Do you find that asking for what you need in a relationship is difficult? Me too! Even as a therapist, with all the training and work I do day in and day out, I find that asking for what I need emotionally can be hard when I love someone deeply. My fears of pushing them away, feeling rejected, and a myriad of things (like how much time it takes to explain all this!) come up. But...we persist. Oftentimes it shows up as conflict...which is why when I came across this article by