Hi Folks,

Welcome to my Spring 2007, Newsletter. I hope all is well with you. May you be present to the wonders and colours of this season of regeneration.

How I work with couples seeking greater closeness, deeper communication or enduring reconciliation has been shaped by my own life experiences, two gifted mentors and a wide array of readings and other influences. In this newsletter I would like to share a variety of things that I have learned about how relationships work and what contributes to their successes and failures.

"You can't get the exact love you want, only the love someone can give."

"Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truly loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the feeling is present. True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision."

"No human being can match the gods and goddesses in all their shimmer and glory and, at first, seeing the person whom we love for who he or she is, rather than in terms of projections, may seem uninteresting and disappointing, for human beings are, on the whole, rather an ordinary lot. Because of this many people prefer to go from one person to another, always looking for the ultimate relationship when the projections wear off and the in-loveness ends. It is obvious that with such shallow roots, no real, permanent love can develop."