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Attachment Love is the emotional glue that attaches us as humans. In it’s purest form in the individual it is felt outwardly toward and connecting to another. It is a need to reach out, give and commit. It is experienced as a state and as an immediate feeling. It is both the fundamental and the [...]

The definition of intimacy that involves Commitment is an expansive concept of intimacy. These things which have been a part of relationships throughout recorded history need not to be forgotten in our modern hyper stimulated world. Intimacy involves the very act of sharing a life. Sensuality is particularly bonding but so too is changing diapers [...]

Alternatives Each of us is unique and must find our own way to this process. Many of us must pursue alternatives to societal preferences or models as we complete our tasks on our evolutionary journey as individuals and couples ( families and communities). The term “alternative” is often considered “inferior” but is in fact a [...]

Love and Commitment Commitment is then the outgrowth of interaction at a “we” level and in perspective, everyday items and concerns become minor or non issues. Relationships that lack this movement, progress or activity in addressing issues of meaningfulness leave superficial transitory issues as major focus. If I am focused today, not getting what I [...]

“How ‘Bout You?” The discussion of how to live in a healthy, stimulating and growing relationship must begin with the individuals preparedness to be part of this primary diad. The preparedness for a loving relationship requires being in process as an individual. Maslow’s hierachy of needs provides useful “markers” or indicators of developmental statement of [...]

The ideal relationship is one which promotes the development toward actualization in each individual and in the couple as a dyad. Any discussion of an “ideal” relationship that promotes actualization must balance this discussion with two major points : First, the concept of an a actualized person and actualized relationship is based on a living [...]

A living organism will naturally produce the chemical substance known as pheromones. After this substance has been emitted, it will become a stimulant, sending messages to the opposite sex of the same species for a number of behavioral responses. There are ways to use it that benefit those who secrete it.