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Category: Presence

Why is Intimacy Important in All Your Relationships?

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 19, 2019 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 1 Comment Tagged with Intimacy, Presence, Successful relationships
Why is Intimacy Important in All Your Relationships?

MAUDE: Some days put you in touch with what its all about! Sunday was one of those days. We had such a sweet and touching Mother’s Day. After a lovely brunch with the kids, we took a long drive on …

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It is Important to be Present in Life and in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 12, 2019 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 2 Comments
It is Important to be Present in Life and in Your Relationship

“Be Here Now!” An injunction that many of us have accepted and tried to practice for years. And yet, how elusive this often is. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a shock or disturbance to awaken us from scurrying around with our …

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How to Be Present in Your Life and Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on December 2, 2018 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 10 Comments
How to Be Present in Your Life and Relationship

Many people, both famous and obscure, have written about having an enlightenment experience. In describing this, being present is always mentioned, so it is easy to infer that it too requires some great epiphany. Yet being present is not that …

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4 Ways to Break Bad Patterns in Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on August 12, 2018 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating No Comments Tagged with Exercises
4 Ways to Break Bad Patterns in Your Relationship

We write from our direct experience to share how well we work together. When we first saw this, it was a mysterious phenomenon, and we have spent years discussing and analyzing what, exactly, we are doing. Our idea has always …

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Why Are Core Values Important in Your Relationship?

By Phil and Maude Posted on July 1, 2018 Posted in Core Values, Presence, Relationships, Spectrum of Acceptance No Comments
Why Are Core Values Important in Your Relationship?

PHIL: Have you ever been in a relationship where the same issue kept coming up again and again? It may have been twice a week or twice a year, but it was something the two of you could never resolve. …

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Are You Open to the Sacred in Your Relationship?

By Phil and Maude Posted on June 24, 2018 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 3 Comments Tagged with Sacred Space
Are You Open to the Sacred in Your Relationship?

Our relationship has been filled with revelations for both of us. The largest of those has been its sacred nature. We use this phrase consciously, as we came to this truth through actual experience. We call it our sacred space, …

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How to Maintain Presence in the Face of Adversity

By Phil and Maude Posted on December 10, 2017 Posted in Presence, Relationships 1 Comment Tagged with Fire, Meditation
How to Maintain Presence in the Face of Adversity

We thought we would share our individual writings this time instead of merging them. MAUDE: This week it has felt like we are in the middle of hell! Fires are raging all around us (We are in Southern California.) Friends …

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How Do Commitment and Presence Affect Your Relationship?

By Phil and Maude Posted on November 19, 2017 Posted in Presence, Relationships 2 Comments Tagged with Commitment
How Do Commitment and Presence Affect Your Relationship?
Photo by Wilson Sánchez

When we sit down to write our blogs, we have two main principles we keep in mind. First is that we want to share our personal experience on how we live peacefully in our relationship. Second, is to convey how …

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Why Being All In is Important for Your Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on March 19, 2017 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating No Comments
Why Being All In is Important for Your Relationship

Maude came up with the phrase “all in” the other night, and that simple phrase crystallized how we experience our relationship. You’ve probably been in a conversation with someone who keeps checking his cell phone. “Uh huh, I’m listening.” Or …

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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 2 Comments 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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