Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 8 Part of the tension that can occur in a relationship is when one person is going through a period of intense growth and their partner is in a period of assimilation or integration. We don’t always stay in the same rhythm of development together. That’s okay. Successfully managing these … Read More
A Place Called Home
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 7 After a certain age, when we hear the word home, it doesn’t conjure up our parent’s house anymore. It’s something we expect to create in our marriage; we expect to experience coming home when we are with each other. Think about it though, we’re not necessarily very clear about … Read More
The Little Traditions
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 7 The movements that create home with our partners are a dance and ritual of contemplation, little traditions that recollect why we’re together and clarify what we want to accomplish. Many of the religious structures seek to elevate consciousness by establishing rhythms in the home, around meals, or times and … Read More
Tackling Trust
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 6 Why don’t people trust in a relationship? Common rationales include: “My partner is unpredictable,” “He or she doesn’t follow through,” “I never know what to expect.” “I don’t know if my partner wants what I do,” “My husband or wife isn’t there for me; they don’t meet my needs.” … Read More
The Art of Communication
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 6 Some of us may be with partners who share the exact evolutionary context that we do, and some of us may be with partners who pursue a different spiritual path. The latter is not necessarily an obstacle, as long as the expectations are clear and there is mutual respect … Read More
Finding Fulfillment
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 5 If you look up synonyms for fulfillment you find words like contentment, completion, success, and satiation. It calls to mind happiness, gratitude, and joy, being whole and complete, enriched and satisfied. We can all experience a more fulfilling, satisfying, and liberated relationship in our intimate partnerships, and through that … Read More
Signs of Success: Fearlessness
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 4 There’s a certain type of anxiety that post-modernity breeds in our psyches. The more we become rooted in a spiritually awakened evolutionary worldview, the more that anxiety will diminish. Some of the signs of success couples have been thrilled to see emerge when they consciously embrace the context we’ve … Read More