Reading Time: 6 minutes Humans have always had an interesting relationship with being right, despite how wrong we are about most things all the time. On a societal level, we disagree about just how right our leaders need to be. Politicians who change their ideas are derided as weak “flip-floppers” rather than as individuals who saw a change in …
Do You Want to Be Right or Do You Want to Be Happy? Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes One of the most vague and misunderstood terms in the modern self-help lexicon is the term conscious. One source of this confusion lies behind the multiple meanings behind the word. To the uninitiated, the term conscious simply means the opposite of unconscious, whether it be a person who is asleep, in a coma, or just got …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Every couple experiences conflict. It is an inevitable fact of life that when two people meet, there are going to be challenges. That is because every relationship is a meeting of two previously separate and distinct worlds. One person prefers things a bit messy, the other needs cleanliness. One person is a night owl, another …
Reading Time: 7 minutes The experience of love tends to have two sides. The first side says that love is the most beautiful, powerful, and meaningful experience on the planet. This side is bolstered by research that says humans are literally born for love: we are social beings, we thrive on social connection, and we need to feel a …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Two weeks ago I wrote about how every new relationship should be aware of the natural phenomenon that typically occurs a year or two into a relationship. Namely, couples will experience a slow ebbing of passion and excitement as they transition from the lust and romance stages of their relationship to the connection and commitment …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Imagine laying in bed with your lover/partner/spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/FWB, and you ask them, “Honey, do you love me?” And even though you already know this person loves you and you have already heard them tell you countless times, in this moment, you want to hear it; hearing their answer will help you feel more connected and less …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes One of my favorite communication tools for any conversation is known as metacommunication. Practicing metacommunication can transform your relationships with your partner, family, friends, and even coworkers. But first of all, what is metacommunication? Simply put, metacommunication is talking about why you are talking in the first place. This means knowing your–or the other person’s–intention …
Reading Time: 4 minutes While most people in the West wanting to marry someone in their future would balk at the idea of their parents choosing for them, over half of marriages in the world are still arranged marriages. And if you look at just the divorce rate compared to self-selected marriages, arranged marriages seem to be a lot …
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the biggest splits in modern society is the division between the spiritual and the material. Sensual pleasures are often seen as an obstacle to or a distraction from more noble spiritual pursuits. But once we release the sexual shame that has been passed down through a few millennia of repression, we realize there …
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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