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Tag: Intention

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Our Relationship is Harmonious Because We Want it to Be That Way

Phil and Maude Oct 17, 2021 Tagged with Intention, Mutuality, Peaceful relationships
Our Relationship is Harmonious Because We Want it to Be That Way

PHIL: We’re not primarily writing about sex this week, but it’s a useful place to start. What are the odds that you and your sexual partner become aroused at the same time, say 8:00 PM on Friday? If arousal is …

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Why It Is Important To Remember You Are On The Same Side As Your Partner

Phil and Maude May 23, 2021 Tagged with Conflict-free relating, Intention, Same side
Why It Is Important To Remember You Are On The Same Side As Your Partner

We live a peaceful, harmonious life together. What makes this possible? Because that is our desire and our intention. We often caution you to remember that you and your partner (the same applies to all intimate relationships) are both on …

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Make Your Relationship Commitment About Intention, Not Obligation

Phil and Maude May 16, 2021 Tagged with Commitment, Intention, Obligation
Make Your Relationship Commitment About Intention, Not Obligation
Dolls by Nicole Turofsky

Maude was describing our relationship as having an element of peace, a lack of anxiety; of there never being any distance between us; that we could trust that no weird thing would suddenly appear between us, that no Jeckyll and …

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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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Struggle to Get To The Place of No Struggle

Phil and Maude Jan 26, 2020 Tagged with Conflict, Conflict-free relating, Intention, Reframing
Struggle to Get To The Place of No Struggle

One of our readers was sharing our blog with a friend and wrote, “Love their blogs, though they make it seem easier than it is.” This is something we have heard before, and we would like to address it. What …

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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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Why Peace is so Important in Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Jun 2, 2019 Tagged with Conflict-free relating, Intention, Peaceful relationships
Why Peace is so Important in Your Relationship

We all desire peaceful loving relationships. Last night affirmed that for us again! We had the pleasure of doing a joint reading and book signing at our wonderful local bookstore, Chaucer’s. This was another opportunity to experience directly how much …

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How to Balance Structure and Flow in Your Relationship

Phil and Maude Feb 24, 2019 Tagged with Communication, Intention, Mutual solutions
How to Balance Structure and Flow in Your Relationship

Both life and relationships need a balance between planning and going with the flow. This is an important part of our lives and the lives of our relationships. Yet how do we do both at the same time? People differ …

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A Fresh Start in Your Year and Life

Phil and Maude Jan 13, 2019 Tagged with Intention, Successful relationships
A Fresh Start in Your Year and Life

Many of you know how we write these blogs together. This week, the two didn’t really merge well as they were so close in content and so different in style. So here they are directly from our pens (and computers) …

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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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