The Safety and Intimacy of Marriage

The still face experiment is a great illustration of what can happen in our bodies when we move from an attuned caregiver or in a tuned spouse to someone who's just still faced. When I watch the still face experiment, I can look at this child and see the distress of just trying to get that mother space back. And you picked a fight with Michael so that you could see his eyes move in recognition that you matter to him. And when you saw it, you were soothed. Oh, yes. There's two things in the Senate's number one, the safety and intimacy of marriage. Now, for many people, marriage doesn't feel safe at all.