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Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Relationship Matters

Relationship Matters: Personal Authenticity in Your Relationships

Relationships form the bedrock of who you are and how you show up in the world. From birth throughout life, relationships with those around you influence you. How you perceive yourself relative to other people is paramount to your sense of well-being. Who is the you that you take into relationships? Multiple answers are valid for this question, as varied as each individual and each situation. The question becomes one seeking authenticity.

Levels of intimacy depend on your relationships—parents, other family members, partner, children, boss, coworkers, friends, neighbors, and the list is never-ending. How you show up in your relationships depends on your responses to the people in your life. And your responses depend on your values and attitudes.

 

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Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Relationship Matters

Relationship Matters: Healthy Relationships 101

Relationships come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and meanings. You may most often think of romantic or marital when someone mentions relationships. But there is a whole gamut along the relationship...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Self-Intimacy and Five Ways to Nourish It

The words “intimate” and “intimacy,” conjure up scenarios of sexual or at least romantic relationships. What about a relationship with yourself? Sexual? Possibly. Romantic? Could be. Selfish? Not at...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Happiness - To Pursue or Not to Pursue

Pursuit of happiness is of global proportions. Everywhere you turn, or even if you do not, there is the promise of yet another way to reach happiness. Yet, when you try to get there, the prize feels...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: You Are Not an Imposter; You Are the Real Deal!

Does this post’s title send chills up your spine, give you a headache, or roil your stomach? You are not alone. Many people have moments of Imposter Syndrome in which they feel an intense sense of...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: The Wiley World of Self-Sabotage

Self-sabotage can derail your most prized endeavors and set you up for devastating, life-altering failure, damaged or destroyed relationships, a decimated reputation, and contribute to low...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Let Humility Lessen Your Humiliation

Someone tells you to hold your ego in check and show a little humility. You translate the message into one of bowing your head shame. But is humility a demonstration of shame? Does it really require...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Are You a Codependent?

Do you find yourself in a perpetual state of rescuing others, saving them from one disaster after another? Or the other people in your life belittle you rather than offer support when you need...

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Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: The Journey of Self-Love

An old adage says that you cannot love others if you do not love yourself. At the same time, you are bombarded with messages that measure everyone against some ideal whether it is weight loss, a new...

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Life Matters AND Relationship Matters
Billie Wade

Relationship Matters: Personal Authenticity in Your Relationships

Relationship Matters: Personal Authenticity in Your Relationships
Relationships form the bedrock of who you are and how you show up in the world. From birth throughout life, relationships with those around you...
Life Matters AND Relationship Matters
Billie Wade

Relationship Matters: Healthy Relationships 101

Relationship Matters: Healthy Relationships 101
Relationships come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and meanings. You may most often think of romantic or marital when someone mentions relationships....
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: Self-Intimacy and Five Ways to Nourish It

Self-Love Matters: Self-Intimacy and Five Ways to Nourish It
The words “intimate” and “intimacy,” conjure up scenarios of sexual or at least romantic relationships. What about a relationship with yourself?...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: Happiness - To Pursue or Not to Pursue

Self-Love Matters: Happiness - To Pursue or Not to Pursue
Pursuit of happiness is of global proportions. Everywhere you turn, or even if you do not, there is the promise of yet another way to reach...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: You Are Not an Imposter; You Are the Real Deal!

Self-Love Matters: You Are Not an Imposter; You Are the Real Deal!
Does this post’s title send chills up your spine, give you a headache, or roil your stomach? You are not alone. Many people have moments of Imposter...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: The Wiley World of Self-Sabotage

Self-Love Matters: The Wiley World of Self-Sabotage
Self-sabotage can derail your most prized endeavors and set you up for devastating, life-altering failure, damaged or destroyed relationships, a...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: Let Humility Lessen Your Humiliation

Self-Love Matters: Let Humility Lessen Your Humiliation
Someone tells you to hold your ego in check and show a little humility. You translate the message into one of bowing your head shame. But is humility...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: Are You a Codependent?

Self-Love Matters: Are You a Codependent?
Do you find yourself in a perpetual state of rescuing others, saving them from one disaster after another? Or the other people in your life belittle...
Self Matters AND Life Matters AND Self-Love Matters
Billie Wade

Self-Love Matters: The Journey of Self-Love

Self-Love Matters: The Journey of Self-Love
An old adage says that you cannot love others if you do not love yourself. At the same time, you are bombarded with messages that measure everyone...

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