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Waking Up With a Stranger?

When you don’t take the time to know somebody, you can wake up to a stranger you don’t like. And this is equally true AFTER marriage! … More

Why Not Let a Kiss Make It Better?

When we fall down, however painful, we can trust that it prepares us for something more, including a more advanced lesson. It behooves us, then, to find sweetness in the learning …and maybe somebody we enjoy learning with. There really is something about a kiss that makes it all better. … More

Relationships Are Hands-On!

When you expect a relationship to work without work, you set yourself up for disappointment. But when you lay a little ground work, you set yourself up for a shot at lasting love!
The ground work is intimacy; and there are five areas of intimacy to consider for the BASIS of a relationship. … More

Do You Have Self-Esteem?

To have self-esteem* you must know yourself and be true to yourself, which dictates that you are also true to a partner (and everybody else)!
*Self-esteem: confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect.… More

Attunement?

To get the unconditional love and attunement* you long for from a partner, give it to yourself. Your partner will follow.

*Attunement: The state (or process) of being tuned into. Being in harmony, a feeling of being at one. A baby has attunement with his mother, when she tunes into him and responds to his needs, his cries, his expressions, his sighs, and his smiles.… More

Kiss Him and See!

I sometimes find myself tiptoeing around the options, examining them carefully, as though touching them or trying them is against the rules. Maybe you’ve been there — trying to make a decision without the advantage (and it’s a big one) of trying the options.

I have learned that it’s faster to rearrange the furniture and see how I like it than it is to stand there wondering, weighing all the options. There’s a really good chance that I’m going to try it before making a final decision. So, why spend too much time and energy belaboring it?

We’re continually faced with choices — little ones (some of which have a big impact) and life-changing ones. And sometimes we have to DO something to decide on an option, a direction, the next step. Life is to be lived as well as contemplated.

I believe in solitude — there are things that can only be seen and heard in solitude. But there are also lessons that may never be learned short of action. Don’t be afraid to fall on your butt if that’s what it takes to get the lesson or the prize.

Don’t be afraid to try something new, to visit a foreign place — whether it’s across the street or the planet.… More