REKINDLE LOVE AND INTIMACY BLOG

Patrick Henry, was one of the leading lights of the American Revolution. He was also one of the leaders of the movement to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution. Discover on this blog wha do his ideas have to do with your freedom-centered relationship.

Being a mom has been, and continues to be, one of the greatest joys of my life. I’ve experienced many highs, suffered through some lows, doubted myself, learned much, and have been stretched to grow in ways I couldn’t have imagined when I first started this journey some 40+ years ago.

As I reflect this mother’s day on the lessons that have taught me to be a better mother, I realize that many of the same principles apply to your love relationship. Here are 7 lessons I’ve learned from being a mom.

We have the ability to communicate our thoughts in real time. We don’t need to plan what we’re going to say beforehand. That is great when we are brainstorming, or when there is an emergency and we need to issue a warning. It can be a problem when what we say on the spur of the moment is something we later wish we had either not said, or said differently.

Let me guess: You want to lose weight in 2022 or just eat healthier. Perhaps you want to spend less money or spend more time with your friends and family. Maybe you want to stop screaming and have a closer relationship with your partner instead. Whatever it is, Self-improvement, or at least the desire for it, is a shared American hobby.

Estimates say more than 40% of Americans make New Year's resolutions. But for all the good intentions, only a tiny fraction keep their resolutions. University of Scranton research suggests that just 8% of people achieve their New Year's goals.

You can be included in that 8%. This blogs explains how.

Nice words, ugly words, kind words, curse words, thankful words, sad words, positive words, negative words. . . What kind of words you use, said with what tone of voice, at what time, and how many of them. . . it all matters in bringing joy of misery.

Whether the environment of your home is joyful and uplifting or negative and miserable depends, in great measure, on the words you use. Which ones will you use more this month?

I usually encourage couples to find ways to apply into their relationship something positive from their daily activities. With Halloween around the corner it makes sense to think about what relationship lessons can be gained from Halloween. Here are a few I came up with. See if you can find others and share them with us.

Sometimes joy escapes us because we are waiting for something big. In reality, the smallest things in life can bring the largest amount of joy if you “stop and smell the roses.” Look around you. Be in the moment. Take the little details in. Be thankful for pockets of joy.

As someone who grew up in communist Cuba, Freedom is a very important concept for me. That’s probably why the 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! As the 4th of July gets close, I keep thinking about the interplay of 3 words in relationships: Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence.

Probably because English is not my native language whenever I think about words, I tend to go first to the dictionary to get the “official” meaning of the words. Pulling together what different dictionaries and Wikipedia say, and thinking about what the words may mean for couples, this is my take on these words.

The experience of an intensely intimate relationship is both wonderful and terrifying. Intense intimacy and intense sex are unbearably threatening and require more adult autonomy and ego strength than many can muster. At the same time, the experience can be totally awesome.

his weekend is Memorial Day in the US. A time to remember those that fought for our ideals. A time to remember heroes and heroines, the recognized ones and the unsung and forgotten. It makes me think: Do we know what a hero is? Do we still need heroes? Do we even believe in heroes and heroines anymore? Keep reading to find out.

It's February, a good month to think about friendship in your relationship. Give your partner the gift of friendship and see your relationship blosom!