When I first read Ursula Guin’s definition of love, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Love is like bread? Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. Ursula K Le Guin Love Is Like…
Posts published in “Love and Relationships”
Relationships are complex, and handling them and preserving them takes time, effort and so much more. Often, things can go wrong in so many ways and even the strongest relationships reach the verge of breakup. That’s where mindfulness can make a difference and save the day. Several studies have now…
The other day I attended a training programme after quite a while. I’ve been internalizing some of the learning and thinking about a lot of things. One of the questions we were asked started with, “If you had the perfect childhood….” And I wondered, is there such a thing as…
Whether you are 25 or in your late 40s, if you are single you are bound to hear a lot of “cheer up” phrases. (Or if you are in India, you’ll get unsolicited advice, like I did!) While it’s true that most of them mean no harm and are there…
Do you remember have a cream biscuit when you were a child? You know the kind that has cream in the middle of two biscuits? How did you eat it? The whole thing in one go? Or did you do what I did? I would take it apart. Eat the…
Life has so many shades to it. And so do relationships. It does seem that we’re always having to make choices with regard to our relationships. At least, it seems so to me. Given that we all come with our emotional baggage from past experiences, it’s even harder to know…