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Month: October 2018

Know You Are on the Same Side in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on October 28, 2018 Posted in Relationships, Successful Relating
Know You Are on the Same Side in Your Relationship

Recently we’ve had our share of challenges to work through. They have not been challenges to our relationship, but rather life’s occurrences we faced together. It had us both thinking about some of the basic underlying principles that help us …

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Do You Have Thumbtacks in Your Relationship?

By Phil and Maude Posted on October 21, 2018 Posted in Our Process, Relationships, Successful Relating Tagged with Acceptance
Do You Have Thumbtacks in Your Relationship?

Thumbtacks. It’s a metaphor about total acceptance that works so well that we used it in both our books, and we’ve found that it resonates well with others, too. Picture yourself barefoot, leaping and prancing around on a dance floor. …

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Phil and Maude’s Friday Feature: Surrender Yourself to the Relationship

By Maude Posted on October 19, 2018 Posted in Friday Feature, Relationships
Phil and Maude’s Friday Feature: Surrender Yourself to the Relationship

This week, we’re pleased to share with you a guest post by Bruce Kirkpatrick. We think you’ll enjoy his slant on relationships. The word surrender often gets a bad rap. Surrender can be what you do when you are defeated—like …

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How to Defuse Drama in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on October 14, 2018 Posted in Relationships, Successful Relating Tagged with Balance, Conflict, Conflict-free relating
How to Defuse Drama in Your Relationship

We were both touched by a letter we received describing a marriage where the writer is criticized over many small things by their spouse. They weren’t seeking advice, just sharing, but it reminded us of a couple we have recently …

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How to Transform Your Relationship and Have Fun

By Phil and Maude Posted on October 7, 2018 Posted in Book quote, Our Process, Relationships, Successful Relating Tagged with Transformation
How to Transform Your Relationship and Have Fun

We are back from our magical anniversary trip and it was even more than we had hoped for! Our plan for not having a plan worked out really well for us and led to some funny and glorious adventures! We …

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