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  • How to Find Peaceful Solutions Without Giving Anything Up

    How to Find Peaceful Solutions Without Giving Anything Up
    Jul 27 2025
    After last week’s post, There’s Only One Side in Peaceful Relationships—the Same Side, we thought we’d follow up with a few pages from one of our books. It fascinates us that our themes are so steadfast, but at the same …

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  • There’s Only One Side in Peaceful Relationships—the Same Side

    There’s Only One Side in Peaceful Relationships—the Same Side
    Jul 20 2025
    MAUDE: I was reading a note from Anna Drabik, one of my favorite relationship writers on Substack, about compromise. We had an exchange on the topic, which led Phil and me to revisit this subject and share what we feel …

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  • For Peaceful Relationships, Share Your Opinions But Don’t Be Opinionated

    For Peaceful Relationships, Share Your Opinions But Don’t Be Opinionated
    Jul 13 2025
    Maude is away with a friend on one of those adventures she described last week (hence the photo), so I’m here writing solo. The other night, as we were settling in for our evening’s entertainment, I said what I wanted …

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    3 m
  • Do You Give Enough Time and Attention to Your Close Relationships?

    Do You Give Enough Time and Attention to Your Close Relationships?
    Jul 6 2025
    I’m coming up on a big birthday, and it has invoked lots of thoughts of what I want to emphasize this coming year of my life. And, no surprise for those of you who know me and follow us, I …

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    4 m
  • How to Cut Out Snippiness in Your Relationships

    How to Cut Out Snippiness in Your Relationships
    Jun 29 2025
    MAUDE: Phil and I have been reflecting on snippiness; both being snippy and being related to in a snippy way. The dictionary defines it as: “a manner of speaking or behaving that is curt, abrupt, and often rude or disrespectful. It …

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    8 m
  • How Appreciation and Acknowledgment Open a Path to Peaceful Relationships

    How Appreciation and Acknowledgment Open a Path to Peaceful Relationships
    Jun 22 2025
    MAUDE: On the path toward peaceful relationships, there are two areas we want to explore today: appreciation and acknowledgment. Both of these can be mighty contributors toward peaceful and loving relating. I was at a birthday party today with a …

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  • How Does Mutuality Lead to Peaceful Relationships?

    How Does Mutuality Lead to Peaceful Relationships?
    Jun 15 2025
    Hi, Phil and Maude here. Every week, we sit down and talk until we hit on a theme and jam on what we can say about it. Sometimes a dialogue best captures the essence of the conversation. PHIL: Mutuality is …

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  • It’s Important to Treasure Each Person’s Uniqueness in Relationships

    It’s Important to Treasure Each Person’s Uniqueness in Relationships
    Jun 8 2025
    MAUDE: It is the unique quality of each person that can be the strength of a relationship, and yet it is often the great divider. Usually, when we write about uniqueness and its significance to peaceful relating, we discuss how …

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