Rules in Relationships and Where They Come From

Tweet A friend of mine is currently reading through Joan Didon’s book Play It As It Lays. I haven’t read it myself, and I’m not really conversant in Didon’s work (I did remember she did the screenplay for the 70s version of A Star is Born and I remember seeing stuff about her 2005 book… Continue reading Rules in Relationships and Where They Come From

4 Things You Can Do to Add Quality to Any Relationship

Tweet Over the years I’ve made a lot of mistakes in relationships. Over those same years, I’ve watched a lot of other people make a lot more. (Mostly because I wasn’t actually doing anything other than observing… hard to make mistakes of your own when you’re not participating.) From all that pain and suffering (plus… Continue reading 4 Things You Can Do to Add Quality to Any Relationship

Better Relationships and a License to Love

Tweet Yesterday I picked up the bunch of personal development courses being offered by the crew over at Only72.com. I have not been disappointed in the quality of work they’ve pulled together from 25 different authors. (Check it out and get your own bunch.) There are three that have really stood out (so far), at… Continue reading Better Relationships and a License to Love

A Self-Sustaining Core

Tweet In order to survive the worst a relationships–or lack of relationship–can throw at you, you need one thing above all else: A self-sustaining core. By that I mean you have to know yourself well enough to understand that things will be okay, that they’ll get better, and that, despite what your negative self may… Continue reading A Self-Sustaining Core