2016 Archives

How to Stay Present in a Crisis

Phil and Maude Nov 6, 2016

You find the car has a flat tire just as you’re about to leave for a …

Phil and Maude Oct 30, 2016 Tagged with Differences

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are …

Phil and Maude Oct 23, 2016 Tagged with Acceptance, Drama

Drama, an all too familiar word in many relationships. “I can’t keep on with this relationship …

Phil and Maude Oct 16, 2016 Tagged with Our Process

Can you avoid conflict in your relationship? Absolutely! And we don’t mean avoid as in ducking …

Phil and Maude Oct 9, 2016 Tagged with Acceptance, Anniversary, Sacred Space

For our 9th wedding anniversary we rented an Airbnb in the California Sierra mountains. We were …

Phil and Maude Oct 2, 2016 Tagged with Personal space

Both of us have lived in intentional communities and one of the rules in both of …

Phil and Maude Sep 25, 2016 Tagged with Conflict-free relating, Core values, Peaceful relationships

“Are there things we haven’t noticed that go into our sharing of this wonderful and conflict …

Phil and Maude Sep 18, 2016 Tagged with Priorities

A recent study asked people to sit down and make a list of what was most …

Phil and Maude Sep 11, 2016

When your partner accepts, acknowledges and appreciates your individuality, it affords you the possibility of attaining …

Phil and Maude Sep 4, 2016 Tagged with Intimacy, Separateness, Union

Mature love is union under the condition of preserving one’s integrity, one’s individuality…. In love the …