Holiday Haste + Holiday Waste ~ Be Mindful of your Relationships During the Holidays.

From Halloween through til New Years, we are bombarded with images of houses to decorate, parties to either perfectly host or joyfully participate in, hundreds of gifts to buy, including gifts to have in your closet so you can give a gift to someone you don’t know well enough to buy a real gift for yet have a gift for them if they happen into your home. Don’t forget all these gifts require wrapping—thank goodness for gift bags and tissue paper. Food shopping, traveling, organizing pet sitting, and the rest of it.

Navigating the Holidays with Your Significant Other

Navigating the holiday season in a way that feels good to all takes clear communication, and lots of understanding.

Communication, RelationshipsTerrie LewineDecember 12, 2018HolidaysComment

Weekend Regrets

This week I have the opportunity to mourn some interactions I had over the weekend.

What does that mean?

It means that I had some experiences that I feel less than excited about. In the moment they were a bit awkward. I was feeling a bit confused, and disappointed, even a little sad in the moment. Very aware that I wished ‘it’ was different.

Communication, RelationshipsTerrie LewineOctober 11, 2018guilt, communication, nonviolent communication, freedom, regretsComment

Painting Rocks

I was painting rocks this morning and was reminded of the simplicity of navigating relationships.

CommunicationTerrie LewineSeptember 3, 2018communication, nonviolent communicationComment

OFG

I was driving on the Schuylkill Expressway last week. And I ran into traffic jams. So what’s new about this story?

Good Grief

When I was a very little child, I cried when I was upset. I had such strong emotions, yet expressing them certainly didn’t bring me more understanding or the connection I deeply yearned for. So I learned how to reign in my tears.

I Just Had to Write This!

Did I really? Did I have to write this?

What would have happened if I didn’t?

The Elusive Nature of Needs

This word that I (and most NVC trainers) talk about endlessly. NEEDS. What are they? Why does it seem so difficult for some to ‘get’ it?

CommunicationTerrie LewineJuly 2, 2018needs, nonviolent communicationComment

What About Sex?

Oooh! A big question. A complicated topic. One that so rarely gets talked about with the curiosity, depth and sensitivity that it requires.

Sex can offer us some of the most pleasure and ecstatic experience possible. It is also can be used to take someone’s power away, and create (in some cases) life long pain.

Communication, Relationships, SustainabilityTerrie LewineJune 12, 2018sex, self-awareness Comment

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