Posts Tagged "relationships"

  Being yourself is a personal decision Someone may allow you to be yourself doesn’t mean you will take them up on the offer. People will allow you to be yourself if they like what you are dishing out, if they don’t like it that’s where unconditional love comes in or not, allowing,discussion, compromise on both sides, grace or deciding on relationship boundaries. At the end of the day it boils down to Is it or the person really worth the effort?             Are my beliefs and values More important than a relationship that may go against them? Do I only want friends that don’t call me to love unconditionally? Loving unconditionally allows another to be themselves, if after that you don’t like what you see, hear or feel, then...

♦ by Jacque Ratcliffe, Holistic Life-Coach. Sacred Relationships One can easily give away one’s power in a relationship… Personal power is invariably lost when another sees you as a substitute for some emotional hang-up -> like eg.- their absent father figure. Personal power is gained and nurtured when we allow each other to grow and assist in uncovering each other’s fears – however, this can only be done within a high level of maturity, as pointed out by Caroline Myss. Issues in personal relationships are a process – not a problem. A relationship is an exchange of power (a vow) – immature vulnerability is when you have given up power to another person. Change happens – it is a process of growth – it is what a relationship is; a sacred...