Levels of Love: What Kind Do You Give? (Part 2)

December 14, 2010

How do you love? What kind of love do you give to those most important to you? Are you growing, maturing your love? To reiterate from Part 1, love is defined as that intentional energy of closeness, respect and care that one directs toward another. It’s easy to love when things seem to go well. [...]

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NICE Men vs. DRACULAS

October 19, 2010

Women Want DRACULAS, not just NICE Men        I really enjoy working with couples. It’s fulfilling and challenging to help couples make needed changes that bring more connection in their lives. Much of the challenge, however, is that dynamics within a relationship change as often as ocean sand may shift and take on new shapes. [...]

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Men’s Hero Journey in Relationships

September 7, 2010

What Men Must Do to Become Intimate in Relationships and How Women Must Help Them If you read Robert Bly or Robert Moore, you will learn that men need to go on a hero’s quest to claim their full masculinity. These two insightful authors and countless others perceive the problems of men in our society [...]

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Levels of Love: What Kind Do You Give? (Part 1)

September 7, 2010

Have you ever been in a relationship and asked yourself, “What have I gotten into here? Will this ever get better?” These are valid questions, and often responded with meager answers. Many people have come in to see me with similar questions. They are often exasperated, frustrated, bewildered, and hurt. With a sigh, and sometimes [...]

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Lessons My Kids (and Grandkids) Have Taught Me

July 19, 2010

I am blessed with two awesome children (now adults), and four incredibly sparkling brilliant grandchildren (and one on the way!). They were and are all my little gurus, my teachers, as it comes to life lessons. When I first became a parent, I believed that I had nearly all of the answers that they needed [...]

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Dreading Father’s Day!

July 19, 2010

Father’s Day is not always “Happy!” Until the last several years I dreaded Father’s Day! I couldn’t stand when people said “Happy Father’s Day!” Although I loved being a father to my awesome kids (!), I really didn’t love being a son to my father. This was mainly because I really didn’t know him very [...]

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Love, Sex & Intimacy: Hot Sex vs. Passionate Sex

June 5, 2010

Do you ever wonder why some relationships last longer than others? And/or why some committed relationships seem to have a chemistry and dance about them that sail through the years? There are many possible reasons for this. But the one that I hear most often is that certain couples have learned what I might call [...]

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A Man Behind the Mask

April 7, 2010

I recently had the privilege of going to the circus! It was filled with all one could imagine: the high wire trapeze artists, the jugglers, the cotton candy, the tigers and elephants, and yes, the clowns. Ahhh, the clowns! I never liked clowns very much. While driving to the circus, I was talking with my [...]

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Finding Your Edges (Part 2)

February 9, 2010

I was on the phone recently attempting to get some technical “support” for a computer problem. After explaining my needs to three different people, I was transferred to a “technical person” – in India – who, in his own thoughtful way, seemed to ask every question but the right one to help me with my [...]

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Finding Your Edges (Part 1)

January 20, 2010

For boys throughout the world to grow up and achieve the title of Man, he must go through a series of trials, if you will. In many cultures, there are rituals in which he must earn his passage into manhood, e.g. stalking, attacking and killing a wild animal, or the acceptance of certain markings and/or [...]

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