http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/five-secrets en-us 60 <p>Gay &amp; Katie Hendricks are among the world&rsquo;s experts on love and relationships and conscious living. </p><p>They have, hands down, the best relationship I&rsquo;ve ever seen. It&rsquo;s so incredibly inspiring to see people truly living their ideals, ya know?</p><p>Their Five Secrets?</p><ol> <li> <p><strong>Commitment</strong>. We need to take 100% responsibility and consciously commit to what we want. And RE-commit. And re-commit and&hellip;and&hellip;and&hellip;</p> </li></ol><ol start="2"> <li> <p><strong>Creativity</strong>. Both partners need to be expressing their creativity for a relationship to work.</p> </li></ol><ol start="3"> <li> <p><strong>No Blame/Criticism</strong>. Can you imagine a relationship without criticism? Gay &amp; Katie haven&rsquo;t criticized one another in over a decade (!!!)! How about you?</p> </li></ol><ol start="4"> <li> <p><strong>Presencing</strong>. What are you <em>feeling </em>in your body right now? Get present and express that.</p> </li></ol><ol start="5"> <li> <p><strong>Appreciation</strong>. Do you consciously <em>look</em> for things to appreciate about your partner? Awesome. (See 5:1)</p> </li></ol> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:22 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:482:482 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/482