Article: I Feel Close to You When 
Have you ever thought about what makes you feel "close" to
someone? Whether that someone is our intimate partner, our best friend,
or a stranger we just met?
For me, when I looked at this question, it created a profound shift in my
life... in all my relationships. It was a moment when I reclaimed not
only my own power, but recognized my responsibility in connection.
I'll tell you just a bit of the story behind it in hopes that it will inspire
you to notice how this shows up in your life...
For years I truly believed that the reason I had challenges
opening deeply and intimately with another was because the other person wasn't
willing to go "deep" with me. I
was frustrated and often felt disconnected. A few years ago, I started to look a little closer at
myself.
I began noticing ways I had closed down to life... and love
in particular...and I began to see when it started. My parents split up and my dad
moved out and remarried when I was seven. At that time, one of the decisions I made internally in my little
seven-year-old body was that my dad must not love me. How could he really love me if he could leave? Now, of course, that wasn't true, but
how could my seven-year-old mind know that? At the same time, I also decided, "I don't want it anyway,"
"I don't deserve to be loved." "I'll never let that happen again" (i.e., have someone love me and then
leave again). I made lots of
decisions about life during those days and I wish someone could have told me
that it wasn't a good time to decide how life really worked.
The long and short of it was I
closed and locked the doors of my heart...
and I could no longer receive love. As a matter of fact, I pushed love... Read More
I hope you enjoy this... please let me know how I can support you! And if you are ready to open deeper to love ... to enjoy passion and intimacy again ... with your current partner or the one you'd like to attract ... please come play with us on Saturday!
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