MAUDE: When I first came to Santa Barbara, over forty years ago, my husband (at the time) and I had the address of only one person to make contact with. We had been given his address because we shared a …
How to Reach Unity When There Appear to be Two Sides Read more »
Our thanks to Lawrence and Rita Gelber at https://www.ideclareworldpeace.org/
How am I coping? How are you coping? The information, the news, the images and statistics just keeping coming and changing, and my head is often swirling. As Phil shared last week, we always write from our direct experience of …
Life Will Never Be The Same–What Do I Do About It? Read more »
Valentine’s Day is at the end of this week and we have been reflecting on what we would like to share about this day that’s dedicated to love and the celebration of relationships. I love celebrating any and everything, and …
Life has been particularly full and interesting lately. We’ve been working (and playing) to create and shape the workshop that we are offering in a few weeks. As is often the case when we create something together, we are also …
How to Make the Differences in your Relationship be Assets Read more »
The other day we were discussing a concept from psychology professor and neuroscientist Dr. Lisa Barrett’s work that basically states that “the part of the brain responsible for sight, the visual cortex, receives only 10% of its connections from the …
In Your Relationship, What You See Is What You Look At Read more »
Yesterday was a day full of insight and contradiction. I got a text from a friend who had apparently reached out to me a number of times without getting a response. She said, “I haven’t heard back and I’m worried.” …
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 …
Phil and Maude’s Friday Feature: Surrender Yourself to the Relationship Read more »
Hi, Maude here. I’ve been facing some challenges to our usually very easy practice of total acceptance in this last period of time. What is this issue that has been so difficult for me? Healthcare and how Phil and I …
The Challenge of Accepting My Partner’s Approach to Illness Read more »
We are often asked if we don’t really fight, sometimes at least; if there aren’t times and places where we compromise to get peace in our relationship or yield to our partner to make them feel good. They ask “No …