Figs & Teale

04/21/2026

From Out-of-Wedlock Birth to Relationship Expert
This is something I see with couples every single day in my practice. You're not broken. Neither is your partner. You're both just scared.
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04/21/2026

spent decades proving the attachment bond is the foundation of everything. Health. Longevity. Professional success. Everything. And most of us still treat it like a hobby.

13 questions. 3 minutes. Discover whether you're a pursuer, withdrawer, or somewhere in between — and get a free personalized report. By a couples therapist.

04/20/2026

Survival vs. Safety
I never thought I'd be a therapist talking about Bitcoin. But once I understood how the financial system affects our nervous systems, I couldn't stay quiet.
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04/20/2026

The Waltz of Pain has steps. I hurt. I react. You hurt. You react. Learn the steps and you can interrupt the dance. You can't stop what you can't see. Name the cycle and it loses half its power.

Breathe easy again with our team of experts. Connection starts with Empathi.

04/20/2026

Natalie Portman just announced she's pregnant with her third child at 44, calling it "such a privilege and a miracle." And it is. Congratulations to and her partner. But here's what I want to say to any couple who lit up reading that news because you're also expecting: the announcement is the easy part. The months before and after a baby arrives are one of the most predictable pressure points in adult love. I've watched hundreds of couples go through it in my office. I went through it with my wife Teale. The couples who come out closer aren't the ones with more love. They're the ones who built emotional ground before the baby landed. I wrote about what that actually looks like: https://empathi.com/blog/natalie-portman-third-baby-couples-prep/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=culture

04/20/2026

Stop trying to be right and start trying to be connected. In the Rumi Field, the solution takes care of itself once the hearts find each other again.

Breathe easy again with our team of experts. Connection starts with Empathi.

04/20/2026

We've ALL Been There
This is something I see with couples every single day in my practice. You're not broken. Neither is your partner. You're both just scared.
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04/19/2026

Vocal Minorities Rule Over Majority Truth
This is something I see with couples every single day in my practice. You're not broken. Neither is your partner. You're both just scared.
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04/19/2026

Your partner can't read your mind. I know. Revolutionary. But half the fights in my office come from one person expecting the other to know what they need without saying it. Say it. Out loud. With your real voice.

Breathe easy again with our team of experts. Connection starts with Empathi.

04/19/2026

Bitcoin eyeing $125K again. The analysts at crypto.news are drawing trendlines, the ETF flows are back in the chatter, and everyone's refreshing the chart to find out if they're a genius or a fool by Friday.

Here's what sixteen years as a couples therapist has taught me about moments like this: people don't change because the chart looks nice. They don't change because someone explained the math at a dinner party. They change when their current way of being hurts like hell.

A $125K target is a headline. It's not a teacher. Pain is the teacher, and the question is whether you're willing to listen to what yours has been trying to say.

https://empathi.com/blog/bitcoin-125k-pain-changes-you/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=culture

04/19/2026

The Pasadena piece "Two Homes, One Childhood: Making Co-Parenting Work After Divorce" named something I watch walk into my office every week. The divorce papers are signed, the legal part is technically over, and then the real work begins. The part no one prepared anyone for.

After sixteen years as an LMFT, here's what I can tell you: the logistics are almost never the real story. The schedules, the exchanges, the screen time fights with your ex, that's where the unfinished emotional business between two people goes to live once the romantic relationship is over.

If you're in the middle of it right now, I wrote this for you. https://empathi.com/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=culture

04/19/2026

A top Fed official said this week that the Iran war and inflation risks could keep rate cuts on hold. Central banker careful phrasing. But the substance underneath is what we actually live with: the ground is not stable, the people in charge of the ground are not sure when it will be, and relief keeps getting pushed further into the fog.

If your chest tightened reading that, you are not overreacting. Your nervous system is registering something real. And here is what I see after sixteen years as a couples therapist: the Fed's press conference is going to land in your bedroom tonight whether you know it or not. Couples don't fight about money. They fight about safety.

https://empathi.com/blog/fed-rate-anxiety-relationships/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=culture