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Connection to Self and Other
In order to speak meaningfully about the subtle paradoxes of being in committed partnerships, clarifying what we mean when we say "we...
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Apr 282 min read
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Harbor Me
Would You Harbor Me? Sweet Honey in the Rock https://open.spotify.com/track/5E2HlBXQteeBRIdq0dB5Os?si=ed9ebf9c37a74890...
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Apr 221 min read
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On Death
by Kahlil Gibran Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall...
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Apr 121 min read
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The Unbearableâ„¢
In the Fluid Intimacyâ„¢ model, we come face-to-face with one of the most difficult truths about human connection: there are moments in...
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Apr 64 min read
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Many Dimensions of Peace
Connection, Responsibility, and Transcendence It might be best to begin by defining peace not simply as the absence of violence, but as...
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Mar 163 min read
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The Need State: Longing, Projection, and the Ache for Home
At the core of being human is need . We need air, water, food, warmth, touch, and shelter. But our needs extend far beyond survival, they...
annelisamacbeanphd
Mar 63 min read
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The Art of Partnership
Many people enter relationships believing love alone will sustain them. But love, in its rawest form, is not a guarantee of a lasting,...
annelisamacbeanphd
Feb 183 min read
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In the Ashes, Love’s Embers
Sitting Around the Fire Jon Hopkins / Ram Dass https://open.spotify.com/track/7Bl1GdYbcJ0QSffErVWOnv?si=mTYTFglYTXSi3fFsWZc6Ow...
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Feb 82 min read
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Love Expressed
Briefly It Enters, Briefly It Speaks By Jane Kenyon I am the blossom pressed in a book, found again after two hundred years. . . . I am...
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Feb 21 min read
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Heartbreak
It’s okay to be shaky, to not know anymore, and to allow your heart to break. To fall to the ground and bear witness to the reality that...
annelisamacbeanphd
Jan 282 min read
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Love and Darkness
As fires continue to rage in Southern California, increasing numbers of us will either be directly affected or will be asked to sit with...
annelisamacbeanphd
Jan 223 min read
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Love and Fire
Over time, I have come to understand that Love moves into and out of form. Time dissolves forms, yet the essence of Love remains, a...
annelisamacbeanphd
Jan 164 min read
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Post-Holiday Relationship Repair
When the decorations are packed away and the holiday rush subsides, many can be left with lingering feelings, hurt, frustration, or even...
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Jan 45 min read
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Happy New Year 2025
FREEDOM By Jon Batiste https://open.spotify.com/track/2QOB5UiRKggr2j9uMD3GYK?si=fihFHE_FSjy0h9LmHLHs-Q https://youtu.be/3YHVC1DcHmo?si=P-...
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Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Finding The Holy in the Holidays
Holiness is the center that holds all peripheries; the pure internal absence that makes sense of everyone who comes to visit; the hidden...
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
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