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September 11, 2022
How Looking at Similarities Rather Than Differences Improves Your Relationships
Your attitude, the position you come from in an exchange, can dramatically change the outcome. In all your relationships, the issue of whether you put your attention toward similarities or differences plays a big part in whether those relationships are …
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This week, we wrote about how looking at similarities rather than differences improves your relationships. To our surprise, this was the subject of many interesting recent studies focusing on the idea of looking at similarities rather than differences. The world …
September 4, 2022
How Mindfulness Practices Will Help You With Your Relationships
You can’t figure out what’s going on in your relationships unless you are paying attention. Sound obvious? Well, maybe so, yet so few people look closely at their relationship behavior that many unnecessary misunderstandings and feelings of misalignment arise. So, …
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This week, we wrote about how mindfulness practices will help you with your relationships. Here are three articles describing the details of what mindfulness is and how to practice it. Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness “Mindfulness is …
August 28, 2022
Why It’s Important to be Open and Share Yourself in Your Relationships
MAUDE: The other night we were reminiscing and I had a strong memory of an experience that happened early in our relationship. Not only could I see the visuals of this scene, but I felt the emotions and meaning that …
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This week, we wrote about why it’s important to be open and share yourself in your relationships. Here are some articles that use different terms – vulnerability, opening up, self-disclosure – to discuss this issue. Why Vulnerability in Relationships Is …
August 21, 2022
How to Work Out Solutions for Differing Needs in Your Relationship
The other day we sat down to restart a conversation about planning for the future and financial issues. In the past, when approaching this topic, we had discovered what looked like differences in how we wanted to handle things. So …
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This week, we wrote about how to work out solutions for differing needs in your relationship. Here are some other authors who have a variety of things to say on this subject. What To Do If You and Your Partner …
August 14, 2022
How Individuality and a Sense of “We” Can Coexist in a Relationship
PHIL: When I grasp an idea, it can be like an epiphany. Several of my psychological understandings were like that. The first was reading “I’m OK, You’re OK” as a teenager. It was the first time I learned that we …
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This week, we wrote about how individuality and a sense of “we” can coexist in a relationship. Here are some interesting articles on different philosophies and therapy models on this topic. The Meaning of “We-ness” “This formula of “we-ness” represents “two …
Secrets of a Successful Relationship Revealed
In our book, “Secrets of a Successful Relationship Revealed”, we share some basic keys towards having a rewarding, peaceful and joyous relationship. In fact, we are convinced that these keys can be ap
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