The Distance Between You and Your Partner Is the Distance Between You and Yourself

When there’s space between you and your partner, it’s easy to think it’s about them—their silence, their withdrawal, their change.

But often, that distance begins within. It reflects how far you’ve drifted from yourself.

Every relationship mirrors our inner world.
When you feel unseen, ask: Have I stopped seeing my own truth?
When you feel unheard, ask: Have I been listening to myself?

Disconnection doesn’t start with love disappearing—it starts when we abandon parts of who we are to keep the peace or to be loved. Each time we silence ourselves, we step a little further away from our center—and our partner can only meet the version of us that remains present.True closeness begins when you come home to yourself.

When you honor your truth, your feelings, your rhythm—something shifts. The energy between you and the other changes too.

Because the space between you and your partner is, always, the space between you and your own heart.
And when you close that inner gap, love has room to breathe again.

With love,
Marine Sélénée