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Category: Relationships

Posts about all aspects of relationships

Wholeness

By Phil Posted on September 24, 2012 Posted in Relationships

Tonight you’re visiting friends and staying over. The wonderful thing about this night away from you is the sense of enjoying my own company and finding myself whole, just like the sense of wholeness when I’m with you. The thing …

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Compatibility

By Phil Posted on September 15, 2012 Posted in Relationships Tagged with Compatibility

The idea that shared interests make a couple compatible is very common: What Mr. Godla shared with Ms. Vignon, which he hadn’t with his first three wives, was “a passion for the field of 18th-century craftsmanship in French decorative arts,” …

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Two sides of Criticism

By Phil Posted on August 30, 2012 Posted in Relationships

Criticism is like an arrow: the sender only sees feathers, but the recipient sees a sharp point.

The Lack of Power Struggles Within a Relationship: Can This be Achieved?

By Maude Posted on August 25, 2012 Posted in Relationships

I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the discussions we’ve had recently concerning power struggles within a relationship. We’ve been talking about John Gottman’s book “Why Marriages Succeed or Fail“. He seems to have looked at the many couples he …

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Is Conflict Inevitable in Relationships?

By Phil Posted on August 5, 2012 Posted in Relationships Tagged with Peace within relationship, Successful relationships
Is Conflict Inevitable in Relationships?

We’ve been reading “Why Marriages Succeed or Fail” by John Gottman. After studying hundreds of couples, he concluded that all of them contained conflict, and successfully resolving it was the key to a lasting marriage. We disagree. In the seven-plus …

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No Thumbtacks: the 100% Factor

By Phil and Maude Posted on July 1, 2012 Posted in Announcement, Relationships
No Thumbtacks: the 100% Factor

We’re excited because our new article was just published. It’s based on a chapter from our book Secrets of a Successful Relationship Revealed. We hope you’ll feel free to republish or share this with any friends who you think may …

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Chance or Choice?

By Phil Posted on June 26, 2012 Posted in Relationships Tagged with Chance, Choice, Luck

Sometimes I think that we put out such a strong message of how well we relate that people are discouraged and think that we are lucky to be so specially matched. But it’s not what we are, what lottery tickets …

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The 100% Factor: The Transformative Moment in a Relationship

By Phil and Maude Posted on June 24, 2012 Posted in Peace, Relationships

There are many factors to success in a relationship. Is there a critical moment, an event, a choice that makes things work? We have found that there is just such a transformative moment. In our relationship, our move towards this …

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My New Article on Relationships

By Maude Posted on June 21, 2012 Posted in Announcement, Relationships

I’m excited to have just published a new article. I’d love your feedback and your comment if you enjoy it. You can find it here.

Wavy Gravy Spreads Peace in the World

By Maude Posted on June 16, 2012 Posted in Peace, Relationships Tagged with Saint Misbehavin', Wavy Gravy
Wavy Gravy Spreads Peace in the World

Well I’m feeling particularly uplifted today after having watched the Wavy Gravy video – Saint Misbehavin’. Wavy Gravy is a truly inspiring guy, who has found a personal and unique way of doing service and spreading peace in the world. …

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