The sum of us can be more powerful (and fun) than one of us… sometimes. The confounding thing is exactly how we make it happen.
Even when we have a strong desire to collaborate, we are  likely bump up against into each other because, as in love,  good intentions don’t always lead to mutually satisfying behavior. Yet, [...]

Here’s to living a greater life and accomplishing greater things together than we can on our own:
“It is only through disruptions and confusion that we grow, jarred out of ourselves by the collision of someone else’s private world with our own. “  ~ Joyce Carol Oates

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Yes, relationships seem dangerous or at least irritating at times.  And our choices often appear murky. Want a surprisingly quick and satisfying exercise for making wiser decisions next time? Try it by opening to any page in the witty new book by Dr. Mardy Grothe, I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like.  (Relationship Is Like a Shark is one of his [...]

Like to bring more joy to your marriage? Want to increase your income by training others to lead groups, based on your expertise? Learn how  from someone who’s successful at both.
In this interview hear how Susan Page is training therapists and marriage educators to lead “Spiritual Partnership Support Groups”  – an approach she advocates in [...]

 

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Here’s wise advice for us all – from Lee and Sachi, inspired by their constant, in-house muse.

Mmm. How will you be describing yourself say five years from now? Or at least one part of you. From the Greek word “opiso” meaning “hereafter” April Groves crafted the word “opi”: Picture the future you, “written in the present tense.”
This seems to me to be a powerful way to visualize an end [...]

Driving along the Marin Headlands today, I switched radio channels away from the unfolding news of the stock market “panic.” Within minutes I had to pull to the side of the road. Listening to a recording of Barack Obama’s sermon yesterday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, it was these lines that choked me up:

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Don’t let this happen to you. Use a powerful audience involving technique. Make your presentation about “us” rather than you by evoking The Power of Three. Here’s how. Repeat your key “message” phrase three times in succession, then repeat it once, several more times throughout your talk. First time, [...]