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When couples struggle to integrate major life changes together

My husband and I both went through major life changes last year — I switched careers and he lost his dad — and we keep trying to be the couple we were before instead of figuring out who we are now. We're both different people but we're acting like if we just get back to normal everything will be fine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're both clinging to an old version of your relationship instead of allowing it to evolve with who you've become.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Integration — not getting over but getting with?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.