I also watched that Esther Perel talk a few months ago after a friend suggested it to me...very insightful. Coincidentally, I was watching another TedTalk a few hours ago and that one crossed my mind to watch again.
I'm also dealing with being the controlling one in my R, Sparks and I've been putting in alot of work to get to the root of that issue b/c that was one of our issues and overall just isn't healthy in any kind of R. And I agree with you and Pajo, these A's aren't just about the R even though that's what they want us to think. They're symptoms of a much larger issue.
"Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways."