Although Impeach is “a legal term used by the legislative body to level charges against a government official,” the heart of this word speaks to a decision many of us have faced when our relationships are on the brink of ending—whether or not to Impeach our partner … Impeach our relationship. I have always…
This conversation is about tweaking our own perspectives. It is a conversation about who we are, and who we have been: crouching and playing small. We are not dwelling in the fullness of our own deeper self—our magnificent, amazing, essential self. We don’t take enough responsibility as mothers, as fathers … we don’t take enough responsibility…
Pride is a problem. I’m talking about the kind of Pride that keeps us from being honest with ourselves and others, because as adults we don’t want to admit we don’t know. I’m talking about the kind of Pride that we no longer allow ourselves to be influenced by our spouse or other significant relationships. I’m…
This is a significant time for Jews and Christians. For Jews, it marks the freedom of the Israelite people after 400 years of slavery in Egypt under the narcissistic, egotistical Pharaoh. Many Jews commemorate Passover with a voluminous meal—the Passover Seder, during which items representing parts of the Passover story—most notably Matzo—are eaten. Christians worldwide were…
Intimate relationships are usually the place where our greatest judgmental thoughts rise up. We are not as harsh on anyone as we are with the person we love the most. So let’s say our partner did something really terrible and we’re struggling with it. We felt s/he has wronged us so we start obsessing about it…
I was listening to a news program the other day and was shocked by how many billions of dollars we spend on war. Then I became very curious. I wondered: how much do we spend on building peace? Our relationships are getting worse because we are more invested in fighting each other and less invested in building peace…