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How Free Will and Choice Enhance Your Relationships

Phil Sep 20, 2026 Tagged with Choice, Peaceful relationships
How Free Will and Choice Enhance Your Relationships

Make a choice. When your reactions aren’t in line with your choice for how to be…

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We’ve Written About Relationships Every Week for 15 Years — Here’s What it Did for Us

Phil Aug 16, 2026 Tagged with Communication, Peaceful relationships
We’ve Written About Relationships Every Week for 15 Years — Here’s What it Did for Us

We’ve been writing a post each week for 15 years, and the starting point has always…

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How the Play Between Words and Feelings Affects Your Relationships

Phil May 17, 2026 Tagged with Language, Peaceful relationships
How the Play Between Words and Feelings Affects Your Relationships

PHIL: Besides writing with Maude, I also write independently on Substack. Maude is away on a …

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Base Your Relationships On Connection Not Competition

Phil Sep 28, 2025 Tagged with Competition, Connection, Peaceful relationships
Base Your Relationships On Connection Not Competition

PHIL: Several lifetimes ago, I shared a house with about a dozen other people. We had …

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For Peaceful Relationships, Share Your Opinions But Don’t Be Opinionated

Phil Jul 13, 2025 Tagged with Listening, Peaceful relationships
For Peaceful Relationships, Share Your Opinions But Don’t Be Opinionated

Maude is away with a friend on one of those adventures she described last week (hence …

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The More Honesty, The Better Your Relationships

Phil May 26, 2024 Tagged with Acceptance, Honesty
The More Honesty, The Better Your Relationships

Why aren’t people totally honest with each other? Maybe they think it will cause strife in…

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How Total Honesty Makes For Harmonious Relationships

Phil Jan 28, 2024 Tagged with Honesty
How Total Honesty Makes For Harmonious Relationships

Total honesty is a major part of a harmonious relationship. Holding back in the sense of…

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Why It’s Important to be Aware of Words and Emotions in Your Relationships

Phil Aug 13, 2023 Tagged with Language, Listening
Why It’s Important to be Aware of Words and Emotions in Your Relationships

Maude is still away with her friend this week, so I’m writing about relationships. I want …

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Why Full Acceptance Is The Way To Go

Phil Aug 6, 2023 Tagged with Acceptance, Total Acceptance
Why Full Acceptance Is The Way To Go

An old friend of Maude’s from Europe is visiting, and they are away in the Bay …

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Three Ways That Help to Create a Peaceful Relationship

Phil Mar 19, 2023 Tagged with Differences
Three Ways That Help to Create a Peaceful Relationship

PHIL: We say that the essence of a successful relationship is having similar core values; recognizing …

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