Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT, Author at WeConcile

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Grow Your Relationship with an Attachment Style Quiz

August 12, 2020October 3, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

We often don’t realize the power we have to improve our lives. Learning more about our attachment style gives us tools to enable us to understand more about how our minds work. Understanding attachment helps us understand how we relate and how we’ve learned to cope with relationship stress and, ultimately, how we are wired. An attachment style quiz or WeConcile’s relationship quality quiz can help us get started. (You’ll find links later in this article.)

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Are You Arguing in a Relationship?

July 27, 2020January 29, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Arguing in a relationship, fighting in a relationship, or having conflict in a relationship are painful roadblocks to connection. Yet, as we learn to understand what drives our conflict, we can change how we relate and open new paths of growth between us.

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Ideas for Self Care – Using Self Awareness

July 1, 2020September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Self care is an essential element of psychological health and impacts relationships. We’ll be looking at some ideas for self care using self awareness.

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Suicidality or Depression in Relationships

June 17, 2020January 29, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Relationship problems and depression in relationships contribute to suicidality. Our need to be loved and cared for is so great, that when we feel that our relationship is falling apart, or we feel abandoned, the stress we experience can push us towards desperation and sometimes depression and suicide. We don’t always feel we can live without our connection to our partner.

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Skills for Resolving Conflict in a Relationship

May 30, 2020September 5, 2024Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

When a couple gets into a conflict, they generally get caught on the surface or problem level. Several things need to happen to resolve the conflict. You’ll learn about the necessary skills for resolving conflict in a relationship in this article.

Surviving Infidelity

May 4, 2020September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Infidelity is devastating to a relationship and makes a relationship emotionally unsafe for the person who has been cheated upon. Here is a roadmap to surviving infidelity.

Build Relationships (Instead of Breaking Them)

April 20, 2020October 6, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

You can use this step by step guide to help you build your relationship.

How to Save Your Marriage

March 30, 2020September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

You can learn how to save your marriage whether your partner is willing to work on your marriage or not.

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Finding Trust In a Relationship and Ourselves

March 16, 2020September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Learning how to trust ourselves is part of creating trust in a relationship.

Sex in Marriage

February 13, 2020September 11, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Sexuality brings into contact our various needs, different desires, and different fantasies. Sexuality may carry with it, not just an expression of love, but our emotional baggage as well. You can learn to make your sexual relationship better.

Intimacy in Relationships

January 14, 2020January 27, 2022Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

I Am More Than My Wiring – I Have the Power to Be the Love I Wish to Receive “Will you cuddle me?” my husband asked. “No, I’m reading,” I say, a bit put out that he cannot see I am otherwise occupied. Jesus Christ, I sound like my mother, I think to myself. I […]

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Getting Ready for Mr. or Ms. Right

December 31, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Getting ready for marriage or a relationship Are you waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right? Are you in a relationship you want to improve? Perhaps you are getting ready for marriage or a relationship? You can learn more about how to create your best relationship. The science of love helps us understand what is needed […]

When Love Isn’t Enough

December 27, 2019September 25, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

The betrayal of addiction in relationships First published in P.S. I Love You, a Medium.com publication on December 23rd, 2019. Thank you for reaching out and letting me know you are doing well. I appreciate your apology. When I read your message, pain erupted through me. What happened between us in the past was […]

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Intimacy in Marriage: Building Better Intimacy

December 5, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Intimacy usually refers to the state of having a close, personal, or romantic relationship with someone. We expect to have intimacy in marriage.

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The Sexless Marriage: Steps to Restore Sexual Intimacy

November 26, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Sex in a relationship can be an expression of love and connection and the giving and receiving of physical pleasure. When we think of marriage, we believe that a sexual relationship will be a natural expression of the union of love. What does it really mean to be sexless in your relationship?

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Is A Relationship Counseling App Right for Us?

October 31, 2019September 23, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

How does a couple know if online marriage counseling or a relationship app is right for them? Let’s look at some different relationship growth choices. Marriage counseling helps couples learn new skills and ways of relating. In a sense, there is a peeling of the onion, where people become more aware of behaviors they engage […]

Yoga as a Lens into Character Structure

September 29, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

A look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder Follow my blog with Bloglovin Character structure is not easy to see. We generally feel it in a person before we see it. We feel it because that person can be difficult to relate to and seems to be locked into rigid responses that do not serve relating. We […]

From the Founder of WeConcile – Using My Writing for Relationship Help

September 21, 2019September 11, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

My name is Jennifer Lehr, LMFT and I am the founder of WeConcile. I regularly share my experience and story, my knowledge, my struggles, and my vulnerabilities in my writing. I also share my expertise.

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Love and Treachery

September 16, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

I’m in a FB group where people are looking for advice, support, and help with their relationships and marriages. There are issues of trust, intimacy issues and much more. It makes me feel sad. But you can choose to heal your relationship.

The Gift of the Black Sheep

September 16, 2019September 21, 2023Jennifer J. Lehr, LMFT

Families. They can be a problematic maze which we don’t know how to navigate through. I’m part of a family that is stuck and fractured. The flatlands of black and white vision blinds us to what is below the surface, the depths. Yet, there is hope. We can learn to look more deeply. When I […]