Rhoda Jordan writes:

My husband and I have been married for almost ten years.
And before those ten years, we were college sweethearts and had been dating for over six.
When you know someone for that long, someone whom you are deeply and madly in love with, something funny happens:
Your collective thoughts, actions, and words become so tightly intertwined that you walk around believing you are one person.
As a result, you feel ten times taller. Like you can do anything. You feel as though you’ve discovered the purpose for breathing on this planet.
But something else happens, too.
When you really know someone, intimately and with all the deepest parts of yourself, you also hit bumps in the road.

Get more here: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/what-all-great-relationships-have-in-common/

I’m looking forward to this one!

Marvel Studios has just released the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer. With just five months to go before the Guardians of the Galaxy are back on the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have just released a new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer. Check it out in the player below!

Source: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer – ComingSoon.net

This resonates with me: Loosen up on expectations and attachments.

When we expect something great to happen, we begin to set ourselves up for the roller coaster. We’ll be disappointed if it doesn’t happen, or happy if it does. Pair that with being emotionally attached to the outcome and wham—there’s an even bigger charge. You just stepped onto life’s roller coaster.

If you realize every situation offers growth and opportunity, you can more easily live without expectations. You can feel confident being open to whatever happens, knowing that you can appreciate good events and accept the challenge of things you feel are negative.

Some of us have a general fear that bad things might be just around the corner. Try to detach yourself from fear of what might happen and experience life as it unfolds.

Go to the source for more: How to End Your Stress and Live a Life of Peace and Balance

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TinyBuddha/posts/D8c8uHFhtGF

Ummm, cool?

If there’s one thing modern minivans lack, it’s the cool factor, but who wouldn’t love to cruise through the school pickup line in the original? The Stout Scarab never took off when it was released in 1936 because it was too far from the norm. William Stout, its creator, started off in airplane design, which explains the unique look. What do you say? Has the time come for a comeback?

Source: The one minivan we’d gladly drive – Holy Kaw!

Dr. Steve Diamond writes:

Over the past eight years Psychology Today has provided me with the rare privilege of publishing my blog “Evil Deeds” here at this site, an opportunity for which I feel fortunate and thankful. During this period, I (like many other PT bloggers) have received literally thousands of comments and questions from you, our faithful readers, in response to my various postings. I have always found your welcome comments, critiques and questions to be intelligent, inquisitive, thoughtful, challenging, perceptive, and sometimes, deeply personal, and truly enjoy responding to them to the best of my ability. In certain ways, these more personal comments in particular–with their detailed descriptions of various symptoms, problematic behaviors or relationships–and my own responses, have always struck me as being somewhat akin to what we might call a “mini-consultation” : a succinct professional exchange between psychologist and suffering, frustrated, confused or simply curious reader. Often, these same readers would then respond to my responses or to each other’s, entering into a spirited to and fro discussion or debate, evoking additional animated and often self-disclosing and supportive comments from more readers, not too unlike what happens in group therapy. Or in a psychology classroom or online course. These dynamic interactions between professionals and the public and between the readers, are part of what makes the PT site so unique, relevant, informative, valuable and vital in my view.

Go to the source for more: Why Consult a Clinical Psychologist? | Psychology Today

Here are the articles in the series:

Why Consult a Clinical Psychologist?

Why Consult a Clinical Psychologist? (Part 2)

Why Consult a Clinical Psychologist? Part 3

Why Consult a Clinical Psychologist? Part 4

Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal shared this bit from Trevor Noah which I also happened to see the other night…

Too little, too late. And yet… the party (wherein Trump and his cronies kill healthcare, undo the Iran nuclear deescalation deal, help Climate Change hasten, delegitimize the press, and turn equal rights back in time… is just getting started. And so this is useful. Pics or it didn’t happen:

Source: Trevor Noah finally figures out how to defeat Trump’s endless Lies. | elephant journal

#picsoritdidnthappen

Get more here: Cath Simard

h/t davidkanigan.com

Here’s a sharable podcast from Terri Cole!

Do you ever wonder if you drink too much?

Are you concerned about the impact your drinking may be having on your relationships, health, career and overall potential?

There is a hot debate in the recovery world about the plausibility of controlled drinking sometimes referred to as harm reduction, as opposed to total abstinence.

You can listen to it here: Caitlin Padgett – Clarifying Your Relationship with Alcohol

The best way to build a brand that matters, a story that spreads, an impact that we remember, is to understand a simple but painful trade-off:

If you want to stand for something,

You can’t stand for everything.

“Anyone can be our customer and we will get you what you want…” is almost impossible to pull off. So is, “we are the cheapest and the most convenient and the best.”

It didn’t work for Sears, or for Chevrolet or for Radio Shack. It definitely doesn’t work for the local freelancer, eager to do whatever is asked.

Relentlessly trimming what’s on offer, combined with a resolute willingness to say, “no,” are two characteristics of great brands. And linchpins, too.

Go to the source for more: Seth’s Blog: The best way to stand for something