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Does your marriage balance romance and routine well? How can you achieve that balance and keep it? Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship. That’s Jordan Peterson’s marriage advice from his book Beyond Order. He provides some practical tips on how to keep your relationship strong through the years. Read more to learn about Beyond Order Rule 10.
Do you sometimes wish you were back in the honeymoon phase? How do you deal with change in a relationship? David Richo argues that all successful relationships happen in three phases—the honeymoon phase, the discordant phase, and the devotion phase. Mindful loving enables you to transition between these phases in a way that makes your relationship stronger. Learn how to deal with change in a relationship so that it doesn’t sour over time.
Do you feel stuck in your life? How do healthy relationships encourage personal growth? In How to Be an Adult in Relationships, David Richo says that mindfully loving relationships encourage psychological growth in three ways. These include the opportunity to process your issues, make compassionate validation possible, and improve your self-esteem. Check out how mindfulness can spark personal growth in relationships.
How should a relationship push you to be a better person? What are the benefits of practicing mindfulness in relationships? In How to Be an Adult in Relationships, David Richo says that mindfulness creates relationships that are not only strong but also continue to help you heal and mature. Also, mindful love helps you navigate the changes that occur naturally over the course of a relationship. Discover how mindfulness can improve your relationships so you and your relationship can grow.
What’s the connection between childhood trauma and relationships in adulthood? How do your parents affect your love life in the future? Even when you’re out of the house, your parents strongly impact your adult relationships. This is the case especially if you suffered from childhood trauma and have yet to heal those wounds. Keep reading to learn how childhood trauma affects adult relationships, according to David Richo’s book How to Be an Adult in Relationships.
How do our parents affect our adult relationships? How can you learn to love in an emotionally mature way? You’ll need to do some inner work to become someone who can love mindfully—an emotionally mature person. David Richo explains how your parents’ love shaped your ability to love mindfully—and how to mature emotionally by healing any childhood wounds you may have sustained. Keep reading if you want to know how to learn to love and not let the past affect you.
What are David Richo’s 5 A’s of a loving relationship? How should you apply these five elements to your relationship? Richo says that mindful love has five key aspects that can be applied in all kinds of relationships: attention, acceptance, appreciation, allowing, and affection. His book, How to Be an Adult in Relationships, explains each of these practices in detail. Let’s look at the 5 A’s and how you can apply them to build a loving bond between you and your partner.
How does mindfulness improve romantic relationships? What are the advantages of mindfulness? David Richo’s relationship advice from How to Be an Adult in Relationships is rooted in the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, the practice of witnessing the present without evaluating, judging, or trying to influence it. When you’re mindful, you simply notice what you’re actually experiencing right now. To learn more about how you can benefit from practicing mindfulness, keep reading.
What is emotional body language? How can it affect your inner world? How does it impact your relationships? Authors Allan and Barbara Pease delve into the captivating realm of emotional body language in The Definitive Book of Body Language. They unveil how your body language not only reflects your emotions but also wields the power to shape them and influence others. Read on to learn the four ways emotional body language influences you and those around you.
What’s the Buddhist concept of mindfulness? What does it mean to love mindfully? Mindfulness means being in the present without trying to influence or change it. The concept can be applied to your relationships as mindful love, the act of seeing your partner and yourself together as you currently are without judgments. Below we’ll look at the benefits of mindful love and how to practice it, as described in David Richo’s book How to Be an Adult in Relationships.