Love and Relationship Advice Blog

Spring is really here where we live in Ohio! This is a photo of some of the colors that surround our new home. And what's really ironic is that Susie thought she was leaving the beauty of flowering trees when we moved from our previous home.

She thought that because she was moving to a large city and leaving our wooded lot in our small town, she would have to give up seeing nature's beauty in the way she had enjoyed for over 30 years.

Not so!

What she had mourned leaving was actually even more beautiful in our new location--and she learned a valuable lesson about trust.

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Many of us are starting new ventures and leaving people, jobs or old ways of being for more of what we want in our lives.

The two of us are in the process of doing some remodeling to get our 130 year old house ready to sell so that we can relocate in a larger city about an hour away. With this preparation for our move, we're dealing with issues from our past, as well as some fears.

We know that this process of letting go of the past and moving into a more empowering future--whether it is about a relationship, job or location--is a normal one and one that all of us face from time to time.

So how do you move through this process of letting go of the past and moving on in an empowering way?

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It's pretty interesting when you think about it.

Every year around New Years day, people seem to find themselves looking back on what happened in the past year and looking forward to what they want to change in the new year.

Around this time each year, the two of us create our intentions and make some plans for the new year in our work, our personal life, as well as in our relationship.

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A couple of weeks ago, we ran across a wonderful dvd that we wanted to share with you. It's called "The Secret" and stars some of the best-known metaphysical teachers and leaders today, including Joe Vitale, author of "The Attractor Factor" who we've had the pleasure of meeting.

In this dvd, these teachers very clearly show how this "secret" has played out in their lives to help them to create the wealth, relationships, health and happiness that they wanted.

So, what is this secret?

We don't think we're giving anything away if we tell you that it is the law of attraction. "The Secret" gives you concrete ideas how you can attract what you want into your life.

Since we were so impacted by this movie, we bought copies for several members of our family. Here's a great story about how Susie's grandson and his family used the information in "The Secret" to attract what they wanted.

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Over this past holiday weekend, the two of us took a mini-vacation and drove to Asheville, North Carolina. It was sunny with tempertures in the upper 70's and low 80's. The whole experience was perfect! We spent our time hiking in the mountains and enjoying the great food and shopping in Asheville.

So enough about our perfect weekend--What's the romantic idea that can keep your relationship juicy?

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While we were browsing the internet, we ran into the Valley Jew and to our delight, the author quoted from our "Relationship Manifesto." He, of course, had his own "Typical Valley Jew Relationship Manifesto" which included--"3. We will complain about things our older relatives do and then do them ourselves. “ And you should hear her complain about Costco's lasagna!”

We loved what they had to say because isn't it so true that we all either silently or not-so-silently complain about things that other people in our lives do and then we turn around and do them ourselves! The sad thing is that we usually aren't aware that we're even doing them and we wonder why our lives and relationships don't seem to be working the way we want them to work.

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