For many, there is a grandiose expectation when entering a long term relationship that your partner is going to be your everything. We hear phrases such as ‘I’ve found my better half’, ‘He’s my soulmate’, ‘She completes me.’ While seemingly innocuous in nature, or maybe even romantic, there can be potential harm in the internalized beliefs that come along with this type of messaging. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, one of the things that comes up often when I wor