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The REAL
This well used word, real, is astoundingly, astonishingly, breathtakingly powerful. Oh the layers we people wear! It's not at all like an...

Elena Sherwood
Mar 30, 20211 min read
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Elena Sherwood
Mar 29, 20210 min read
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Being real with That Therapist Chick
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Elena Sherwood
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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I need your input readers
Edit: We have our 10, thank you. There will be others in the future! Good Wednesday afternoon everyone! I'm so glad you're here, I say...

Elena Sherwood
Mar 24, 20211 min read
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Your song
Today, on this gloriously sunny first day of spring, I’m compelled to write about the singular “I”. The standalone powerhouse of a unit...

Elena Sherwood
Mar 20, 20211 min read
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My mission
Like everyone else, I’ve found myself at an impasse or perhaps just uncertain of which way to point my feet. I’ve felt that several times...

Elena Sherwood
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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Asking for a friend
Got a love question? Wanna stay incognito? No email, no signing in! If you scroll down, all the way to the very bottom, you'll see a...

Elena Sherwood
Mar 6, 20211 min read
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The platform
Every relationship functions on a platform of sorts that can be hard to define, especially when we're on it. With others, it’s easier....

Elena Sherwood
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Where do you live?
Anyone in a relationship will tell you that sometimes, we won't know what to do or which way to go, especially during the troubled times....

Elena Sherwood
Mar 2, 20211 min read
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Ask away!
The day will come when it'll be easy, natural, and common to ask about relationships. Openly. It will, I know it. Until then, I've made...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 27, 20211 min read
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"Should I go?"
I’ve been asked variations of this question over the years, and oh how I wish had the best answers for you. I’ve compiled an...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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"Should I stay?"
I’ve touched on exits in other posts on this blog, today I want to face one head on: infidelity. Unfaithfulness. Crossing the line. The...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 20, 20212 min read
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Unhealthy vs Unwell
When it comes to relationships, it's important that we distinguish between the unhealthy and the unwell, because we can have a solid...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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It takes a village to "raise" ourselves
While this saying is used for children, it can also be used to describe an individual, our very own village of one. Let me explain. As...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 6, 20212 min read
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How therapy "works"
The literature on therapy and helping is abundant and many (myself included) are simply doing our best. Sometimes we can’t help,...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 4, 20212 min read
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Who we are
I started this blog because observing, absorbing, and sorting what transpires on a personal level is who I am, and what I do. I did this...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 2, 20211 min read
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Challenging ourselves
I ask a lot of challenging questions here, every post is about helping the best of us rise to our fullest selves, one way or another. I...

Elena Sherwood
Feb 2, 20211 min read
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Now on Instagram
Great news! My 20 something-year-old sons dragged me out of the dark ages and coaxed me into this strange new world, so if you're...

Elena Sherwood
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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It starts with you
There is a reason that, in a blog about relationships I focus quite a bit on individual issues. I do this on purpose, because what...

Elena Sherwood
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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Let’s talk about our "self"
Everything we think, feel, and do reflects our sense of self. This sense governs every act, it defines every want, and this conceptual...

Elena Sherwood
Jan 24, 20212 min read
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