Alicia Muñoz's Blog, page 4
May 16, 2019
Want a Healthy Life? Do This.
As we enter adulthood, and intimate relationships, the need to develop greater feeling literacy grows.
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April 22, 2019
Why Disconnection is Important
Romantic relationships cycle through three common phases: connection, disconnection, and repair. Each of these phases requires our skillful attention, though we often focus exclusively on the connection phase.
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Why Disconnection is So Important
Romantic relationships cycle through three common phases: connection, disconnection, and repair. Each of these phases requires our skillful attention, though we often focus exclusively on the connection phase.
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April 9, 2019
Are You Mothering Your Partner?
Habitually focusing on a partner’s need to do the "right" thing rather than on your own need to control them may be fueling a mothering or fathering dynamic in your relationship.
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April 1, 2019
7 Ways to Deal with Jealousy
Jealousy is one of those emotions many of us don’t like to admit we feel. But it can actually be a sign of a resilient self, and a portal inviting us into reaching our full potential.
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March 26, 2019
Be a Rebel: Feel.
When you live in a culture that prizes invulnerability, becoming "feeling literate" in your relationships is a revolutionary act.
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March 18, 2019
When You Hit Bottom
Hitting bottom means giving up the hope of rescue and recognizing that the solution doesn't lie "out there." Radical relationship responsibility needs to begin with you.
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March 4, 2019
When Sexual Desire isn’t About Sex
Often, feeling sexual desire isn't about sex. It's about other domains in a person's life such as safety, self-worth, self-acceptance, feeling entitled to pleasure, having a voice, and feeling a sense of agency.
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February 25, 2019
3 Steps to Self-Love
Self-love can be one of the most challenging types of love. But where's the glory in only loving ourselves when it's easy?
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February 19, 2019
Do This to Heal
Motion gives us Access to Emotion When it comes to the types of therapy insurance companies will reimburse, movement is a critical missing ingredient. Motion offers us a visceral, immediate access point to healing. It’s not as easy to feel the fullness of our emotions when we’re sitting still, legs rigid, hands folded on our laps or …
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