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The Re-​​Appearing Act: When An Ex Returns

Photo by Enrique Gutierrez

At some point in many of our lives, we will find some­one to whom we are des­per­ately attracted, and yet who end­lessly hurts or exhausts us. The stakes seem so high, the desire is so deep, but so too the pain. In her diaries, Anais Nin writes of Henry Miller: "this love will either kill or save me forever." Which will it be? Will the love slowly eat at your soul as you fruitlessly con­tinue to search for the grail while suf­fo­cat­ing in its tomb -- or will it give you the courage to cru­sade, to fight to the death, and to dis­cover some­thing truly sacred?  Read more >

How to Make Friends with an Ex in 7 Steps

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Friendship is built like houses on fault lines -- able to handle the shifts of life's plates, while love is built like a citadel to stand solid against invasion. To imagine that you can easily repurpose a fortress to stand the quakes of life is to set yourself up for collapse, especially if said fortress suffered structural damage during a breakup. So how do you make friends with an ex?  Read more >