Browsing Category Relationships
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Family
The Beauty of Men: What Father’s Day tells us about What it is to Be a Man
Each year catalogues, TV and press remind us how great our dads are, and that the one day of the year to really celebrate this is Father’s Day. ...
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Friendships
Close Friends, Friendships and the Real Me
Yesterday when I phoned a close friend in the South Island, I realised that it was not the ‘real me’ talking to her, even though our conversation had ...
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Friendships
The Natural Love Of A Child
On Saturday I had a lovely catch-up breakfast with a friend where I met her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. We greeted each other at the café with a simple hug ...
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Couples
From Relationship to Break-up and True Friendship: YES it is possible!
I really admire how some couples can be such good friends after separating! WOW! It is RARE but so beautiful to see. I’ve asked myself “How is that ...
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Parenting
Children and Responsibility
I am the father of three children aged 10, 6 and 4 and of late I have been learning a lot about children, responsibility and being a parent. ...
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Relationships
Searching for Love and Settling for SEX
Before I came to any of the Universal Medicine courses, I slept around and had sex quite regularly, without much consideration for myself. I felt that having sex ...
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Drug Abuse
To Be a True Man: My Journey of Choices, Responsibility & Freedom
It’s taken me a long time to understand how to take responsibility for myself, to be a true man in the true sense. Looking back, I was – ...
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Family
Letter to My Dad
For the most part of 40 years I’ve had difficulty truly conversing with my Dad, with much of the conversation pieces being superficial chat about work, the weather ...
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Relationships
Tenderness: Its Remarkable Ways
Have we limited tenderness to the quality of meat or something expressed between lovers, or parents and their children? It seems to me that tenderness is much bigger ...
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Relationships
A Leader and a Role Model: Learning How to Truly Lead
I have been learning to be an effective leader – and a role model – for the past two years, ever since I applied for a position as ...