Show Love by Getting Ready for Change Together

Source: Kaz/Pixabay   When we or someone we love faces a change of role, of home, or of responsibilities, we can show love by preparing for changes together.  In a unique way, getting ready makes you ready.  Whether you chose an approach that is driven by an ultimate destination or one that evolves organically, you honor your relationship when you navigate the transition collaboratively.  To read more, see my post in "Life, Refracted" on PsychologyToday.com by clicking here. [...]

2018-01-31T21:03:54+00:00January 5th, 2018|Categories: Aspects of Loving, Life, Refracted, Transformation|

Change Brings Its Own Demands

Source: Rawpixel/Pixabay Throughout our lives, conditions inside us, around us, and in the larger world can demand that we change in response to shifts that occur.  Such changes present unique challenges to love relationships. Read my 51st post in "52 Ways to Show I Love You" on "Life, Refracted" at PsychologyToday.com by clicking here.

2018-01-31T21:03:54+00:00December 29th, 2017|Categories: Life, Refracted, Psychology and the bigger picture, Transformation|

Find the Silver Lining

Source: geralt/pixabay   Life does indeed have negative experiences and too much negativity can challenge our relationships. The good news is that negative experiences can be transformed.  Consider taking a new look at moments that have nothing to do with us, times we misunderstand one another, our underlying assumptions, and ways in which we may assign blame.  To read about these examples and some ways to approach them, read my post on PsychologyToday.com's "Life, Refracted" by clicking here. [...]

2018-01-31T21:03:54+00:00November 24th, 2017|Categories: Close Relationships of many kinds, Life, Refracted, Transformation|

Honoring the Irreplaceable Moments

Source: MichaelGaida/Pixabay Moments that change our perspective, our mood, our behavior, perhaps even our lives, can happen so quickly - yet their impact can be enduring.  To read a reflection on what makes a moment so special, how it affects us, and how it can be an expression of love, read my post in "Life,Refracted" at PsychologyToday.com by clicking here.

2018-01-31T21:03:55+00:00September 22nd, 2017|Categories: Life, Refracted, Psychology and the bigger picture, Transformation|

Showing Love Through Stretching

Through stretching our bodies, minds and relationships, we nourish love.  We honor the old, accommodate to the new, and let go of the unnecessary as we make space for reaching towards each other  and out into the world.  For the Life, Refracted post "Showing Love Through Stretching", continuing the series of "52 Ways to Show I Love You", click here.

2018-01-31T21:03:56+00:00July 21st, 2017|Categories: Aspects of Loving, Life, Refracted, Transformation|

Midlife Discovery of a Meticulous Dentist

I met Mark when my children were young, after he joined the dental practice of my uncle who treated adults (me among them). Although he, too, cared for adults, Mark specialized in work with children at that time.  My kids must have been among the first patients in his new office. The years passed and eventually my uncle retired. When Mark began working on my teeth, I appreciated his dedication to his art, a passion for precision and perfection that [...]

2018-01-31T21:04:04+00:00September 30th, 2016|Categories: Transformation|

Six Roses from Stop and Shop Say I Love You

David brought the six roses home from Stop and Shop ten days before we flew to Paris. Meal after meal, we watched the buds turn shades of pink from pale to petulant, their evolution gracing the table where we ate breakfast each morning, lunch at noon, and dinner at night. Perhaps because they had space to breathe in their vase on that table, they opened slowly, each flower with room to spread while we provided water and the surrounding windows [...]

2018-01-31T21:04:40+00:00June 8th, 2016|Categories: Transformation|
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