Most close relationships are sabotaged to one degree or another by power struggles. This is especially true when it comes to family and romantic partners. A power struggle is focused on winning–even when “winning” requires self-defeating behaviors. You prefer Tex-Mex food, your partner prefers Italian. But the two of you rarely go out for Tex-Mex, because […]
Is Email Really Worth It?
Email represents a major step forward in human communication, and has made all of our lives much more convenient and efficient. Right? Twenty years or so ago when email started to take over the world, it seemed to promise a new era of time-saving correspondence. If you wanted to communicate with someone on the other side of […]
How Life Experience is Your Fruit
“You will know a tree by its fruit” Jesus said that — but what does it mean? Think of a tree as a biological computer. Sunlight and rain are its main inputs. Over time, the tree processes these inputs through its roots, cells and leaves. Eventually, a fruit is outputted. You recognize a healthy apple tree because […]
Are You Selfish or Selfless?
There is only one surefire cure for selfishness: getting even better at it. Suppose your tribe lives in a small village. The neighboring village catches fire. What do you do? You can be selfish. You can tell yourself you didn’t start this fire, so it’s not your responsibility to put it out. Maybe you never […]
Surviving an Affair
Learning your partner has cheated on you is a woozy blow to the gut. Can a committed, long-term relationship really survive an affair? Without a doubt. In fact, many relationships come back from infidelity stronger than ever. Affairs bring issues long swept beneath the relationship rug out into the light of day. How you deal with […]
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