Did Your Relationship Pass the Pandemic Test?

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Did Your Relationship Pass the Pandemic Test?

Whether your relationship passed the pandemic test or not, you might be wondering, “what’s next?”

The past year tested us on many levels, and perhaps nothing was tested more than intimate relationships. Early on in the pandemic, many relationships with longstanding vulnerabilities cracked under pressure and there was an uptick in breakups and divorces. For these, the pandemic was truly the straw that broke the camel’s back. Many other couples had the experience of their relationship growing stronger as a result of weathering the pandemic together, finding that their partnership was stable and resilient enough to withstand the challenges…

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Wood: Channel Your Frustrations and Expand

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Wood: Channel Your Frustrations and Expand

This week we explore the element of wood, which is associated with the liver and gall bladder and also corresponds to the energy of springtime. Like the tree, wood energy is both rooted in the earth and reaches upward and outward in expansion. This pandemic presents a few challenges for wood, as when liver energy is activated within us at this time of year, the impulse is to move up and out, to burst forth with renewed robustness. As the emotion related to the liver is anger, it is no surprise that many people are experiencing anger, frustration and other related emotions as a result (aggression, irritability, etc.) But the wood element has much to teach us about how to weather this situation we are in…

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