If you want to change—if you want to think, feel, and behave differently, if you want your relationships to be different—you’re going to have to face one important fact: You will have to do things…
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Do YouHave The Conversations You Want
Not every conversation needs to be deep or life-changing. Some are just fine the way they are—playful banter with a friend, coordinating schedules, or a quick update about the groceries. ? But some conversations matter…
A Bigger Transformation
How many people can you share anything and everything with and feel fully accepted? For most, the answer is zero. Some are lucky to have one or two. That is not enough for the fulfilling social…
Are You Connecting in Your Relationship?
The Quality of Your Conversations Shapes the Quality of Your Relationships ?The conversation is the beginning and the backbone of relationships. A good conversation builds feelings of trust, respect, acceptance, kindness, and love. We know…
#77 Relationship Connection the Secret Ingredient

I got listened to and understood in a way that I felt important and valued. What I didn’t know was that this wasn’t an accident. The person listening to me was doing some very conscious and skillful things in their listening to help me have that experience.
#76 Relationship Connection is Possible

we have these strategies of giving a good impression and hiding the stuff we fear they will judge us for. And so our relationship is made “comfortable” in that space of keeping up a false impression and hiding our negative feelings and thoughts. However, it’s not comfortable long-term living in these masks and false versions of our self. Certainly not with our intimate partner. We can’t keep the facade on all the time. It’s exhausting. It’s going to break down.