Category: Intimacy
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Emotional Honesty
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me talk rather excitedly about emotional intelligence. It’s one of my favorite subjects to talk about, and practically something I preach on because I value it so much. To define emotional intelligence, I would say it is the ability to identify and manage […]
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Sometimes You Get What You Need
As I was driving towards my church last Tuesday evening, I had a very uneasy feeling in my stomach. I had that knot in my stomach that you get when something makes you feel really really uncomfortable. I didn’t quite know what it was about yet, I just knew it was there (and getting worse […]
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The Known and the Unknown
As I sat amidst my biological family for Thanksgiving, the usual routines all took place; people gathered on the couches in the living room around the tv to watch the football game, various comments ensued about who is doing well and why, what’s wrong with the refs, etc. The casual questions like “how’s work?” were […]