Here’s an interesting question for you… Which scenario is the framework from which you run your relationships and life? Is it A, B, C or D? Most importantly– are you choosing A, B, C or D by design or default? Let us explain… If you’ve been getting our emails for any length of time, you’ve […]

Is it really possible to stay connected during the times when disagreements come up? Some people say “yes” and others think differently. We received a question from someone recently that may be an issue in your relationship from time to time… Here’s what this woman asked us… “We want to stay connected during our difficult

There is a simple, yet often overlooked idea that creates major problems and challenges in the relationships and lives of millions and millions of people and maybe even your life as well. If you don’t solve this challenge, you can have all the hopes, dreams, and intentions that you want and take more action than

When it comes to relationships, communication is key.  (You probably already know this!) We’ve found the book The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz, powerful and informative on an individual and relationship level.  The agreements that Ruiz lays out in his book can help people live life more fully, successfully and joyfully. The first agreement,

 Have you ever been talking to someone you love and your mind wanders and you’re not really present? Have you ever mumbled “uh um” while a love one was talking to you but you weren’t paying attention because you were on the computer, watching television or doing something else? Or has a loved one mumbled

We get emails and calls from people like you every day and very often, they tell us how our relationship advice and information helps them create happier, closer, and more connected relationships. This isn’t always the case. Sometimes we get someone like “Mary” (not her real name) who just wrote to us and thinks otherwise.Normally

What do you do when you are having trouble in your relationship, you want it to be closer and more connected–and you just can’t seem to figure out what’s going on and what’s wrong? One thing we know for sure is that one of the true keys to a great relationship is asking the “right”

If you want to create more passion in your life or reclaim passion that is currently not there in your life, this article will give you some ideas. At some point in our lives we’ve all experienced total passion for life and living. We’ve all been involved in something that really got us excited and

For the past two weeks, we’ve been dog-sitting for our friends’ fun-loving, gentle, yellow Labrador retriever (Nutmeg) and we’re having a ball with her. We’ve been taking Nutmeg on long walks on our city’s bike path and playing catch in the river with balls and sticks. As we’ve gone on these excursions, we’ve noticed a

For the past few weeks, we’ve been giving you some of the ways we’ve discovered that help create and keep a great relationship.We’re not just paying lip service here and reciting what we think will work or what looks good on paper. We know that these work because we practice them in our own lives.

In our most recent survey about relationships, someone asked us the question (and we thought it was a good one): “How do you create a great relationship that really lasts in today’s world of throwaway’ relationships and $99 divorces?” Whew! We wanted to say to this person… Hold on a minute. Yes there are many

As the new year approaches, most people think about making changes for the better in their lives–and we think you probably are doing the same. In every moment, not just at new year’s, we have the opportunity to create our relationships and our lives the way we want them to be. That certainly doesn’t mean

We recently saw a list of the 5 top topics that people create goals around for the new year, with weight loss leading the list. What struck us as odd was that creating better relationships wasn’t on that list! In our opinion, there is NOTHING more important than your relationships AND… The reason we hold

Are you aware that the ways you think about your love relationship can significantly affect the way you experience that relationship? What you believe and expect about yourself and your partner has everything to do with what you each actually bring to your connection (or lack thereof).So if you tend to walk around thinking about