The Need to be Heard

September 1, 2010 Communication

If we’re happy, we want the other person to share in the happiness with us. If we don’t get the response we want we’ll either move on to the next person to get that response we are seeking, or give up entirely, stuffing away our need for connection… When our sharing is met equally on an emotional level we begin to relax like a baby who has been fed and burped.

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-Radical Curiosity-

August 4, 2010 Ponderings

One of the simplest, most peaceful, and fun ways to go through life is with the mindset of absolute curiosity. Axiomatically, one thing of the best things we can do for our relationships is to approach the people with whom we are in relationship with radical curiosity. Why do they do what they do, think what they think, and are interested in the things that they are? It’s all very fascinating. And, it’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it. All that is required is a different vantage point. Curiosity, after all, is…

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Parenting, Grandparenting and Purpose

July 7, 2010 Grandparenting

The culture to which I belong is an unusual one in that it keeps our generations so separate. Parents struggle like heck to work, keep a home, raise kids, save money for the future, and in some cases to support aging parents. If those aging parents require more time or care than their children can give they are sent off to a home. The little ones miss out on the wisdom and life lessons of the elderly. Family stories are lost. The elderly miss out on the joy and satisfaction of imparting those stories along with their hard earned wisdom. Each generation must then reinvent themselves anew instead of building on the wisdom of the elders. Each generation starts from scratch.

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Business or Romance

May 6, 2010 Relationships

I’m trying to decide if I should proceed with a business endeavor. I’ve been having a heck of a time, with all the ins and outs, and ups and downs, and pros and cons, to come up with a satisfactory way to decide… and I haven’t even gotten close to making the dang choice itself. But then I realized that I could choose whether to be involved in a business relationship using the same criteria I would use to choose a romantic relationship. This article reveals 5 criteria for choosing a right relationship.

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Vision, Promise, and Commitment ~ Creating Dynamic Relationships

April 29, 2010 Relationships

Culturally we are losing sight of the power of promise and commitment. Instead of stepping up and into it we are watering it down to our own wishy washy self-serving level. Promise and commitment have the power to transform both our life and our relationships… but they will require things of us in the process. Preserving the power of promise is imperative if we are to continue growing both as humans, and as a society.

What do you want your relationships with other people to look like? Promise brings your vision off the drawing board and into tangible reality.

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Promises Promises

March 24, 2010 Relationships

Marriage is certainly an important promise, but we can learn a lot by how we approach our daily, less significant, commitments. A promise is a promise. From the perspective of the promisee, one promise is no more important than another. Each one, no matter how small, has an impact on the receiving end. A kept promise builds a relationship. It builds trust and opens possibilities. A broken promise damages a relationship. It breaks trust and limits possibilities.

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Ask for Help

February 14, 2010 Divorce Help

A past class participant sent me an article recently. It was about job hunting but was so closely tied to what we’d just talked about in divorce recovery class the night below he wanted to share. Asking for what we want is an important life skill. Most of us are horrible at it.

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The Heart of the Matter – Eagles

February 5, 2010 Divorce Help

He says it took him 48 years to write and 5 minutes to sing.    Anyone who has experienced relationship loss will be able to identify with this.  Beautiful song. I’m learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought [...]

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Jeannine on the Radio – Talking Divorce

January 25, 2010 Divorce Help

(Jeannine’s appearance dates appear below) Please join Jeannine and other divorce experts Sundays  from 11-noon on AM760 Progressive Talk Denver’s First – Talking Divorce Radio Show New topics every week! ALL ABOUT DIVORCE! You can listen online by going to www.TalkingDivorce.com Click on the “listen online” link Sundays, 11:00 to noon You will link directly [...]

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The Fourteen Dating Traps

January 11, 2010 Conscious Dating

By David Steele (reprinted with permission.) A “dating trap” is an unconscious relationship choice that results in an unsolvable problem in a relationship. Getting out of the trap often means leaving the relationship. When you are single, you can do a lot more than you realize to avoid these traps and prepare for a successful [...]

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