I hope to give you a dose of respectful support for all those times the pangs of loneliness dull your bright light. It can truly feel hard to be single or unhappily coupled—I don’t want to minimize that for a second or to have you think that wanting a loving relationship is all in your head. The suggestions in this book aren’t meant to imply that you somehow need fixing. Rather, I want to honor that it can be painful to not have something you want. It is certainly distressing to be invalidated by others.
