{"id":39324,"date":"2026-09-24T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/couples\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:20:47","slug":"couples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Couples and Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"39324\" class=\"elementor elementor-39324 elementor-39093\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96fd956 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96fd956\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d6ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c3d6ba0\" 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class=\"anc-wrap\">\n      <nav class=\"anc-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/blog\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Couples and Relationships<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n      \n      <div class=\"anc-hero-top\">\n        <h1 id=\"anc-pareja-h1\">Couples and Relationships<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"anc-hero-text\"><p>Relationships can become difficult in different ways.<\/p><p>Sometimes the problem is how we communicate. At other times it involves trust, desire, a decision we do not know how to make, or the fact that only one person wants to keep trying.<\/p><p>Start with the path that most closely reflects what you are going through.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <nav class=\"anc-jump\" aria-label=\"Paths on this page\"><ol>\n        <li><a href=\"#communication-conflict\"><span>01<\/span><b>Communication and conflict<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#one-partner-wants-change\"><span>02<\/span><b>When one partner wants change<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#crisis-decisions\"><span>03<\/span><b>Crisis and decisions<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#trust-infidelity\"><span>04<\/span><b>Trust and infidelity<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#intimacy-desire-sexuality\"><span>05<\/span><b>Intimacy, desire, and sexuality<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ol><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"anc-photo\"><div class=\"anc-wrap\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pareja-conversacion-victor-marcela-1600.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Marcela G\u00f3mez and V\u00edctor Silva talking and smiling in grey armchairs in front of a bookcase.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"anc-section anc-white anc-rule\" aria-labelledby=\"anc-recorridos\"><div class=\"anc-wrap\">\n    <div class=\"anc-head\"><h2 id=\"anc-recorridos\">Five paths for exploring your relationship<\/h2><\/div>\n    <ol class=\"anc-routes\">\n      <li class=\"anc-route\" id=\"communication-conflict\"><span class=\"anc-num\">01<\/span><h3>Communication and conflict<\/h3><p class=\"anc-desc\">When conversations stall, escalate, or return to the same place again and again.<\/p><ul class=\"anc-list\"><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">Why do we keep arguing about the same thing even after discussing it?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">My partner does not want to talk about our problems<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">Why do so many relationship agreements change nothing?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/communication-and-conflict\/\">Explore Communication and Conflict \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n      <li class=\"anc-route\" id=\"one-partner-wants-change\"><span class=\"anc-num\">02<\/span><h3>When one partner wants change<\/h3><p class=\"anc-desc\">When one person wants to change something, work on the relationship, or seek help and the other is not in the same place.<\/p><ul class=\"anc-list\"><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">My partner does not want to go to therapy: what can I do?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">I am the only one trying to save the relationship<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">What is Your Part in a relationship?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/when-one-partner-wants-change\/\">Explore When One Partner Wants Change \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n      <li class=\"anc-route\" id=\"crisis-decisions\"><span class=\"anc-num\">03<\/span><h3>Crisis and decisions<\/h3><p class=\"anc-desc\">When staying, leaving, or redefining the relationship stops being a distant question and begins to demand a decision.<\/p><ul class=\"anc-list\"><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">I do not know whether to end my relationship: thinking through a decision no one can make for you<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">Can my relationship be repaired?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">The relationship you have and the one you hope for<\/span><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/crisis-and-decisions\/\">Explore Crisis and Decisions \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n      <li class=\"anc-route\" id=\"trust-infidelity\"><span class=\"anc-num\">04<\/span><h3>Trust and infidelity<\/h3><p class=\"anc-desc\">When an agreement is broken and the question is no longer only what happened, but what to do with what remains.<\/p><ul class=\"anc-list\"><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">My partner was unfaithful: what do I do now?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">How to rebuild trust after infidelity<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">Staying after infidelity<\/span><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/trust-and-infidelity\/\">Explore Trust and Infidelity \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n      <li class=\"anc-route\" id=\"intimacy-desire-sexuality\"><span class=\"anc-num\">05<\/span><h3>Intimacy, desire, and sexuality<\/h3><p class=\"anc-desc\">When closeness changes, the body begins to feel distant, or the partners no longer want the same amount of sexual connection.<\/p><ul class=\"anc-list\"><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">We live like roommates<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">We have mismatched sex drives: what can we do with that difference?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"anc-disabled\">Intimacy is not only sex<\/span><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples\/intimacy-desire-and-sexuality\/\">Explore Intimacy, Desire, and Sexuality \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n    <\/ol>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"anc-section anc-rule anc-tuparte\"><div class=\"anc-wrap anc-tuparte-wrap\"><div class=\"anc-tuparte-inner\"><h2>Your Part<\/h2><p class=\"anc-lead\">Looking at your part does not mean carrying the whole relationship.<\/p><p>It means distinguishing what you do within what happens between two people, what depends on you, and where you still have the capacity to choose and act.<\/p><article class=\"anc-piece\"><h3>What is Your Part in a relationship?<\/h3><p>Taking responsibility for your own participation does not mean taking all the responsibility. It means looking beyond what the other person should change and recovering your ability to act on what is yours.<\/p><span class=\"anc-more\">Read article \u2192<\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"anc-section anc-white anc-rule\"><div class=\"anc-wrap\"><div class=\"anc-head\"><h2>Conversations about relationships<\/h2><div class=\"anc-head-text\"><p>Some questions are better developed through conversation.<\/p><p>Here we bring together conversations between Marcela and V\u00edctor about conflict, decisions, trust, desire, and the different ways we participate in a relationship.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"anc-talks\"><article class=\"anc-talk anc-talk-main\"><div class=\"anc-thumb\"><span>Featured conversation<\/span><\/div><h3>Featured conversation<\/h3><p>Selection pending.<\/p><\/article><div class=\"anc-talk-side\"><article class=\"anc-talk\"><div class=\"anc-thumb\"><span>Conversation<\/span><\/div><h3>Conversation<\/h3><p>Selection pending.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"anc-talk\"><div class=\"anc-thumb\"><span>Conversation<\/span><\/div><h3>Conversation<\/h3><p>Selection pending.<\/p><\/article><\/div><\/div><div class=\"anc-divider\"><span class=\"anc-more\">View all conversations \u2192<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"anc-preterapia\" class=\"anc-section anc-rule\"><div class=\"anc-wrap\"><div class=\"anc-head\"><h2>If you are considering couples therapy<\/h2><div class=\"anc-head-text\"><p>People do not always come to therapy knowing exactly what they want to do with the relationship.<\/p><p>These questions may help you understand what the process can offer, when it may make sense to begin, and what happens at the start.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"anc-therapy\"><div><ul class=\"anc-questions\"><li><a class=\"anc-disabled\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/when-to-consider-couples-therapy\/\">When should we go to couples therapy?<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"anc-disabled\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/does-couples-therapy-work\/\">Does couples therapy work?<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"anc-disabled\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/first-couples-therapy-session\/\">What happens in the first couples therapy session?<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"anc-disabled\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples-therapy-unsure-whether-to-stay-together\/\">Can we go to couples therapy if we do not know whether we want to stay together?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"anc-divider\"><a class=\"anc-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancestrina.com\/en\/couples-therapy\/\">Learn about Couples Therapy \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"anc-white anc-close\"><div class=\"anc-wrap\"><span class=\"anc-more\">View all relationship articles \u2192<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Resources Couples and Relationships Relationships Couples and Relationships Relationships can become difficult in different ways. 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