Spend some time with your inner child - that little girl or boy within you who can get lost, dismissed or neglected in the busyness and noise of life's other seemingly more pressing priorities. You may want to find an old photograph of yourself at five or six years of age and connect with the feelings the picture evokes. Using your non-dominant hand, allow that child to hand write you a brief note that begins with "What I need most is..." Visualize yourself taking this child into your arms and granting his or her request for nurturing, acceptance, safety, love, or affection.

Try putting this child's need into a small, doable, achievable request that you might ask your partner for sometime this week.