
Name the three people (a friend, a sibling, a parent) you'll keep leaning on so your partner isn't your only source of everything once you share a roof.
02
Write the one expectation you're quietly carrying into this home (more sex, more time, less mess) and say it out loud to your partner this week.
03
Pick one 'love-story' thing you do for fun and one 'life-story' thing you handle together — and block time this month for both, separately.
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