Five Small Steps Back to the Friend You Married

Each step takes a few minutes and gives you one thing to say or do this week. No big talk or weekend away needed to start.

• The one question to ask over a cup of coffee that gets you a real answer, and what to do with it when it comes.
• Plain words for saying the distance out loud, and how to own your part first so it sounds like love instead of a list of complaints.
• What to do when the talk gets hard, so you keep listening instead of building your defence while they speak.
• How to make an apology that lands: one specific thing you did, and no "but" on the end of it.
• Why small promises kept, week after week, do more for trust than one big gesture ever could, along with the two verses I keep coming back to myself.