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Why Is It So Hard to Accept Help?

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When your partner says, “How can I help?” what do you hear?

Tim means he cares. Denise sometimes hears that he thinks she can’t handle things herself. After 25 years of marriage, they’re still discovering how differently an offer of support can land.

Picking up their conversation about leadership, Denise and Tim turn toward their own relationship: wanting comfort versus wanting questions,…