My Partner and I Started Doing Weekly Check-Ins and We Are Stronger Because Of It

It turns out, you can learn a lot from TikTok

Carly Newberg
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
3 min readMar 21

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Photo of author and partner. Photo by Sage and Oak Photos.

Sometimes at night — when I should be sleeping — I scroll TikTok. Then, when my partner gets into bed, I share with him all the funny videos I was cackling over and saved.

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Carly Newberg
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

I wrote/published a memoir when I was 23. Now, I freelance. Master of many. Mental health warrior. Life lessons, advice, poetry— it’s all here. Honest and raw.