Supporting Your Young Adult’s Bid Transformation Without Enabling Karen watches her 24-year-old son Marcus spend another day in his room, gaming and avoiding the world. Every instinct screams at her to fix it, to do his laundry, make his meals, call potential...
Understanding Withdrawal as a Connection Strategy Maya sits alone at the family dinner table, silent while everyone else talks and laughs. When her mom asks if she’s okay, she shrugs and says “fine.” She’s not fine. She’s hurt that nobody...
Charting Your Journey from Dysfunctional to Healthy Bids Change in human behavior rarely happens overnight. We don’t wake up one morning suddenly skilled at connection after years of struggle. Instead, transformation happens incrementally, through small shifts...
Community as Classroom: Why Peer Feedback Transforms Connection Skills Faster Than Traditional Therapy Sitting alone in a therapist’s office, Sarah talks about her struggles making friends. She describes feeling awkward at parties, never knowing what to say,...
From Isolation to Independence Breaking the Failure to Launch Cycle Through Relational Awareness Twenty-three-year-old Marcus sleeps until noon most days. He dropped out of college after one semester, lives in his childhood bedroom, and spends most of his time gaming...
The Gottman Bids Framework Applied to Young Adult Development What if I told you that researchers can predict with 94% accuracy whether a relationship will succeed or fail, simply by watching how two people interact? That’s exactly what renowned psychologist Dr....
