What happens when empathy helps your partner feel deeply understood… but quietly keeps both of you stuck? In this episode, I explore what I call The Empathy Trap in Relationships, a dynamic where understanding your partner’s pain can sometimes make it harder to respond to the actual impact that pain is having on you, the relationship, and the family system as a whole. Drawing from my own marriage and years of professional experience, I talk about how empathy can unintentionally turn int...