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Month: May 2020

How to Hear What is Being Shared With You

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 31, 2020 Posted in Relationships, Successful Relating 14 Comments
How to Hear What is Being Shared With You

Phil had a relationship in his 30’s where his partner just wanted to be heard, but instead, he would offer advice. He was so accustomed to being called on to fix things like a broken door-lock that such conversations seemed …

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Tagged with: Active Listening, Communication

The Dance of Grief and Joy

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 24, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 7 Comments
The Dance of Grief and Joy

MAUDE: On a zoom call yesterday, a woman shared her feelings of grief. I realized it is an aspect of coping with this time in all our lives, that we haven’t yet blogged about. She was experiencing the loss of …

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Tagged with: Coronavirus, Grief

How to Find Mutual Solutions and Avoid Conflict

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 17, 2020 Posted in Our Process, Relationships, Successful Relating 8 Comments
How to Find Mutual Solutions and Avoid Conflict

One aspect of this stay-at-home period is how on top of each other some people are, and the risk of tension and conflict this creates. We often talk about having a conflict-free relationship. What do we mean in this instance? …

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Tagged with: Coronavirus, Mutual solutions

How to Handle these Changes in Your Life

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 10, 2020 Posted in Relationships, Successful Relating 6 Comments
How to Handle these Changes in Your Life

We’ve spent the last month writing about staying at home during this pandemic and how that has affected relationships of all sorts. How could we write about anything else? It seems like the only thing people are talking about these …

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Tagged with: Change, Coronavirus

Community in the Year of the Virus

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 3, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 2 Comments
Community in the Year of the Virus

For us, connections with others are an important part of our lives, and we’ve been made freshly aware of that because the stay-at-home regime has stopped us from meeting face-to-face with people. No more walks, meals or movies with friends. …

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Tagged with: Community, Coronavirus

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