tag: love

A Technique to Solve Conflict in Relationships

“When in doubt who will win, be neutral.” –Swiss Proverb One of my husband’s most reliable responses to my often high level of emotionality is: “Can you just be neutral?” He is a psychia…

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How to Feel More Supported

Last November I made a major statement to my friend Danielle Laporte. D had just launched this awesome program called The Desire Map, designed to help folks identify their core desired feeling. So w…

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Do You Resist Communing With The Divine?

I just had lunch with one of my inner circle girlfriends, and I confessed to her that my goal for 2013 is to stop resisting communion with the Divine. The conversation that ensued helped me clarify an…

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How Bad Body Image Interferes With Intimacy

Intimacy. In a romantic relationship, it is a sacred bond that requires openness and vulnerability. It requires the courage to express the deepest parts of yourself, knowing that you can truly trust t…

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I Found Peace In The Crisis

During the accident, as my car was flying through the air, I was calculating what I would need to do to get my kids out of the car after we landed. I was aware that they might not …

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Your Love Relationship

It has become a truism that to receive love we must give love. This reciprocal action keeps the flow of love alive. Without it love would stagnate. Learning to give runs contrary to some very deep con…

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Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Self

As the great Zen teacher Alan Watts said: We all need to go out of our minds at least once a day. When we go out of our minds we quickly come to our senses. Have you ever wondered how extraordinar…

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9 Signs You’re In A Toxic Relationship

We recently surveyed more than 100 YourTango Experts and discovered that 89% of them felt that half (or more!) of all people are in toxic relationships. So we asked them, "What are the most common, te…

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Can Spirituality Heal Suffering?

“Suffering is an inevitable part of life” is based on nature. Every creature is born and dies. In between these two poles, creatures fight to remain alive. The physical body is exposed to danger fr…

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Making Friends With Fear

What is your greatest fear? Ed’s mother died when he was only 5 days old. How does a child grow up without the fear of losing loved ones? Deb had an abusive father. How does she trust men to not be ab…

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