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I believe there’s no one-size-fits-all formula for relationships. This theme came up during the Masterclass on Tuesday. Some say staying together is better than separating. I disagree. As many of us in long-term relationships know, longevity is not a measure of success in a relationship. Does that mean separating is better than staying together? No, […]
Read More >>Love, peace, happiness, safety… It took me years to understand that the feelings we crave—represented by these loaded words—cannot be delivered from anyone outside of ourselves. These states – of being in love, in trust, in safety – are a product of our internal, psycho-emotional state. Contrary to popular belief, our access to these states […]
Read More >>Our nervous system plays a key part in shaping our perception of reality. More specifically, it affects our thoughts and beliefs about ourselves and others. Our thoughts and beliefs create our feelings, which then determine our behavior and actions. Our behavior and actions – steps we take or choose not to take – impact our […]
Read More >>The state of your relationship has more to do with the state of your nervous system than with your partner. The way we are used to relate to others is from attributing our feelings to the person with whom we are relating. If we feel good in their presence, we make it about them. If […]
Read More >>“I adored my husband. He was my knight in shining armor: the one who protected and spoiled me the way my father never did. I hoisted him onto a pedestal, ignoring his human qualities on full display. Until life, through series of unexpected events, revealed my husband as a traumatized messy human just like me. […]
Read More >>I cannot say I missed my husband when I was away. There was nothing missing. I was with my mother – where I wanted to be. My needs were met. It wasn’t a sacrifice to leave home for 3 weeks, it was a choice. I enjoyed being where I was. When time came to return […]
Read More >>On August 19, 1990 I got married. I met the man who’ll become my husband in August 1988. I had just turned 22 that August. Just like my eldest daughter is now : 22. Just like my daughter now I had just finished University and moved from Boston to NYC. Just like my eldest daughter […]
Read More >>After more than 30 years of life together—I am learning to love my husband.
I want to learn to love in such a way that the evolution in the structure of our relationship or any changes that each of us may still undergo will not kill the love.
Committed to filling my own needs, I no longer look for relationships to complete me.
I am learning to love people beyond what I can get from them, beyond my needs for safety, stability, or fear of the unknown.
Thinking that other people can and should make us happy or worthy is actually what keeps us stuck. This illusion that our well-being depends on other people’s behavior is what leads to so much of our unhappiness. This is true for all relationships, including parents and children.
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