![]() ![]() Myth #1: I will finally be happy if I find the man or woman of my dreams. ![]() When we demystify love, we demystify what it takes to thrive in a relationship, and we get closer to creating the love we want. There are three misconceptions in particular that have spread in our society like overgrown weeds, and they’re not helping us grow any closer to the love and intimacy we yearn for - as is evident in divorce rates now topping 50 percent in the U.S. Loving and being in an intimate relationship require that we get personal and real about what it takes to be in one.įor a start, let’s bust some commonly held myths. ![]() To think that relationships don’t take skills and training is as silly as thinking you can be healthy and fit while eating junk food and never exercising. However, when challenges arise, we tend to say to ourselves, “Oh no, more work … Shouldn’t being in love and in a long-lasting marriage just unfold naturally and organically?” The answer to that question is a definitive NO. Certainly, we all know that new love can be the most delicious part and that older, more mature love can be the harder part. If we aren’t currently in a relationship, more than likely we have been in some form of intimate relationship, which is the laboratory for the fulfillment of love and intimacy.Īt its core, a partnership or marriage implies that we are willing to share ourselves in a truly intimate way with another person, both emotionally and physically however, there’s no instruction manual that’s available to any of us. No matter where we are in the spectrum of love, and no matter where we are in the relationship continuum, many of us want to know how we can thrive in love. ![]()
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