Phil and Maude

Why Equality is so Important in a Relationship

Phil and Maude Jan 17, 2021 Tagged with Differences, Equality

PHIL: So, another birthday ran into me and Maude deluged me with cards, in one of …

Phil and Maude Jan 10, 2021 Tagged with Fear, Individuality, Mutuality

PHIL: So, it’s been quite a week. It’s Friday as we write, impeachment and the 25th …

Phil and Maude Jan 3, 2021 Tagged with Honesty

(Our thanks to Oscar Wilde for the title.) MAUDE: The day before Christmas I found myself …

Phil and Maude Dec 27, 2020 Tagged with Change

MAUDE: I was talking to my grandson about the coming of the New Year, and he …

Phil and Maude Dec 20, 2020 Tagged with Spontaneity

The other night we were just about to shut the lights out and go to sleep …

Phil and Maude Dec 13, 2020 Tagged with Acceptance, Communication, Conflict, Mutuality, Respect

We were contacted this week by a reader asking about the difference between an argument and …

Phil and Maude Dec 6, 2020

PHIL: I often read aloud after we retire at night, and we’ve been reading one of …

Phil and Maude Nov 29, 2020

Each of us has an inner voice that resonates with what is true. That spirit of …

Phil and Maude Nov 22, 2020 Tagged with Acceptance

Peace is a distinct state of its own. It sometimes gets framed as an absence, an …

Phil and Maude Nov 15, 2020 Tagged with Mutuality

MAUDE: The cornerstone of peaceful conflict-free relating is the practice of mutuality: the certainty that it …