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Scenario

How couples maintain intimacy through fertility struggles

My wife and I have been trying to conceive for two years and the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment is destroying our intimacy — we have sex on schedule, comfort each other through the grief, but we can't seem to find our way back to each other as people rather than co-conspirators in this project.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When a shared longing becomes the organizing principle of a relationship, the people can disappear into the want.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Islamic psychology — nafs and spiritual wellbeing?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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