Episode 27: Small Ways to Feel Closer to Your Partner

With Couple’s Therapist, Dr. Paige Thompson

8.26.26 | Skills | 46 min

In this practical and heartfelt conversation, Dr. Paige Thompson joins Spill Your Guts to explore why vulnerability is one of the most powerful paths to deeper connection. Drawing from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), she explains why opening up can feel so risky, and how learning to reach for the people we love can help us build safer, more connected relationships.

Dr. Thompson breaks down what it means to be accessible, responsive, and engaged with a partner, and shares simple ways to practice these skills in everyday life. We also explore what happens when vulnerability isn’t met well and how couples can repair after moments of disconnection.

This episode is a reminder that needing other people isn’t a weakness. Connection requires the courage to let ourselves be seen, and to show up with care when someone else takes that risk with us. 

Connect with Dr. Paige Thompson: https://www.drpaigethompson.com/; @couplestherapypaige

Music Credit: Nathan Byrne with Reel Byrne Media.