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
Signs of Success: Freshness
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 4 Some time ago a woman who’d been married for only a year but had been pursuing this work with me for a number of years described a moving experience of the unfamiliarity of her new relationship while simultaneously feeling a profound ease with her husband. A sense of longevity … Read More
Shared Agreements for a Shared Life
Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 3 We depend on our partners for so many things and we share so much together. Some people feel that the romantic context is our arena for personal work—that because we’re so involved with each other, our partners are the best people to use as our mirrors and work out … Read More