The phrase “complete honesty” brings up many issues immediately. What does it mean? Are little white lies allowed? Does it do more harm than good?
In our experience, the answer is clear. Complete honesty is one of the basic foundations of every successful relationship.
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Maude
Posted in Core Values, Love, Peace, Relationships, Spectrum of Acceptance, Successful Relating
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An important element in accepting your partner and finding a loving connection is your intention. You have to have the intention to find peaceful harmonious ways of being together, and this has to be something that is a guiding principle and a true value to you.
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Maude
Posted in Core Values, Love, Peace, Relationship differences, Relationships, Sex, Spectrum of Acceptance, Successful Relating
In our last blogs we’ve been talking about the Spectrum of Acceptance and Core Values which lie at one end of the spectrum.
Next on the spectrum are the areas of middle ground. These are places of divergence between you and your partner that have the potential of resolution.
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Along with a discussion of core values, it is important to talk about The Spectrum of Acceptance. When we talk about successful relationships, we describe actions and values as lying along a spectrum. At one end of this spectrum are your deal breakers; areas of meaning and value that you consider to be core to your life.
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In this article, Michael Russer discusses a favorite topic of ours. So many people think that arguing and fighting in a relationship show how much you feel and how important the relationship is to you. They have often been raised in households where drama is the norm and has come to be accepted as showing caring and involvement.
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Maude
Posted in Book quote, Love, Peace, Relationship differences, Relationships, Successful Relating
This is a quote that we used on our wedding invitations. It fit with our vows perfectly!
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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I’ve been listening to different versions of this song today…thought you’d enjoy this one!
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Our time together has brought with it an experience which is a true paradox. The more we feel supported and acknowledged as separate individuals, the more we are able to open to each other. As we open and share ourselves deeply with each other, we enter a union that reveals the experience of a merged self.
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Maude: I feel stronger, better and more able to love others, as a result of this union of ours. Perhaps these words are too sweeping and sound like I have become lost in this shared merging. Regardless, I know that I am clear and grounded in my everyday world and that I feel like a carrier of peace.
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As some of you know, I am a big fan of Virgina Satir. As Phil and I have been working on the new book, we have been looking around for great quotes we like to intersperse with the text.
Here are a few of my favorites from Virginia Satir:
Is my past illuminating my present or contaminating it?
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you too can have a relationship without conflict.
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