This week, we’re exploring What Conscious Partners Know: 24 and 25 They need to acknowledge each other’s “otherness”, accept each other’s differences, affirm each other’s reality, adore each other’s traits, and advocate for each other’s reality and potential. They must differentiate before they can connect, so they accept each other as an “other” and accept […]
What Conscious Partners Know – 22 and 23
Continuing on with What Conscious Partners Know – Chapters 22 and 23 Connecting is sustained by intentionality, so they speak with a positive tone and use only appreciative or neutral words in all transactions, which helps them feel connected most of the time. The sign of a thriving relationship is how quickly partners engage in […]
Appreciations: Harville and Helen
I have said this before but I think it is worth repeating: I truly believe the fastest way forward for any couple is to protect the Space-Between them. It is a real energy field, and you can tell, can’t you, when there is tension in the Space-Between? It is either tension-free or it is not. […]
What Conscious Partners Know: 20-21
Continuing with What Conscious Partners Know: 20-21 20 The energy in their relationship has a ripple effect in their social environment. 21 They know how to orient themselves toward maintaining connection with each other, while staying open to all parts of themselves, their personality, and their sense of individuality. 20: Relationship Energy out in Society […]
What Conscious Partners Know – 18 and 19
What Conscious Partners Know – 18 and 19 Having a healthy relationship is the best thing they can do for their physical and emotional health. The quality of their relationship shapes the relational, emotional, and cognitive future of their children, if they have any. Having a Healthy Relationship Having a healthy relationship is the best […]
What Conscious Partners Know (con’t): 16 and 17
We are continuing our journey of moving a relationship from the unconscious, old brain, reactive modality to the conscious, new brain, and intentional modality. Along that path, there are many concepts that conscious partners incorporate into their relationship. Being conscious means taking responsibility for (only) their own behaviour and allowing room for their partner’s flawed […]
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