Tag: love
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How to Love One’s Self and Working with the Fear of Loving
The act of loving one’s self feels right. It makes sense. It is simple, “love your self”. And, it is very complicated because there are parts of ourselves that we resist acknowledging, let alone loving. Loving one’s self is a continual process of uncovering smarter and kinder ways of relating to our self, to others…
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How to Grow a Marriage: Deepening the Emotional Conversation, part 1
If there is one thing a couple can do to grow a richer marriage it would be to deepen the emotional conversations. It takes some simple learning, a little courage and a hell of a lot of curiosity. The art of emotional conversation and the art of making love are very similar. The end…
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The Crawley Sisters and Downton Abbey as a Cultural Dream
We can think about Downton Abbey as a cultural dream because it points to what is still unconscious for individuals, families and the larger cultural family. A dream brings attention to that which is still out of balance. For many Downton Abby by PBS, not only depicts an historical time and place,1912-1923 England, but a…
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Relationship Advice My Ego Does Not Want to Hear
In the previous post I said, “The power of a confused ego is underestimated.” This confusion can harm our relationships or serve as a doorway into deeper, richer, more intimate relationships. In that article I was showing how the ego can mistakingly distort our view of other people, spiritual practices or life it- self. This…
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Mother and Daughter Counseling, Love and Differentiation
A mother needs enough distance from her to daughter to see what she needs as an individual and enough emotional connection that her daughter feels seen and heard. Then the daughter can mature in her own unique way and the mother feels more satisfied with her role as a mother. This is the purpose of mother…
