Relationship Gardening
Two seeds, watered, in good soil, with enough sunlight and care might yet yield two different crops. A rose is beautiful, a zucchini...
Chapman's Currency of Love
You’ve probably heard of Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages… originally conceived in 1995, the books and theory have been wildly popular...
Loving You and Loving Me
Angry, she flings her words like darts, targeted: ‘You don’t love me the way I love you!’ In romantic love, we spend a lot of time...
On Hate
The meme on Facebook shows a handwritten list with names and reasons listed; it goes seemingly on for miles, through corridors, across...
Fostering Rituals
When we think of preparing for something difficult, learning to ride a bike, starting a new training regimen, even gearing up for a big...
Expectations, with and without witnesses
At a client’s first session, after we discuss things I’m legally required to and after I learn names, my next question is some version of...
Aron, Catron and Self-Love
Arthur Aron, (in 1997) but perhaps more famously, Mandy Len Catron (in 2015) proposed a scientific experiment that resulted in two people...
