My work is about more than resolving conflict. It’s about the loneliness inside a long marriage. The resentment that goes unspoken. The desire that fades. The identity that shifts. The grief that comes before loss. And how you stay connected as life changes you both.
It starts after the kids have moved out, after retirement, after a diagnosis. Bodies change. Memory falters. Old roles no longer fit. The way you relate to each other starts to shift. It isn’t a crisis to fix. It’s a season whose rhythm has to be learned.
After almost 40 years in my own marriage, I’ve learned this next stage asks something different of us.
With over 45 years as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Linda has spent her career helping people love better, not just longer. She’s Gottman Method (Level 2) trained and a certified Imago Relationship Therapist. Her book Love Cycles mapped the stages every long-term relationship moves through, and its companion, Love Skills, has helped readers around the world put that map into practice.
