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Most people think of ‘intimacy’ strictly in terms of romantic liaisons. The reality? An increasingly fast-paced, technology driven, take-out dinner society is hurting intimacy in all of our relationships. Intimacy is a sharing of one’s self. A few ways to restore emotional intimacy in your life: Pick up the phone: Nothing is perhaps more shocking…

As much as we talk about putting down our cell phones we seldom do. Technology has become a widely acceptable addiction.  Sexting aside, it has put a cramp in relationship intimacy. One that extends far beyond romantic liaisons and into our basic life relationships. The ones that establish the foundation of who we are, our…

Let’s be honest. Anyone who has experienced divorce will tell you there are triggers. Emotional arsenals to be exact. If you need a visual think firecracker stash accidentally meets flame. You get it. Boom. Spark. Boom. More Sparks. Firecrackers ignite. Sky implodes. I think it’s fairly easy to understand this phenomenon. Divorce is like grief.…

Let’s face it. Relationships are chock full of expectations. We enter them and wait for people to show us exactly how much they love us. Birthdays? They just amp it up. Consider them expectation on steroids. I remember in the early years of my marriage hearing a knock at my front door. I swing the door…

It was Bob Marley who said, “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”  No one wants to determine the degree of courage they are capable of. It’s frightening to question the unknown depths of our strength. To face a journey we can’t fathom traveling. To stare down the…

It is early, at least for this morning resistant night owl. I enter the room of women. The candles which my friend has lit adding calm to the already relaxed vibe. I reposition the mat. I stretch towards ‘downward dog’ while peeking to make sure I am doing this thing called yoga correctly. It’s hard for…

Love is in the air. The birds are chirping. The sky is blue. The butterflies have taken residence. Make sure while hearts flutter, the feet are planted or in other words, grounded long after the butterflies flee the coop. Choose a person who centers their being around the following powerful foundational truths: 1. God comes…

I am watching television, Code Black to be specific. No one loves the eighties as much as I do but it was full of questionable hair, questionable clothes, and questionable music. Rob Lowe, however, makes the decade worth revisiting. The producers of Code Black evidently agree. It’s week three of Rob Lowe. No, it’s glorious…

In the worst part of my marital strife, I became frustrated that my husband demanded the majority of my attention. The more he refused to continue in counseling, the bigger the problems became and the longer they endured. My children’s lives were interrupted. I wanted to fix things. I wanted to address the problems. I…

Everyone has a certain degree of ego. The question is how immense is that ego? A huge ego can cause a tremendous amount of strife and frustration in a relationship. It can also create a great divide in a couple. Thus, endangering the overall happiness or longevity of a relationship. Ego is the essentially the…
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