By Marie Hartwell-Walker — 2017
Intimacy. People often confuse it with sex. But people can be sexual without being intimate. One night stands, friends with benefits, or sex without love are examples of purely physical acts with no intimacy involved.
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Ditch the idea of a "failed relationship" and make each relationship you have one that you can learn and grow from.
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In all kinds of relationships, people have conflict and disagreements and hurt one another's feelings. What determines the success of the relationship is the way people deal with conflict, the nature of their friendship and intimacy, and their shared meaning system.
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Relationship success requires us to follow this counter-intuitive rule.
Explore this mindfulness practice from Tara Brach for keeping the lines of communication open and maintaining a deep, loving connection.
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
Sometimes intimate moments can be life-changing and this is worth exploring.
Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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It was during these awkward fertility treatments that it dawned on me that there were some dramatic differences between my first and second marriages.
There are various developmental theories that go into the tool kit that parents and educators utilize to help mold caring and ethically intact people, including those of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg.