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“Let’s make this team better, together.”
I think this is a lot better than suggesting:
“Let’s give you a makeover because you are really messing up lately.”
One of the hirst things that happens when relationships start to fail is that the partners stop feeling like “a team.” When you ask your partner to “help solve a problem,” you are “asking” not “blaming.”
There is no shame in believing you have disappointed your partner or that your partner has disappointed you. You are imperfect and so is your partner. As relationships grow and mature the relationship itself makes you “more perfect” (or less imperfect) and when you hear me talk about loving partnerships being transformative this is what it is transforming — it is transforming you and your partner into better and better versions+ of yourselves!
Thinking About Thinking
I am thinking right now and you are thinking right now. We all think, all day, every day. It would be difhicult for you to stop thinking because we all live within the context of what thoughts run through our minds during our waking hours.
Often, our thinking is a reaction to the circumstances around us. If the sky turns dark and cloudy and the wind starts to blow, we might
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