Breaches of trust can severely disrupt any relationship, whether it’s with your spouse, your family members, your friends, or anyone you care about. To be deeply hurt by another’s actions suggests that there is a bond or attachment between the two of you. If these breaches are not repaired, the emotional pain can cause permanent damage to that bond.

Whether you want to be forgiven, or you want to forgive someone else, there are ways to repair the wounds of unintentional carelessness, and build back the trust that was damaged.

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When it came to happiness, popular opinion used to say that you were either born with it, or you gained it purely through luck. Now, thanks to the expanding field of positive psychology, more and more researchers are looking into ways we can nurture and grow happiness in our lives.

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Everyday, we’re seeing more signs of spring: flowers popping up, birds singing, and longer days. At last, we can leave the short, dark days of winter behind, and step into the sunlight feeling energized.

And yet that just might not be the case.

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In last week’s podcast I asked you to think of your relationship as a system with three components:

Middle ground is this space between you and your partner, where you build connection. You intentionally create this ground by looking at what the two of you have in common. When you decide to focus on this space you can do the much needed repair by yourself or with your partner.

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Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we hit a “bump” in our long term relationship that becomes a mountain. Every day, more and more extremes show up, making things harder instead of easier.

Just like muscles, our relationships can become inflamed. When the relationship is inflamed, both parties are affected and often behave in ways that are out of character.

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There is no question about it: long term relationships have a natural ebb and flow. In those ebb times, the distance between you and your partner can feel so vast that you find yourself asking, ”Should I stay or should I go?”

Talk about two exhausting extremes!

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To be human is to be hurt: that’s the bad news. Hard times are a part of all our lives, and they’re only made harder by the feelings of disconnection and isolation that often accompany them. You may find yourself wondering how you can possibly feel better when you feel so alone. When we can’t find anyone to share our worries with, those feelings can be suffocating.

So what is the good news?

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Do you feel trapped? Hemmed in? Driven into a corner?

Often, fear goes hand in hand with that feeling of being trapped. Sometimes we may even notice the fear in the form of anxiety and panic before we realize we are trapped and unhappy.

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Edited by Kelly @ Moondog Marketing

A conversation with a lady who has survived and overcome some immense difficulties in life.