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Category: Love

Successful Relationships Are Celebrated Every Day

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 26, 2017 Posted in Love, Relationships, Successful Relating Tagged with Celebration
Successful Relationships Are Celebrated Every Day

We try to honor our birthdays and anniversaries by getting away and taking time to step back, reflect on what has been created and what is to come. We are at a wonderful Airbnb in Joshua Tree celebrating our 12th …

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Celebrate the Many Forms of Love on Valentines Day

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 12, 2017 Posted in Love, Relationships
Celebrate the Many Forms of Love on Valentines Day

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix Tuesday is Valentines Day; time to speak of love. MAUDE: Love is often elusive to define, and yet is the underpinning of all …

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The Only Way That Works: The Golden Rule

By Phil and Maude Posted on December 25, 2016 Posted in Love, Peace Tagged with Golden Rule
The Only Way That Works: The Golden Rule

In these strange times where some people seem to be trying to emphasize our differences, let us remember that religions and people from all around the globe have known and practiced a great truth, the Golden Rule, in one form …

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How to Both Stay Present and Move Forward

By Phil and Maude Posted on November 13, 2016 Posted in Love, Meditation, Peace, Presence Tagged with Conflict-free relating, Presence
How to Both Stay Present and Move Forward

A student asked, “When times of great difficulty visit us, how should we meet them?” The teacher said, “Welcome.” Last week we wrote about the importance of staying present during a crisis such as a flat tire. This week, the universe …

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The Winner of the Relationship Quote Valentine Contest

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 14, 2016 Posted in Announcement, Love Tagged with Romance
The Winner of the Relationship Quote Valentine Contest

The contest is over and the winner is … K. Kortbein! Congratulations, K, and your book will be on its way as soon as it’s released. (The contest was to write a quote for the picture, and the prize was …

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Make Every Day Valentines Day in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 14, 2016 Posted in Love
Make Every Day Valentines Day in Your Relationship

February is a big month of special celebrating for us: it’s both our anniversary and Valentines Day. It is delicious to get together on such special occasions. We love the sense of it being an occasion just for the two …

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How to Keep Romance in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 7, 2016 Posted in Love Tagged with Romance
How to Keep Romance in Your Relationship

I’m a man, so when Maude suggested we write about romance, I didn’t know how to approach it. First, I looked it up in my trusty 1949 school dictionary, the one with the flyleaf saying I’m in class 1E 2A …

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Fun Valentine Contest — Create a Relationship Quote

By Maude Posted on February 6, 2016 Posted in Announcement, Love Tagged with Romance
Fun Valentine Contest — Create a Relationship Quote

Here’s our Valentine invitation: be creative! Send us an original relationship quote for this photo. The winner will receive a signed print copy of our book “How Two: Have a Successful Relationship” and the entry will be featured in our newsletter …

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How to Avoid Loss of Intimacy

By Phil and Maude Posted on November 29, 2015 Posted in Love, Peace, Presence, Relationships
How to Avoid Loss of Intimacy

Intimacy. That all important element that is the life blood of all successful relationships. We all start out relationships experiencing the intimacy of coming together, of getting to know each other and of making those special connections that lead to …

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How to Have a Successful Relationship Without Hard Work

By Phil and Maude Posted on October 4, 2015 Posted in Core Values, Love, Relationship differences, Relationships Tagged with Work
How to Have a Successful Relationship Without Hard Work

We so often hear people saying, “If you want a successful relationship, you have to work hard at it.” We have friends whose relationships span decades describing their journey as one of having worked hard to keep it going. There …

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