By Amy Westervelt — 2021
The climate emergency has clear themes with heroes and villains. Describing it this way is how to build a movement.
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You can’t talk someone out of being in love with Darth Vader, and sadly, the worse it gets the more your friend might try to talk himself into trying to make it work because if there is a happy ending all the ways he’s had to abase himself to stay in the relationship will have been “worth it.
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From a Buddhist standpoint, there’s nothing to win in a relationship, just as there’s nothing to win in life—except, of course, the deep satisfaction that comes from appreciation, collaboration, and love.
In this interview, the founder of the Bioneers conference talks about what he’s learned in 25 years of bringing thinkers together.
It sounds simple, yet it’s more than a technique for resolving conflict. It’s a different way of understanding human motivation and behavior.
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Catherine Ann Lombard explores how imagery and artistic expression can help clients cope with cancer.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela
All relationships go through phases, there will be good times and challenges. When you recognize that your relationship is in a rough spot, take heart. Great relationships don’t happen by luck. There are the specific skills and actions that strengthen our relationships.
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Adult relationships succeed or fail for many reasons beyond the partners' childhoods, of course. Most people have to work to master the skills necessary to make romantic relationships endure and flourish, and threats to their connection are sources of great psychological anguish.
Still clinging to the fears and fury of childhood? You can unarrest your development once and for all.
Couples’ fights in lockdown are often about the unremitting intensity of togetherness. The sooner you de-escalate a fight, the sooner you can begin working on real solutions.