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Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week, we discussed why it is important to be honest and share your truth in relationships. Here are some other viewpoints to that topic.Read more ›

Why Full Acceptance Is The Way To Go

An old friend of Maude’s from Europe is visiting, and they are away in the Bay area, so this week, I’m linking to an earlier blog on Total Acceptance. I chose this because it is a radically different way of …

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Why it is Important to be Honest and Share Your Truth in Relationships

In society, we hide our true selves. We put on our public face; we don’t say how rude that was or where to shove that job. Maybe these social graces are necessary for society to work, or maybe they are just the social norm, but we mostly follow them so we fit in. We were taught this from childhood on, and now it’s second nature. But in a relationship, this doesn’t serve you well. To the extent that you keep a part of yourself private, you reduce trust and intimacy. Read more ›

Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week, we discussed why it is important to be honest and share your truth in relationships. Here are some other viewpoints to that topic.Read more ›

Stay in Touch – It’s Deeply Important for Your Relationships

“Stay in touch!” is a common saying that means more than we realize. There are a number of things that support and strengthen our feeling of connection; physical contact – touch – is an important one. It is very powerful, and its power derives from the sensing, feeling, non-verbal level.Read more ›

Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week, we said stay in touch – it's deeply important for your relationships. Here are some interesting articles on the social and physiological nature of touch.Read more ›

How Empathy Helps to Make Peaceful Relationships Possible

Your pleasure is my pleasure, and my pleasure is my own. These two coexist. This helps create our peaceful relationship. It means there is no need to compromise in the sense of giving something up.Read more ›

Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week, we wrote about how empathy helps to make peaceful relationships possible. Here are some articles on aspects of empathy, Theory of Mind and mirror neurons.Read more ›

How Your Acceptance Needs to Go Beyond the Words

When you have an initial negative reaction to other people, move closer to an attitude of embracing them as a first response. This is the way of acceptance, non-judgment and the joyful appreciation of what others have to say and how they express it.Read more ›

Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week, we suggested that you embrace the differences in your relationships. Here are some further articles on how to do that.
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