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Chicago area relationship therapy group led by Kate Engler. Couples/relationship therapy is our jam!

When things feel messy and complicated in your relationship, we are here to help. Tips, insights, & real life strategies because relationships are hard.

11/04/2026

I knew that Gen XO probably wouldn’t be on bookstore shelves because I didn’t have a big, mainstream publisher. I’d made peace with that because I believed in the path I chose.

And then this happened!!! (Which I discovered completely by accident.)

Apparently, Gen XO was the #3 bestselling book at the store last week. I mean...WHAT?!?!

Bookends & Beginnings —you were already my favorite local bookstore, and now you’ve gone and made my dreams come true!

I’m so grateful for your support and to everyone who has purchased a copy of Gen XO.

And a special shoutout to the wonderful B&B staff, who were so sweet when I stopped in. Especially Lou, who graciously took the photo and shared the news about last week’s sales! Un

10/29/2026

Divorce ends a marriage. It doesn’t end a family.

When couples with children divorce, they aren’t ending their relationship entirely. They’re fundamentally changing it. And how they navigate that transition matters enormously, especially for their kids.

Our founder, Kate Engler, recently spoke with the Evanston RoundTable about what makes co-parenting work after divorce, including navigating conflict, creating parenting plans, sharing responsibilities, and building a village of support.

They also talked about something we wish more couples considered: Many of the tools used with divorcing couples would benefit married couples, too!

Clear expectations. Shared responsibility. Better communication. Opportunities for BOTH parents to be fully off-duty.

This is also part of what Kate explores in Gen XO through Creative Relationship Redesign: the idea that we don’t have to default to the relationship models we’ve inherited. We can rethink and intentionally redesign our relationships and families to better serve the people in them.

Sometimes that means changing how we function within a marriage. Sometimes it means finding a way to remain a family after the marriage ends.

Thanks to the Evanston RoundTable for highlighting this important topic!

To read the full story, go to the link in our bio.

10/27/2026

For anyone who’s been curious about Gen XO and wants to get a little taste of what’s inside, here’s your chance!

I’m excited to share that The Midst has published an exclusive excerpt from the book!

This piece tackles one of Gen X’s defining characteristics: our fierce independence and the “I’ll-just-do-it-myself” mindset that many of us have carried into adulthood.

Turns out, that self-sufficiency isn’t always serving us particularly well, especially in our relationships.

The excerpt explores why we’ve put so much pressure on marriage to meet all our needs and how rethinking our relationships, friendships, and communities might be one of the best things we can do for ourselves in midlife.

I’d love to hear what you think!

LINK IN BIO

10/20/2026

It’s launch day for Gen XO!

It started as a question I couldn't stop asking myself about my marriage: Why is this so hard? I was certain the answer was that I was the problem.

But then I started seeing the same issues show up in my work as a couples therapist. Friends and acquaintances began whispering confessions of similar struggles over drinks or on the playground.

My self-questioning turned into a bigger question: Why are so many smart, capable, well-intentioned people struggling in their relationships in exactly the same ways? (The less sanitized version in my head was: WTAF is going on?!)

Unsatisfied with not knowing the answer, I spent years researching, writing, and rethinking much of what we've been taught about marriage.

And what I discovered surprised me.

The common thread wasn't that we'd all married the wrong people or somehow failed at relationships. It was that we'd all grown up Gen X, inheriting the same contradictory messages about what marriage and partnership were supposed to look like.

It's not the marriage. It's the model.

For me, that realization changed everything. I could finally stop looking exclusively at what was wrong with me—or my marriage—and start asking what was wrong with the expectations we'd inherited.

Gen X was raised on conflicting messages about gender, marriage, independence, and what it means to have it all. We were told to do relationships differently, but nobody gave us a new blueprint.
So we improvised. And, well, here we are.

Gen XO is about how we got here, why so many of us feel stuck, and how we can create relationships that actually fit the lives we're living now.

I'm ridiculously excited (and maybe a little terrified) to finally share it with you.

If you've ever looked at your relationship and thought, This isn't quite what I signed up for, this book is for you.

Gen XO is officially available today. I'd be thrilled if you'd grab a copy, share it with a fellow Gen Xer, or help spread the word. And if you read it, please let me know what resonates. I can't wait to hear what you think!

**PURCHASE LINK IN COMMENTS**

10/15/2026

What about Gen X men? Are they quiet qutting too? The answer: sort of.

10/13/2026

Most of us didn’t exactly choose the blueprint for our relationships. We inherited it.

Date.
Get serious.
Move in.
Get married.
Merge everything.
Stay together forever.

This is sometimes called the relationship escalator—a culturally sanctioned script for how adult relationships are “supposed” to progress.

And the wild part? Most of us are so deeply programmed to follow it that we don’t even realize we’re on it.

Especially Gen X. We came of age questioning authority, distrusting institutions, and priding ourselves on independence…and then many of us stepped into remarkably conventional relationship structures without ever asking: Is this actually the relationship I want?

By midlife, that question can get pretty loud.
But we tend to think we have only two choices when a long-term relationship stops fitting: Grin and bear it.
Or blow the whole thing up.

What if there were more options?

That question is at the heart of something I call Creative Relationship Redesign (CRR).

It isn’t about saving every relationship.
It isn’t about ending every relationship.

And it definitely isn’t about replacing one rigid set of rules with another.

It’s about becoming conscious of the rules you’ve been following—and realizing you’re allowed to question them.

There is a surprisingly big world beyond the relationship escalator.

I explore it in my book, Gen XO: How Generation X Inherited a Relationship Model That Never Fit, What it Cost Us, and How We Build Something Better.

Gen XO out 10/20 (LINK IN BIO)

10/08/2026

As Oprah points out, “quiet qutting” has always happened in marriage, but today we call it something else.

Monica Corcoran Haral (MONICA CORCORAN HAREL), the writer of The Cut’s viral article on the topic, beautifully explains what’s different for modern women. The Gen X women I work with strongly agree.

10/01/2026

You can always tell what we’re trying to get to the bottom of by what books just arrived.

The shelves at Three Points are a running record of the questions our clients bring in — and the ones we can’t stop asking ourselves.

For Kate, those questions came from her therapy room, her own social circle, and even her own relationship. Why did all of these people who did everything “right” still feet stuck?

That research became Gen XO!

It also became a lot of shelf space. Gen XO comes out on 10/20. Pre-order link in bio!

09/17/2026

IT’S HERE! Kate Engler’s, Gen XO, is now available for pre-order!

What happens when an entire generation inherits a relationship template that no longer fits?

As Eve Rodsky (NYT bestselling author of Fair Play) puts it:

“In this powerful, eye-opening book, Kate Engler makes visible the forces shaping Generation X relationships that too often go unseen. She debunks the myth that our problems can be chalked up to interpersonal difficulties alone and explores the outdated relationship template we inherited. With Gen XO, Engler is starting a conversation that matters. A must-read for Gen X women and men alike.”

The conversation starts now. Get your copy of Gen XO ✨LINK IN BIO

Shout out!
Fair Play + Unicorn Space Amy Cuevas Schroeder The Midst Kara Baskin

09/15/2026

Pre-order starts today for our founder, Kate Engler’s book—Gen XO: How Generation X Inherited a Relationship Model That Never Fit, What it Cost Us, and How We build Something Better!

Go to the link in our bio to find out where you can grab a copy!

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10024 Skokie Boulevard , Ste 207
Skokie, IL
60077

Telephone

+18445466642

Website

https://threepointsrelationships.com/

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