♠ Just when we think we have mastered mindfulness alone in our daily practice, we enter a relationship and realize what novices we are. Relationships are the graduate school of mindful practices and mindful practices create healthy relationships. This mindful mastery has many levels: Mindfulness 101: Be...
Read MoreIn all relationships, sometimes a little reinvention is needed. Sometimes love is a choice. I have some friends who have been married for more than 15 years. They have been going through a hard time lately. Talk of divorce in the air. I am friends with both of them...
Read More♥ What Happens When We Shield Kids from Boredom When we offer kids endless entertainment and activities, do we end up stifling their imaginations? From books, arts, and sports classes to iPads and television, many parents do everything in their power to entertain and educate their children. But...
Read More* We All Have Something to Give Giving doesn't mean buying a gift. There are many ways to tap into the heart of generosity. Barry Boyce names a few. Giving is hard. According to many evolutionary psychologists, including Dacher Keltner, of the Greater Good Science Center, we are...
Read More* How Falling In Love Changes The Brain Love put simply, is a maddening emotion that often holds our hearts hostage and has the power to make or break our lives. But, in reality, it’s actually a bit more complicated than that. In many ways, love is...
Read MoreThis short animated video suggests we should stop insisting we’re always right and say we’re sorry. An apology won’t make you weaker in your partner’s eyes. * [embed]http://https://youtu.be/EtXi4mCmD5E[/embed] * Conflict in relationships is not unusual nor is it always a bad thing. It can be constructive and help you...
Read MoreThe Second Essential Life Skill: Self-Observe * This is part two of a series featuring the Five Essential Life Skills. My last post featured the first of the skills, Remembering Who You Really Are. The second essential life skill of self-observation may well be the most important. It...
Read More5 Essential Life Skills, Part 1: Remember Who You Are * This is part one of a series featuring the Five Essential Life Skills. Through the course of over 20 years of personal and spiritual growth study and my own personal work, I have identified five essential life...
Read MoreTHE SCIENCE OF WHEN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS CONDITIONAL I was once working with a group of teenagers discussing “integrity agreements,” which I described as “either spoken or unspoken agreements not to hurt each other.” These integrity agreements are the fabric of our society. This belief, that...
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