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Why Fighting Feels Safer Than Repair
Love in Practice, From the Journal Isabella Rose Alonzo-Gatti, LMFT 1/11/26 Love in Practice, From the Journal Isabella Rose Alonzo-Gatti, LMFT 1/11/26

Why Fighting Feels Safer Than Repair

Why fighting can feel safer than repair—and how fear of vulnerability, not poor communication, keeps couples stuck in painful cycles.

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Love in Practice: Notes from Therapy

Notes on what it means to love bravely and repair often — short, thoughtful reflections from the therapy room.

Thank you for joining Love in Practice. You’ll receive reflections and gentle reminders on what it means to love bravely and repair often.

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