Tag: Relationships
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Letting Go: The Alternative to Pursuit
When Someone Pulls Away: The Moment Everything Changes M. Scott Peck opens The Road Less Traveled with three blunt words: “Life is difficult”. The Dalai Lama adds in The Book of Joy: “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional”. Accepting that hardship is part of life pauses us from making it harder by wishing it were fairer.… Read more
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Hearing Without Listening—
You NEVER listen to me.” “You only hear what you want to hear.” “How do you always turn it back on me?” “I might as well be talking to a brick wall”. These complaints echo through countless relationships. Paradoxically, the closer we are to someone, the worse we often listen. We bring our most attentive,… Read more