I consider for a moment what it's like to be connected to the present. I quickly recall, like abrasive film strips, my last journey. It was too difficult, too painful, and far too overwhelming.
Category: Relationships
Addressing How Control Impacts Relationships
Addressing how control impacts relationships.
Emotional Inequality in Relationships, Part 2
Ways we can promote emotional equality in our relationships.
Emotional Equality in Relationships, Part 1
Have women accidentally taught men they shouldn't take on emotional responsibility...
Avoidance and Other Distractions
The act of avoidance is found in relationships. Avoidance shifts attention, keeps us outsourced, and removes us from seeing our own issues and doing our own work. Avoidance can be expressed in "if only" statements. If only _________ was fixed. If only they did ______________. If only they said _____________. If only they were__________. What … Continue reading Avoidance and Other Distractions
The Walls We Build Between Us, Part 1
There are many ways to get off track in a relationship. If we are honest, we can own our part in the failures we have experienced and mistakes we have made in relationships. The goal of this next series is to connect with common ways couples get off track. Today we will look at “Stonewalling.” … Continue reading The Walls We Build Between Us, Part 1
Myth: Being Successful in Relationships is Natural
It’s normal to experience struggle, conflict and disappointment in relationships. Part of our human experience comes through interacting, working through and solving conflict with each other. What is less normal is investing time, research and planning into relationships. Today I want to connect with the idea that we all are not always instinctively good at … Continue reading Myth: Being Successful in Relationships is Natural
The Gift of Engagement
My last post was on fighting depression through deep connections and relationships. In following that post, I think it’s important to talk about a principle within deep connection, engagement. In contrast, to many surface and monotonous relationships, deep relationships connect with our being. Engagement connects with the idea of intentionally hearing and understanding those around … Continue reading The Gift of Engagement
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