Relationships

As social beings functional relationships are critical in creating well being. This articles from Transformation Magazine will give you insight on improving relationships in your life.

Lessons on Love: The Grass IS Greener

By Natalie Amsden I stare for a long time, trying to discern the color of my grass. I consider the cliché about “the other side.” Time passes and distance helps me take in more of the view. I notice a…

How to Find the Love of Your Life

by Rev. Marla Sanderson We all want to love and be loved. We want that special relationship with someone to spend our lives with. Someone to share our experiences, nurture and encourage us, and kiss our booboos. We’ve come a…

Relationships and Energy: Do You Share or Take?

By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. Several years ago I watched the Celestine Prophecy, based on the book by James Redfield, and was intrigued by perception of how humans interact energetically, which he referred to as the four “control dramas”. One…

The Science of True Love

By Joeel A. Rivera Mi Cielo (My Heaven), I have heard many times the phrases “there are no words to truly explain how I feel” or that a person is someone’s “other half”. However, I always perceived them through society’s…

Freedom Through Authentic Relationships

By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. So do you want freedom? More specifically, a relationship based on freedom and growth? The first step is to understand what freedom means to you. Freedom in a relationship may mean the freedom to be…

What’s Your Heart’s Song?

By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. I had the opportunity to think about this as I performed with Terez Hartman, one of my favorite, if not my favorite, musicians. She is not new to the music industry; in fact, she has…

Enlightened Relationships: Pain as Our Teacher

by Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. Do you have many things that you wish you could do, achieve, create and contribute? Do you want more joy in your life, to express something to someone, to create more balance? Do you want…

Enlightened Relationships: T.E.A.M.

By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed., Ph.D. Psychology (ABD) Every intimate relationship goes through cycles—whether new or old—and one thing is certain: There always will be change involved in the process. It all comes down to how we handle change and…

Loving Your Inner Child

We are all similar to movie projectors, constantly sending images out into our lives of how we value and perceive ourselves. Until we learn to love our inner child, we project and continue to draw into ourselves patterns set in…

Shift Your Relationships Through Forgiveness

Breaking down the prison and letting the inmate free is one of the best things you can do to truly free yourself and create the life that you want or the relationship that you desire. You may say, “I am…