How To Put Love First. Start Here.
Where does love start? How do you get enough to give? Some insights on love that may be new for you. Read on….
Letting Love Slip Away?
Letting love slip away happens when you lose focus on what is most important: your relationship. Too often, relationships that start well-connected begin to lose their moorings. Letting love slip away is like having a boat that you valued so much and spent so much time enjoying. That boat was a dream, something you longed for,…
You Are What You Do [Video]
Here’s an insightful story–an example of a client’s learning–that illustrates the truth of the title of this blog. Who you are truly is what you do…and, there is no escaping that fact, no matter how you justify it! Read on…
Are You Hoping Valentines Day Will Re-Kindle Lost Magic?
You may be living in the world of ‘let’s pretend’ if you think that Valentine’s Day is going to produce relationship magic! It won’t! Valentines Day may offer all the bells and whistles that are supposed to make your heart sing, but the song will be short. Why? Because a day, flowers, wine, chocolates, and…
Relationship Help: Can you keep your mouth shut AND the door open?
There are times–often, many times–when we are just bursting to speak. We want to tell folks what we think, why we think it, why our opinion/advice/insight has merit, and what they should be doing/thinking/feeling/considering. Does that about cover it? Yes, I think so, but what really needs to be covered is our mouths! Yep! It’s…
Relationship Help: Adult Kids Not Talking to You?
I was on Facebook this morning reading the Mother’s Day messages. Several spoke of their sense of pain and loss that their adult children were no longer communicating with them. It was particular pain of the phone not ringing and the post box empty on Mother’s Day. understand that. It made me think of a…
Relationship Problems: Avoid Auto-Pilot & Cruise Control!
Relationship problems are often the natural result of thinking that our relationships come equipped with auto-pilot and cruise control. BIG MISTAKE! Relationship problems arise when we think our relationships can fall into the “Set & Forget” category of life. What are you thinking? People–and, more frequently, men people–think that once the partner, spouse or soulmate…
Mom: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Our mothers are the single most influential people in our lives. That alone makes her Number One. Well before we are born, her every decision was influencing us: food, drink, smoke, anxiety, stress, rejection, joy, love and acceptance. Every day, who Mom is made its way into who we were becoming. And, then we were…
Relationship Problems: Can You Fall Out of Love?
Is love some kind of dangerous extreme sport? “He fell for her, hook, line and sinker.” “We took the plunge.”… and then, “We’ve fallen out of love.”
Clearly, one has to be intrepid to take up all this extreme activity in the first place. Nature, though, leads us into the heights and depths when we are first smitten. And, there we are: swinging, free of helmets, rip cords and safety harnesses. We have fallen in love…we think.
Relationship Problems: Moving towards bitter, or better?
In relationships, stuff happens. There are always relationship problems, and they range from incidental to mammoth. When you talk to other people about an issue in your relationship before you have discussed it fully with your partner, you are “dialing for drama.” Read this blog post to understand why that only makes things worse and is voting in the direction of bitter rather than better for your relationship.
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