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Tag: Belief

How To Create A Peaceful Relationship In A World That Says It’s Impossible

Phil and Maude Dec 7, 2025 Tagged with Belief, Intention, Listening, Peaceful relationships, Presence
How To Create A Peaceful Relationship In A World That Says It’s Impossible

MAUDE: Peace is a choice, as are peaceful relationships. It came to me this morning that, in the same sense, peace is a verb. Being at peace and bringing it into your relationships takes action. It starts with intention and …

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Phil and Maude’s Favorite Blog Photos of 2023

Phil and Maude Dec 31, 2023 Tagged with Acceptance, Belief, Core values, Differences, Intention, Respect
Phil and Maude’s Favorite Blog Photos of 2023

Following our end-of-year tradition, here are our top 12 favorite photos from the blogs of 2023 and links to those blogs.

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How Acceptance Creates Peace Within Your Relationships

Phil and Maude Sep 24, 2023 Tagged with Acceptance, Belief, Intention
How Acceptance Creates Peace Within Your Relationships

We believe that relationships, deep ones, with family, friends and romantic partners are the arena for the realization of peace. In learning that it is possible to live this way with those we are close to, we become ever more capable of treating the greater group in the same way

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How We Create Peace in Our Relationship by Intending To Do So

Phil and Maude Jan 22, 2023 Tagged with Belief, Intention
How We Create Peace in Our Relationship by Intending To Do So

PHIL: The phrase “belief and intention” is a good description of how we relate. We believe a harmonious relationship is possible, and intend to have one. Our belief comes from various sources. Primarily, we have the experience of a harmonious …

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Believe in a Peaceful Relationship and Intend to Have One

Phil and Maude Nov 14, 2021 Tagged with Belief, Intention
Believe in a Peaceful Relationship and Intend to Have One

Each week, we link to some articles that cover the topic of our post. Sometimes they list ways to behave and studies to support their case, but the key difference with our writing is that we draw on our own …

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How to Think Differently About Your Relationships

Phil and Maude Oct 11, 2020 Tagged with Acceptance, Belief, Intention, Mutuality
How to Think Differently About Your Relationships

In the last months, as we have written and shared how we and others are coping with these tumultuous times, something has become very clear. We get a strong response of agreement, empathy and understanding whenever we share personally about …

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Do You Believe in a Peaceful Relationship?

Phil and Maude May 27, 2018 Tagged with Belief, Intention
Do You Believe in a Peaceful Relationship?

PHIL: Many years ago I visited a Southern Texas city with a friend for – oh, the reason doesn’t matter. We went to a museum in the afternoon to beat the heat and came out in the early evening. The …

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The Importance of Belief and Intention in Relationships

Phil Jul 9, 2017 Tagged with Belief, Intention
The Importance of Belief and Intention in Relationships

We were recently interviewed by Michael and Jacqueline for The Intimacy Connection Talk Show. One of the topics that came up was belief and intention. Maude wrote about this last week in her own voice, and this week, it’s me. …

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The Importance of Belief and Intention in Relationships

Maude Jul 2, 2017 Tagged with Belief, Intention, Peaceful relationships
The Importance of Belief and Intention in Relationships

We were recently asked during a podcast interview what factors are important to starting a new kind of relationship, one in which peace reigns and fighting and arguments are absent. Great question, and our first answer is always that you …

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Why Will Belief and Intention Make Your Relationship Successful?

Phil and Maude Aug 7, 2016 Tagged with Belief, Intention
Why Will Belief and Intention Make Your Relationship Successful?

We have a wonderful relationship. We just flow through life together. We don’t ever clash. We are never alienated. And there’s nothing complicated about what we do. There are just a few things to avoid and a few practices to …

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