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Why Checking In Is So Important For Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Oct 6, 2019 Tagged with Checking in, Sacred Space
Why Checking In Is So Important For Your Relationship

We would like to share with you what’s happening in our relationship and how that can be applied by you so as to have a more conflict-free, peaceful relationship. We’re back from our anniversary trip, and as is our custom, …

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Treasure the Bond at the Core of Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Sep 29, 2019 Tagged with Union
Treasure the Bond at the Core of Your Relationship

At the beginning of the month, Maude visited her old haunts in Europe while Phil stayed home. We both wrote about the experience of the separation and how it highlighted the sense of union that we have. This makes it …

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Positive Words Are Powerful for Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Sep 22, 2019 Tagged with Communication, Language, Words
Positive Words Are Powerful for Your Relationship

Words matter; what we say and how we say it counts. In a recent blog, Phil mentioned the concept of the inner critic from The Artist’s Way, and how we can work with positive affirmations to help reframe what we …

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Why You Need to Communicate Your Love Language

Phil and Maude Sep 15, 2019 Tagged with Love languages
Why You Need to Communicate Your Love Language

We are now open for guest posting! We want to encourage all of you to send us your theme appropriate posts on relationships and conflict-free peaceful relating. Click here for our submissions guidelines. To start out this new series, we …

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Beware of Criticism; It Can Poison Your Relationship

Phil Sep 8, 2019 Tagged with Criticism
Beware of Criticism; It Can Poison Your Relationship

I am writing morning pages each day, just as Julia Cameron recommends in “The Artist’s Way.” A major theme of hers is what she calls The Critic – that voice in our heads that tells us we’re not worthy, we’re …

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In Your Relationship, What You See Is What You Look At

Maude Sep 1, 2019 Tagged with Reframing
In Your Relationship, What You See Is What You Look At

The other day we were discussing a concept from psychology professor and neuroscientist Dr. Lisa Barrett’s work that basically states that “the part of the brain responsible for sight, the visual cortex, receives only 10% of its connections from the …

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In a Successful Relationship You Have to Be Cooperative

Phil and Maude Aug 25, 2019 Tagged with Communication, Competition, Cooperation
In a Successful Relationship You Have to Be Cooperative

We keep cut flowers in the house and carry them up to decorate the bedroom at night. A morning conversation: “We need to bring the flowers down.” “I’ve done it already.” This is a teeny example of how we work …

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You Can Improve Your Life by Setting Your Intentions

Phil and Maude Aug 18, 2019 Tagged with Intention
You Can Improve Your Life by Setting Your Intentions

Intentions have transformative power. Together you can create and set your intentions toward love and peace. You can set them to bring joyous satisfaction and accomplishment to your mutual lives. With these kinds of potential benefits in mind, it furthers …

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It’s Important to Avoid Assumptions in Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Aug 11, 2019 Tagged with Assumptions, Misunderstandings
It’s Important to Avoid Assumptions in Your Relationship

Last night we were hanging out and sharing about our week when we discovered that we had a brief incident of misunderstanding, occasioned by assumptions and overall lack of communication. It wasn’t a big thing. It might have gone unnoticed, …

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The Powerful Value of Play in a Relationship

Phil and Maude Aug 4, 2019 Tagged with Play
The Powerful Value of Play in a Relationship

The late Dr. Karyn Purvis, Director of Texas Christian University’s Child Development Center stated, “scientists have recently determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a new synapse in the brain…unless it is done with play, in which case …

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