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Relationship 101 big question

What Does It Look Like When They Choose Us? And what does it look like when they don’t? There is a question we don’t ask often enough in our relationships: Are they choosing us? We ask whether they love us. We ask whether they care. We ask whether they are happy with us. We ask …

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Show up in Relationships

If You Are Going to Be There, Be There There is a simple truth about relationships that we sometimes make far more complicated than it needs to be: If someone is important to you, show up. If you are emotionally available, be emotionally available. Respond to the message. Return the call. Ask the question. Listen …

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The menu of relationships

What are you serving the people who sit at your table? I have been thinking about something that has become increasingly profound to me: perhaps every relationship we have is a meal we share. People come into our lives, and in one way or another, they sit at our table. Some stay for a short …

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Which Chair Are They Offering You?

Sometimes the most important question in a relationship is not, “What do they say?” but “What chair are they offering me?” There is something I have come to understand about human interaction that has changed the way I look at relationships. Every time we interact with another person, they are, in some way, offering us …

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When Do We Walk Away From A Relationship?

When Do We Walk Away? Two Conversations About Knowing When It Is Time to Leave There are conversations we have with ourselves. And then there are conversations we have with the one person we trust enough to tell the truth to. Sometimes we don’t need somebody to make the decision for us. We need somebody …

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I am Done

When “I Am Done” Becomes the Beginning A reflection on toxic relationships, rebuilding yourself, and finding a stronger foundation There are some things we read on social media that we scroll past. And then there are words that make us stop. Recently, I read the words of a woman who was 39, going through a …