Posts Tagged ‘Positive Thought’
Finding Your Marital North Star
Often times when I work with premarital couples I ask them what characteristics they would like to see in their marriage. I encourage these couples to take time to think about what is important to them in a relationship, write it down and look back on in frequently. I then talked to couples about using…
Read MoreNot One Thought You Have Is Completely True: Opening to another possibility
“Not one thought you hold is wholly true. The recognition of this is your firm beginning.” – A Course in Miracles (The Problem and the Answer) There once lived 4 blind men who went to visit an elephant. They were all very curious about what exactly an elephant…
Read MoreSo You Want Respect: How to get respect in your relationship
You don’t have to go very for to hear someone giving his or her opinion on respect. Some will say that respect is something that is earned; that so-and-so has not earned our respect so we will happily keep it to ourselves. “No respect for you”- soup Nazi style. We hear people say…
Read MoreCan Someone Really Make You Feel Bad?: How responsible are you for your own feelings?
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt The above quote is one I refer to often when working with people. The problem is never coming from the other person, but we continuously give away our power by putting the responsibility on someone else. It is difficult to believe…
Read MoreThe Run Away Horse Story: You never know what will come out of any situation
There once was a farmer whose horse ran away. When the farmer’s neighbor found out about the runaway mare he told the farmer it was too bad that his horse ran away. The farmer replied to his neighbor, “You never know”. The next day the farmer’s horse returned followed by a beautiful stallion. The…
Read MoreCould Seeking Love and Wanting Our Needs Met Actually Hurt Your Chances of Finding It: How our needs effect our relationship
“Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” –Rumi We all want love. We all want to feel peace and joy. Trouble is we often don’t understand how to go about experiencing these elements. Until we understand what…
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