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Rich and DawnCheré Wilkerson Bust the Myth of Marriage Counseling

It usually starts small. The same fight, replayed every few weeks, over dishes in the sink or whose turn it is to handle the laundry. One partner feels unheard, the other feels nagged. Both go quiet, hoping the tension will evaporate on its own. They still love each other, but the conversations are shorter, the silences longer, the phones more magnetic than eye contact. By the time someone suggests counseling, it already feels like admitting failure — like walking into the ER after ignoring ches