Sublime

In order to attract an extraordinary love, and sustain relationships that are characterized by authenticity, kindness, and respect, then we must outgrow our tendencies to unconsciously duplicate the relational traumas of our past, and replay over and over again our deepest disappointments in love.

The Cost and Consequences of a Negative Bond

Only to the degree we as parents are attuned to our own being will we know how to help our children attune themselves to their unique essence.

Having learned to harness their tsunami of emotions as a force for positive change, these are the ones who will one day look back to see their heartbreak as the golden opportunity they seized upon to create a brand-new, enlarged, and liberated life.

Every intimacy carries, secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe.

The next quality of accompaniment is playfulness.

Safety is nonnegotiable, and it is created by structure. Safety makes it possible for couples to be vulnerable with each other, drop their guards, open up, and become what we call present to each other.