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Living Our Real Story not the Fairy Tale

We learn how to fall in love, but staying in love is difficult; we don't have the skills.  Society encourages individual and self esteem, and it idolizes the perfect harmonic love as depicted in "happily ever after".  However, real life relationships don't consist of "happily ever after", and society and our families rarely teach us what to do when the fairy tale becomes the nightmare. 

 

You may be in a relationship that isn't what you want it to be, you may be in a relationship that is feeling stale, you may have been in multiple relationships and "just can't seem to get it right", or you may have trouble even starting one.  The fairy tale has soured. 

 

The good news is you can begin to reauthor your story.  The real tale is much more interesting than the trite "happily ever after".   I have had the destinct pleasure to have studied with Terry Real to learn about his therapeutic style and way of being.  He teaches skills which allow for times where disharmony happens and healing can occur.  I pass these skills on to my clients.  You can learn practical skills to put yourself in an authentic loving relationship which includes passion and intimacy as well as caring and communication.

 

This is a journey we take together, for I practice the skills myself.  I do not ask of you what I do not do myself.

If you want to see Terry Real's site, click here

Terry's REAL advice blog

 

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