Articles on Spiritual Growth and Relationships

Undoing Our Habits

Something that has been coming up lately for me personally and with clients is the topic of “habits”. It is clear to us all what habits are but for the purposes of this article, let’s define the word as “unconscious repeated actions that may or may not serve us well”....

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Ending The Loop

Many couples come for counseling because they are in what I call “the loop”, the round and round arguments that go nowhere. It’s a difficult and painful replay that can keep us stuck and feeling alone. Sometimes the argument genuinely doesn’t have a solution because...

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Gifts of Love

I thought I’d write about gifts but I wasn’t thinking about the gifts we buy. I was thinking of all the gifts of love that we can give each other every day. From the moment we wake up till we go to sleep we have an abundance of opportunities to express in words or...

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Love Starved

It has been documented that babies who are left alone and untouched in their cribs have a greater chance of dying than babies who are shown love. It has also been noted that elderly people in the hospital who have no one to go home to don’t heal as quickly as others....

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Don’t Waste Time….

I have had a deep constant awareness most of my adult life that I have something “to do” before I die. Over the years, that “something” that I thought had to happen ranged anywhere from writing a book to living abroad. The thought of getting old and dying was scary...

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Accessing the Feminine

We all carry what are called masculine and feminine energies. Masculine energy is that part of us that takes action, the “doer”, the part of us that is externally focused. The feminine is that part of us that is creative, intuitive, the part of us that knows how to...

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Are You Feeling Overwhelmed?

Most of us feel a need and a desire to complete tasks, do a good job and be a responsible partner, parent, friend, employee and even child to aging parents. Coupled with societal demands to strive, achieve and succeed, we can easily become overwhelmed. Unfortunately,...

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Disconnection

With children, extended families, work, the daily grind and financial concerns, “us” often goes out the window. The worst part is that we often don’t even realize it. The daily routine has us so busy and distracted that a disconnection between us can happen very...

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Love Is All That Matters

“Proof of Heaven” is a book by Dr. Eben Alexander, a highly trained academic neurosurgeon who suddenly went into what was, at first, an unexplainable 7 day coma. Just as the family was readying to say good-bye to him, he miraculously revived. The miracle is not just...

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What is Vulnerability?

I believe that the purpose of relationship is for us to grow; that it is the one place where all of our buttons will be pushed giving us the opportunity to look at ourselves and grow past our reactions. Relationships of all kinds give us this chance. Whether it’s our...

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