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The Law of Even Energy Exchange

Submitted by Margaret Ruth on Wed, 2009-07-29 23:37

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself -- George Bernard Shaw

Breaking Bad Dating Patterns

Submitted by Margaret Ruth on Mon, 2009-06-29 19:24
Many of the questions I get about romantic and dating relationships is the one where a person keeps finding him or herself repeating a not so happy dating pattern, over and over again. Many people I work with can see they keep dating or falling in love with a variation of the same problem, but they do not know how to stop the pattern. People ask, How do I stop this repetitive, destructive pattern? Often people tried very hard to avoid the problems from the past relationships, but the same issues came up again.

Hoping You Will Get Back Together after the Breakup?

Submitted by Margaret Ruth on Sat, 2009-03-21 15:36
“Just get over it!” “Get past it!” “Get on with your life!”

But for some of us, these commonly-given and common-sense responses to our breakup experience just don’t help. There are many reasons why we are not open to moving on after a heart break (usually in this case we are the Break-ee as opposed to the Break-er; otherwise we wouldn’t be so upset).