My marriage changed the day I changed. When I changed on the inside, my outside circumstances changed as well. If you aren’t changing, which means engaging in personal growth, neither will your relationship. My marriage was failing. I felt certain it could be saved if my husband did one thing: change. In my mind, fixing […]
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When your intimate relationship goes south, it’s easy to blame the other person and insist they need to change. But you can’t force anyone to change…except yourself. I’m no stranger to failing intimate relationships. My marriage struggled for a decade or more. I felt confident the only solution was for my husband to change or
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In personal and spiritual growth circles, it’s a pretty common phenomenon for couples to split up. The reason is simple: only one partner is doing the internal work that leads to transformation, and the other is not. As a result, both partners grow apart and go their separate ways. But this doesn’t happen if both
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Sometimes, I don’t speak up. And if I do speak, I’m not 100 percent honest about what I feel, think, need, or want because I’m afraid my words will not be well received and, therefore, the person to whom I’m speaking may not react well. In the past, there were times when I spoke my
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Years ago, I taught a class on mirroring. I gave all the participants small hand-held mirrors, but their task went beyond looking at their reflections. I challenged them to see in the mirror the part of themselves reflected by other people—especially those who triggered them in some way. If someone in their lives or certain
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Our natural desire to be liked and, even more so, loved, can cause us to try enormously hard to fit in and behave in acceptable ways. It’s easy to forget, though, that the best way to be loved and accepted is to be ourselves…fully, unapologetically, unabashedly. Indeed, when you allow yourself to show up authentically,
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Most of us grew up hearing our parents caution us not to speak to strangers because they are dangerous. As adults, I think it’s time we relearned that lesson. Let’s warn each other that it’s dangerous not to speak to strangers, and, therefore, we should talk to strangers on a consistent basis. If that sounds
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Are you in touch with your true self? Or do you think or feel disconnected from your essence? When you are young, you naturally connect with your core nature. You feel it, know it, express it. As you get older, however, you begin to suppress your true self. Maybe someone criticizes or judges you for
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Have you ever talked to someone but failed to hold their attention? The more you talk the more distracted they seem to get, constantly checking their phone or looking over your shoulder across the room. Or maybe you’re the one who can’t pay attention. You forget important details your friends share with you because you’re
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There are a few people in my life who tend to communicate with me out of obligation. They feel like they have to call me on my birthday or my anniversary. It’s not that they really want to call, but they feel they “should” do it to keep up appearances. Are you one of those
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Video Transcript: I have been thinking about what is the best way to help those we love. If you’ve ever struggled to reach someone that’s close to you, who doesn’t seem to want your help and they’re stuck, you can really feel like you’re between a rock and a hard place. You can see that
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Unhealed relationships make nasty open wounds. Stitch them, staple them, do whatever you have to do…just find a way to close them. Yes, you’ll be left with a scar—that’s OK—better to have the scar then to have the open wound. Open emotional wounds are dangerous. They make you vulnerable to infections of negativity, and negativity
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