Passionate Living Newsletter
17 May 2010
Dear Friends of The Center for Greater Loving...

Did your weekend bring you great love? Congratulations if it did! I'm excited for you!  If you weekend left you wishing for more love or simply frustrated by love, then I hope I can make a difference for you!
  • Are you "Avoiding Love"? Check out the new article!
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  • Enjoy my last interview on the Fun, Fabulous and Free show... it was fun!
  • A new weekly practice announcement... "Spreading Love"
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Enjoy!
Article:  Avoiding Love  Joanna Kennedy

Did you know that you probably avoid love everyday?  I know it sounds crazy and it's true.  Almost all of us in some way wish for more intimacy, deeper connections, better lovemaking, or simply just more of that "loving" experience. And... most of the time we have silent saboteurs within us that actually push away the very love, intimacy and pleasure we seek.
 
Depending on how long you've been reading my news letters, you may have heard some of the ways I pushed love away in the past and recently I've been clearing out some previously unseen and very subtle ways I still hold love at bay.
 
Do you ever wish your partner loved you more or expressed his or her love more often?
 
Are you busy and exhausted at the end of the day?
 
Do you only trust your partner or prospective-partner "just-so-much"?
 
Have you ever turned a complement away by pointing out what wasn't perfect in... how you looked...how you performed... how great you are?
 
Most of these questions lead us to believe that our challenges with love are created by someone other than us... by the date we can't seem to get, the date we had last week but hasn't called back, our partners, even a parent or family member who still doesn't see us for "who we are".
 
And... as I talked about in the article entitled "Relationships as Mirrors" - what upsets us about another is typically a reflection of something that we are not ok with in ourselves.  We might try to deny or dislike that part of ourselves or we might long for something the other person has that we wish we had... All of these judgments, feelings, and wishes actually   Read More

Love and blessings,
Joanna Shakti
www.greaterloving.com

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Weekly Practice:  Spreading Love
Since this week's newsletter is about Speaking Honestly... I thought I'd suggest a weekly practice of Conscious Listening... Have you ever had a date or a beloved repeat something they were upset about over and over again... and then bring it up a month (or a year!) later during a completely different disagreement?  Are you frustrated by their behavior?  Read more...

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In case you missed it...

The interview
on the Fun, Fabulous and Free Show on Unity.FMinternet radio was one of the most fun Joanna has done in a while... Hear Joanna demonstrate the difference between a masculine voice and a feminine voice... it will make you say ... "Wow!"   Listen now

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