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Feeling Fully Alive

Erotic vitality means feeling fully alive. You do this first and foremost for yourself. Feeling vibrant and empowered to live and speak your truth in different domains helps counterbalance the forces in the world around you that may undermine your sense of agency. Erotic vitality emerges when you can relax, speak up, set boundaries, pursue joy and pleasure, cultivate fulfilling relationships, experience agency, and have energy.

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7 Ways to Reduce Judgement

Our tendency to judge ourselves, others, life events, and our partner can block our ability to see the world around us clearly.

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A soap bubble in front of a girl's face as she blows bubbles.

The Glue of Romantic Relationships: Play & Curiosity

Two of the most important, guiding principles in romantic relationships can be summarized as: Couples who play together, stay together …

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What It Means To Take Ownership

When you take ownership of something you judge or find intolerable in yourself or others, you’re actually dissolving a block that separates you from the world outside of you.

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How Overthinking Fuels Anxiety in love

Overthinking is our subtlest and most insidious cognitive coping strategy.

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How We Turn Desire Into a Problem

Desire isn’t just a means to an end–it’s an end in itself.

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Finding Whanau

by Linda Carroll, MS, LMFT, BCC People are exhausted with and by COVID-19, and anticipation of what’s to come medically, …

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5 Signs They’re a Keeper

Attraction is a complex process. At times, it can seem like it’s outside of our control. A common misconception about …

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The Trouble With Unrequited Love

Have you ever fallen head-over-heels in love with someone who didn’t love you back? This experience is a common part …

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What Does it Mean to Be “Teachable” In A Romantic Relationship?

Balancing “selfhood” with flexibility is another way of talking about interdependence.

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Are You Giving (or Getting) Mixed Signals?

Mixed emotions can be confusing–and they’re at the core of so much of what we feel.

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Needing Each Other Without Drama: The Sweet Spot of Interdependence

What are the differences between codependence, counterdependence & interdependence?

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