Tag: Relationships
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Spotting Relationship Patterns: the Rule of Three
The Relationship Rule of Three, a relationship pattern recognition tool for identifying trends and behaviors in personal connections. Learn how to understand patterns in relationships to enhance your awareness and improve your interactions. Call it the “Relationship Rule of Three,” but it could be the Rule of Ten or the Rule of Twenty. It may…
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What Is Epic Love…and Why It Eludes Me
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about…epic love. Or true love. Probably because two friends of mine seem to talk about it quite a lot: one, who lost his epic love years ago, and the other who just married hers, a man twenty years her junior who’s been her partner for nearly a decade.…
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Energy Exchange: The Imperative Need in Any Relationship
Energy exchange. Not a common phrase but fitting. What I need in any relationship is simple: reciprocity. By “relationships,” I mean any relationship–business or personal, romantic or platonic, social or family, employer or employee, inner circle or outer circle. I’ve also called it “emotional support” when I gave lots of nurturing but got…
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Intimate Acts of Writers: Sharing Naked Creativity
The Intimate Acts of Sharing Creativity Over the past month, I have committed intimate acts I had only dreamed possible as a writer. Do you remember sharing your first venture into creativity? What that was like? Who shared it with you? Their response to you? Often the first venture into the intimacy of creativity happens…
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Goodbye to Toxic People from your Past
Say goodbye to toxic people from your past! You’re drained, exhausted and confused. If this is how you feel after spending time with someone, chances are that they are toxic. You know this person is not good for you, but how do you get away? This person might tell you things like if you loved…
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Divorce on Facebook: the Usual Reason Marriages Break Up
I’m glad I didn’t have to go through a divorce on Facebook. I am watching three long-term marriages disintegrate right now, two on Facebook and another soon to be played out in social media as well. It’s as painful to watch these couples break up as it is to watch them try to stay together. …
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Relationships Aren’t Always How They Appear from the Outside
Photo: Rose growing high in a tree. Beauty is sometimes in unexpected places. Some of my  friends and family are worried about me. They’re concerned about my relationships, one in particular. It’s not a bad relationship. In fact, I consider it the sweetest, most caring relationship I have ever had with a man. Yes, any man. …
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Attracting Past Partners: When Your Needs Change
Discover how evolving needs influence relationships and the Law of Attraction through personal reflections on attracting past partners. I get more letters from readers of my book, Attract Him Back: Master the Law of Attraction to Bring Back Friends, Lovers, and Relationships from Your Past, than I have time to answer, but occasionally I get…
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Sure, If You Love Something, Set It Free…but Do You Wait for It to Come Back?
There was a reason for that smile–I had pretty plans to meet someone special the next day for a conversation. Instead, the next day’s conversation sent me into a tailspin of re-evalutating my closest relationships. *** I’ve always hated Jonathon Livingston Seagull. Irrational, I know, but the Richard Bach book came out around the time…