How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.

The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.

These are times when sympathetic joy comes naturally, but in a complex relationship the heart may not leap up so easily.

Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.

We nurture our sense of connection with the larger whole, noticing that the whole is only as healthy as its smallest part.

The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s happiness truly jeopardizes our own, the more we pave the way for experiencing sympathetic joy