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The Blueprint: A Detailed Guide on Dr. Gottman’s Teachings

Relationships / August 22, 2022 January 11, 2023 / Leave a Comment

If you recall from my last post, The Five Golden pieces For a Lasting Relationship, one of the elements is: The blueprint for your house. I like this analogy of a blueprint because a blueprint really gives you a good overview of what to do and what not to do. It’s a solid plan for …

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The Pendulum Swing

Relationships / July 21, 2022 November 5, 2022 / Leave a Comment

Before we dive into the five pieces of building that relationship house we discussed in the last post, there’s one other concept that’s really important to grasp. While I don’t know your specific starting point, there is a common experience that we all have when we begin to challenge our internal belief systems. I came …

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The 5 Golden Pieces for A Lasting Relationship

Relationships / June 28, 2022 August 24, 2022 / Leave a Comment

My ten year relationship, to a man I loved deeply and imagined a future with, ended. Truthfully, not because I wanted it to, but because I just couldn’t live in the internal state I was in any longer. Being alone had to be better than being with someone & still feeling unloved, lonely, anxious, and …

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Want To Improve Your Relationship? Here’s What No One Taught You.

Relationships / June 24, 2022 September 17, 2022 / Leave a Comment

Have you ever had the experience of an “ah-hah” moment when you discover a golden nugget or a “piece of the puzzle” you’ve been missing? Often times, we simply don’t know what we don’t know. But if we can start to bring awareness and understanding to the situations that we’re struggling with, then there’s a …

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