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Image by thp365 Step Two. Who am I in this? Eventually it becomes possible to not focus only on the other person. It becomes possible to focus on ourselves again. We have a sense that we are settled in our own skin. We have a sense of our own sensations and emotions – and the [...]

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Image by thp365 This is a reflection on a process that my partner and I have recently been through. It was an extraordinarily intense and difficult time for us. It lasted about a month. During all this time we didn’t know whether our relationship would last – even though we thought we would always remain [...]

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Evan on November 19th, 2008

Image by Georgio Many of us want to live better lives. We believe it is possible to live a better life. And so we may have an expectation that our lives can or should be better. This can lead to problems just on its own. Expectations can lead to frustrations. And frustrations that we don’t [...]

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Evan on October 17th, 2008

Image by clairity I’ve recently spent a week with a single mother and her two children (5 and 8 years old). I am left with an appreciation of the great demands and expectations our society puts on single mothers – and how little support they are given. I learnt lots of stuff about children and [...]

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Evan on August 4th, 2008

Image by SqueakyMarmot This is a guest post by Tom Stine. His blog tomstine.com is about spirituality and awakening. I have reviewed Tom’s blog and pointed to a number of his posts. I’m delighted to have him as a guest on my blog. I recently read an article on divorce that contained the usual “facts” [...]

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Evan on July 2nd, 2008

Image by Vanessa Pike-Russel Anger is valuable in helping us change for two reasons. It is one way of knowing what is important to us. It is the energy to initiate.1. Knowing what is important to us.We only get angry about what is important to us. Something that is not important to us we either [...]

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