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Presence: The Key to Trust and Connection

Photo credit Pixabay What do I believe disconnects us the most from each other? A lack of presence. We have become more and more OK with being in the same room ignoring each other. My sons love to turn on the TV to a Simpson's marathon and then scroll through their phones for [...]

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What Past Wounds Haunt You Today?

Photo credit Magyar Tehrani via Unsplash I got really excited the other night while the kids and I played Trivial Pursuit with our Amazon Alexa. I knew the answer to a question about one of the latest space rovers so I exclaimed, "I know that one!" The problem was it was not my [...]

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Reduce Anxiety with Values and Goals

Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash Many of us who live with anxiety, spend a lot of time avoiding people, places and activities that cause us distress, with the hopes of managing or eliminating that discomfort. The problem is the more we narrow our lives to avoid the unpleasant people and situations, the [...]

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Relationships Can Energize Introverts: Brenda’s Podcast Interview with Andy Mort

Andy Mort     Brenda Knowles   Hi Everyone, I'm experimenting with different mediums in 2018. I've done podcast interviews (where I am the interviewee) for a while, but I hope to do more in the future. Here's the link to the newest interview with Andy Mort. I also am daring [...]

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Why We Act Introverted: It’s Not Just Our Nature

Photo by Alexandru Zdrobau on Unsplash Many clients come to me wanting to understand their introverted partner or child. They want to be considerate of their partner or child's temperament but they have no idea why they spend so much time in their room, don't want to see them this weekend or don't [...]

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Why Know-It-Alls Have a Hard Time Connecting

Photo by Erik Lucatero on Unsplash My kids like to play Jeopardy every weeknight with our Amazon Echo. We play as a team, so we have a greater chance of getting the answers right. I've noticed an interesting phenomenon when we play. My sons have a very hard time accepting not knowing the [...]

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How We Move from Insecure to Secure Relationships: 3 Stages

Photo by Katherine Chase on Unsplash For those of us with attachment trauma or insecurity in our pasts, there is often a pattern we follow on our way to finding satisfying and secure relationships. If you don't remember what attachment trauma or an insecure relationship are, here are definitions. Secure attachment with a [...]

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The Biggest Wound of Relationships and How to Avoid It

The wound that many couples never recover from occurs when one of the partners is in distress and the other does not respond or help them. Their partners are not there for them when they need them most. This kind of aloneness, abandonment, rejection or neglect can lead to the wounded person saying to themselves [...]

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Top 5 New Space2live Posts of 2017: Covering Relationships, Calming Our Nervous System and Isolation

As 2017 closes out, I want to thank you all for joining me on space2live for another year. It's been an exciting year for me. I've enjoyed writing my book and doing research on such topics as attachment styles and social anxiety. I hope you have enjoyed the topics as well. Are there any subjects [...]

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5 Best Reads of 2017: Relationships, Raising Kids and a Psychological Thriller

I wanted to share the books that moved me this year. I set a goal to read 25 books by December 31st. I didn't make my goal. I read 20. I know some people can read a book in a few days. I've always been a good reader but a slow reader. I take my [...]

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