Will Smith’s new memoir has a passage on his marriage with Jada Pinkett-Smith that I couldn’t help but sit with for some time. I knew I had to share it.
Their marriage has been… interesting. There were rumors about their relationship for years but when the couple sat down for…
People don’t plan to fail, they simply fail to examine their unconscious biases before they start something. And then they fail. It’s what we call a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Because so many of us didn’t have the best examples of a loving relationship (and possibly still don’t), it’s an uphill battle…
“We have been told that man is the only animal that knows nothing, and can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat nor do anything at the prompting of nature except weep.”
This quote came from Og Mandino’s novel, The Choice. At this point…
If there is something in one’s life that they are fascinated by or that they wish to experience, it makes sense for one to go in the direction of those things and to experience them. That’s how we normally start our journeys in life.
But there’s another way to approach…
This is the type of post I dread writing because this question can be a dangerous one. Why reopen old wounds? Why do you need to think about the past when you’re trying to create a better future?
Let’s get something straight right off the bat. If your former flame…
It’s easy to forget how much we love love. I know someone read that last sentence and protested that they haven’t forgotten, but I think we all forget. I think we forget more often that we’d care to admit or know.
The realization comes in when our beloved relationship is…
The spiritual seeker’s goal is to increase their frequency, or in other words, they want to improve how they feel on a day-to-day, moment-to-moment basis. Most seekers lament how uncomfortable they feel and want to improve their state of being. It’s a pretty natural desire that most people have.
To…
People are suckers for anything that presents itself as perfect. When we see two people standing side by side in unison and love, it’s hard to not want that. Hell, it’s hard to not be jealous.
What onlookers don’t see are the initial trust issues, therapy, arguments, passive-aggression, threats of…
In the motivational book, The Light in the Heart, author Roy T. Bennett wrote, “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” …
Have you ever considered what would happen to you if you never found the romantic relationship that would last for the rest of your life? Some of us would be perfectly okay, but many of us cannot bare the thought.
In fact, based on how people think about, talk about…
