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Communication

Connecting and Communicating Through our Differences

Time for another book review, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Usually I only talk about books that I really enjoy all of the way through, but this book gets a bit more of a mixed review. There are certainly some useful and applicable insights about the behaviors of men and women, but […]

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Communication Love

Growing Love with the Five Love Languages

Over the past year, I’ve started reading a lot more non-fiction books, especially books on relationships. Well, sometimes I read them and sometimes I just skim them for the good parts. About a month ago, I finally got around to reading a relationship classic, The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I already knew about […]

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Communication Sex

Using Sex to Build Communication

Thank goodness progressive social movements overthrew the ideas of abstinence-preaching Christians and have normalized sex. Sex is great for a multitude of reasons: it feels great, it connects people emotionally, and it can be awkward and rebellious, a perfect recipe to provide a driving force for growth. Of course, sex is also frequently abused and […]

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Communication Proactivity

Communication – Talking is Hard

Ever watch a movie where the main character couple seem to deliberately not talk to each other about the elephant in the room issue just so that one of them can have an epiphany moment, come to the other apologizing, hug it out, and then live happily ever after? If you’ve seen more than like […]