Do your son know some of what you are experiencing? Yes. If you don't tell him anything and he may not have the language like you do, he may think that he's the only one or he must be okay because you keep telling him I'm okay. But if you were able to say maybe you know today was a very hard day and whatever the reason then he can say it was a hard day for me too. Maybe some maybe not big my fears I share about it like something upset todaylike like big question about life, about death, about killing, about bombingBecause I have fears, I can die and I can join to military because I'm officer, reserve officer in
In this deeply intimate collaboration with beloved therapist Esther Perel, she dives deep in a couples therapy session with a Ukrainian couple torn apart by the war.
The wife is compelled to leave the country for the sake of her youngest son; the husband and older son are compelled to stay in the warzone for the sake of their country.
Miraculously, even amid unthinkable loss – and maybe especially amid unthinkable loss – love and connection are unrelenting.
Love does impossible things.
(Ukrainian and English language transcripts available at http://wecandohardthingspodcast.com)
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