My urge is fueled by either not enough progress or not the kind of progess I wanted. There was a streak of 3 weeks where I received unsolicited email about the kids each day, and some were light hearted, but never anything about her/me/us. There was was even a spoken apology for snapping at me.
This weekend is Easter and there will be several exchanges of the kids so I will have some "face-time" to be happy, lighthearted and smelling and looking nice.
During my DB phone session the counselor said to pay a specific compliment about once a month. I noticed that W's hair was lightened so I'll mention how well the color looks on her.