How to Create Healthy Emotional Space

There is a sweet spot for emotional space. Oftentimes reactivity occurs because people are too close, they're too intensely connected. Healthy emotional space creates enough distance that two people can separate but not so much distance that they are cut off emotionally. Stay in a hotel during holidays instead of with the family. This won't necessarily change the nature of the relationship; it's saying we don't have to be so close together all the time.