Emotional availability used to be the bonus on top of good looks, a job, a personality of some sort and a measure of intelligence. But the check box for relationship measures has changed. Now, its about showing up emotionally. But few people actually do.
Social worker Ingrid Pollak said that its a growing phenomenon, and while people talk about connection ad nauseam sometimes, many of us are still operating at a surface level. And there are some solid reasons why.
Pollak answers these questions on the topic:
