A recent study published in the journal Personal Relationships sheds light on how mindfulness, self-compassion, and other-compassion intersect with psychological need fulfillment to influence relationship and sexual satisfaction in midlife married couples. The study was grounded in Self-Determination Theory, a broad framework for understanding human motivation and well-being. The theory posits that individuals have three fundamental psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Autonomy refers to the need to feel in control of one’s actions and decisions. Competence is the need t…