Just like in nature, there are four Relationship Seasons™.
The seasons are ever-flowing.
At one moment you can be in the Confident Season, grounded and giving from fullness, and then a life event occurs — a loss, a birth, a transition at work, a new chapter in your relationship, a shift in identity — and you can find yourself in the Coping Season.
This is not failure. This is the nature of being human.
Understanding and naming your season changes everything. It gives you language for what you are living through and replaces self-judgment with self-compassion.