Kathryn Ford, MD

10/23/2025

❤️ Aperture is not static. It shifts constantly. The Aperture Effect teaches you how to navigate that dynamic in real-time.

📒 https://www.kathrynfordmd.com/the-aperture-effect

10/20/2025

💜 Most conversations do not require a resolution—they require a way of relating that preserves connection. The idea that resolution is always the goal can be misleading. Sometimes what’s needed is simply connection.
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10/20/2025

✨ I quote psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan in the book. Action-based learning is a cornerstone of The Aperture Effect. Available now on all book retailer sites.
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10/10/2025

📌 “The goal for strong relationships is not to eliminate mistakes but to get very good at handling them.”

Mistakes are inevitable, even daily. What matters is your ability to recover. When handled well, mistakes actually strengthen individuals and relationships more than not making them at all. The key is not perfection, but trust, repair, and safety.

🧠 Read more: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/openings/202508/the-do-over-quick-fix-for-relationship-mistakes

10/09/2025

✨ A journalist friend of mine sent me this picture from a recent trip where was his travel reading.

To everyone reading and reflecting, thank you. Your support means the world.

If the book has resonated with you, I’d love to see it in your world—send photos like this one. It makes me very happy to hear from readers.

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10/08/2025

💡 The moment you want to protect yourself is often the exact moment connection is most needed. This paradox is central to aperture awareness. I help couples learn to stay present in moments that matter most.
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10/06/2025

In , I encourage readers to take responsibility for their own openness. That’s how relational change begins. ✨

10/06/2025

Thank you Hunter Clarke-Fields, Mindful Mama Mentor!

Dr. Kathryn Ford is a renowned couples therapist, psychiatrist, and author of the new book "The Aperture Effect: A Radically Simple Approach to Finding Joy and Connection in Your Relationship".       561: Navigating Relationship ChallengesKathryn FordIn this episode of the Mindful Mama podcast, ...

10/03/2025

🧠 “Handling mistakes well creates a relationship where it is safe to get it wrong and safe to learn.”

This is the opposite of perfectionism. When partners trust that they will be forgiven and that their relationship is sturdy, they feel emotionally safe. Mistakes no longer feel like threats they become opportunities for growth. That’s the power of a relationship that allows for do-overs.

✨Read more: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/openings/202508/the-do-over-quick-fix-for-relationship-mistakes

09/29/2025

💬 “Almost all hard conversations benefit by slowing it down.”

When emotions run high, our speech speeds up and connection gets lost in the rush.

But what if your first move in conflict was reassurance instead of reaction?

❤️ “I care about you. I care about how this conversation goes.”
That simple intention, shared out loud, shifts everything.

This is how we turn arguments into deeper understanding.
This is how we repair instead of retreat.

🎧 Watch the full episode of Low Tox Life wherever you get your podcasts

09/27/2025

Openness is contagious. So is defensiveness. Which one are you leading with today?

09/25/2025

I had the chance to sit down with and talk about some of the realest things that affect us as humans in relationship:

🧠 Can we train ourselves to be less reactive in conflict?
💬 Why does slowing down change the tone of a hard conversation?
👩‍👧‍👦 What can we do to stay connected through the parenting grind?
🧘🏽‍♀️ And how yoga and mindfulness give us tools for real-time emotional presence.

If you're in a long-term relationship, parenting partnership, or just want to love better, this conversation is for you.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Just search Low Tox Life + Kathryn Ford MD.

👇 What part of the episode hit home for you?