Reading Time: 3 minutes “When you meet the right person, you’ll just know.” We’ve all heard it. As if finding love wasn’t already hard enough, we now have to deal with all the clichés fed to us by the media, society at large, and our well-intentioned but oh-so-misguided friends. In reality, if you lack a certain level of self-awareness […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes It is incredible how quickly the mind equilibrates. News or events that initially seem quite shocking soon turn into, “Well, that’s just the way it is.” I recently experienced this firsthand when my social media stream became full of apocalyptic pictures revealing the orange sky shrouding much of California and Oregon. Just like my first
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Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a story that’s been told over and over, so much so that it has its own memes. There are two wolves fighting inside of you. One is evil, or symbolizes some form of darkness and hate, and the other is good, containing qualities of light and love. The one who wins the battle is
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In my last blog post, I discussed how remaining present, even in the face of pain, is part of our spiritual awakening. Our task is to become wholehearted participants in life, and that means increasing our capacity to be with what is. However, what I neglected to mention was that our practice of being present,
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Reading Time: 6 minutes America and the world, my heart goes out to you. The challenges we are facing are daunting, unprecedented, and heart-breaking. In the United States, California is on fire. The Gulf Coast is getting pummeled by hurricanes. Anti-police protests are increasing, police are getting away with murder again and again and again, and now protesters are
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Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was young, I never liked how people used the word God. Living in a disproportionately Christian society, people talked of God like he was a supernatural white guy with a beard on a cloud in the sky. And although he seemed to have unlimited power and wisdom, he spent his free time hating
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a lot of really great and entertaining podcasts that focus on the sexual aspects of our relationships, such as Tristan Taormino’s Sex Out Loud, Emily Morse’s Sex With Emily, Dr. Jenn Gunsaullus’ Sex Talk with Clint & the Doc, Dr. Wednesday Martin and and Whitney Miller’s True Sex & Wild Love, and Dan Savage’s
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In The Seven Lessons of Love, I wrote that spiritual practice is a crucial step on the path towards greater self-love. By rooting our love in something larger or something greater than ourselves, we remove any limits on how much love we can bring into our lives. However, when I talk to people about deepening
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Reading Time: 3 minutes One thing I love to do is coach couples who are interested in opening up their relationship. I find it can greatly help to know what is to come, to have some key emotional communication skills, and to be prepared to manage jealousy in a healthy way. Another thing I love to do is convince
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes relationships can seem like a bit of a crapshoot. Even the most fiery, passionate, made-in-heaven relationships can fizzle over time, despite our best efforts. On the other hand, someone we start out disliking for all their foibles could be the person we walk down the aisle with. How are we to cope with the
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