bless her heart
Here’s a passage, from a talk by John Gottman, the couples therapist, talking about communication skills: In Kentucky, if you end your statement with “bless her heart,&
meditation is as bad as smoking
You’ve heard the news concerning our health: Sitting is the new Smoking. The humor is not lost on me. And since meditation, as most people know it, consists of sitting …
two words
I attended some meetings in the Bay Area with a spiritual teacher in the early part of the century. Sometimes he said that God gave us two words to use: Fuck You On occasion, I can
attachment vs differentiation
Couples work is very hard. That’s why I am fond of that quote, supposedly attributed to a Buddhist Monk: “The hardest thing is another person.” There are seve
be nice
Am i missing something? Be nice and have fun. Have a good time together. Is there something preventing people from doing that with each other?
laughing out loud
Reading David Sedaris. I realized that I was laughing out loud. and then I remembered. This happens every time I read Sedaris. The last time was years ago, as I don’t allow m
Vulnerability
Take that, Brené Brown! ~ From SOA, season 6, episode 13.
Alain de Botton
Loved Krista Tippett’s interview with Alain de Botton. See https://onbeing.org/programs/alain-de-botton-the-true-hard-work-of-love-and-relationships/ Choice excerpts, relatin
less traveled
Just re-read M. Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Traveled. Written in 1978. I read it in 1984. It blew my mind at the time. Was somehow relevant to my first long-term relation