If it is very difficult to open up and talk about the most embarrassing / painful / embarrassing topics, it may be a good idea to do so in the company of a professional couple therapist who can create a safe environment for you where you learn to speak responsibly so that neither you nor […]
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The French writer Colette captured these passionate conflicting thoughts of a new bride: “The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.” She captures how marriage transforms you. Somehow you are one person before marriage, and another
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“How are you and Aubrey doing?” my new mentor asked near the end of our appointment. We’d spent the last hour talking about various aspects of my story: transcontinental moves, cross-cultural stress, severe anxiety, and parenting two intense daughters through it all. I paused to consider my relationship with my spouse. “Okay, I think?” The
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Being a brave mama means stepping into the hard things. It finally happened. The thing I feared from the very first day I became a mom – something went wrong while I was in the shower. I clearly remember the day, fifteen years earlier, when I had a new baby on my hip and a
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To this day, I don’t know just how it happened. She was the most adorable baby girl you’ve ever seen, and I was beside myself with gratefulness for her. First, there was her big brother who was very busy and all of 18 months old. Then there was this tiny pink thing. My very own
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Most of wedding media focuses on the pretty details, and the things you can spend piles of money on. But the actual wedding isn’t the first dance, or the cute photobooth, or even the emotional first dance. The wedding itself is the ceremony, and the ceremony is the part that is often forgotten till the
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It was one of those gray rainy days preceded by another sleepless night with kids that were up –again.I curled up on my couch with my early morning cup of tea while I read my Bible, prayed, and tried to get myself in a good mood before the household exploded with ten little feet. As
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Wish you could rekindle the romance in your marriage? There is hope! She wasn’t sure how it even happened. It’s not what either of them had ever intended. There was a time when she felt close to him, but now . . . somehow . . . they seemed so far away from each other.
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No matter how far you’ve come in your intimate relationship, cultivating love, intimacy, and union is an ongoing process. As mindfulness is the ever-unfolding compassionate, non-judgmental awareness of each and every moment, mindfulness practice and relationships go hand-in-hand. As your relationship evolves, so too does one’s mindfulness practice, both blossoming to enhance your sense of
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eal talk folx. I have been working with the wedding vendors who advertise on APW, in our vendor directory, front page ads, and now our mastermind TLC, for six years now. Over the years there have been hundreds of wedding vendors featured on the pages of APW and its vendor directory, each of them personally
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