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Darren W. Love
Toledo, Ohio
Helping Your Family, You, & Your Partner Live Life At Its Best
Interests: Darren attacks the problem of a constricted life and its accompanying physical and psychological symptoms. Helping clients break through the fear and the status quo as well as challenging the current "feel happy" culture. Supporting his clients as they confront the possibility of unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and experiences rather than avoiding them and risk living a diminished life.
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I DON'T FEEL IT
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photo credit: c.cainzos / flickr What do you do when you don't feel in love anymore? Recognize that like being out of shape or if you can't remember when you last changed the oil in your car, when you finally get around to confronting this fact; you've waited too long... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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Wow, I hope you teach. I'm thinking of pan-frying lamp chops Friday evening while you're getting under the primordial skin of man. Love it! Cutting through the mire of my week to remind me of why reflection is worth its weight of the mind resting in ones hand; reminding my why as I age I return to dynamic therapies; leaving the shoals of the second (and third and fourth) waves lapping at the shoals of my youth. I'm listening and learning.
Toggle Commented Sep 1, 2012 on What death anxiety in a child can teach us about ourselves at Dr. X's Free Associations
WHAT ARE YOU ANALYZING?
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Freud's Couch. photo credit: roberthuffstutter - flickr You are not your executive role--that executive mantle you put on. You're the person--the one who operates the machinery of that role. Why analyze the executive? The entrepreneur? The capitalist? You play out the personal while in that professional role. Trying to keep... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2012 at The Analyzed Capitalist
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MAKE IT COUNT
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photo credit: DVIDSHUB--flickr A little while ago I was watching the Military Channel series, Navy SEALs Training: BUD/s Class 234. Most striking were two seeming contradictory messages instructors were giving. It pays to be a winner. Winning is often seen as a solitary effort. About having your fate in your... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2012 at The Analyzed Capitalist
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CROWDING THE INTROVERT
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Ironicly, being an introvert has become a focus of attention in the past decade. I embrace this aspect of my personality and was keenly interested in the book The Intorvert Advantage by Dr. Marti Olsen Laney when it first came out in 2002. Several years later a second book caught... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2012 at Quiet Creatives
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A NEW LOOK!
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SPLITTING INTO THREE BLOGS. To help readers in focusing on what they may be interested in, I'm dividing my wide ranging interests into three separate blogs . . . This blog your reading will now be titled, Relationship Glue. The focus here is on romance, love, and passion--how it binds... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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IT ALL ADDS UP
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Life is cumulative. That's because it has a beginning and a definite end. And, that time seems to have a direction though on paper it doesn't really need to. All the same, it certainly feels like there's a beginning, middle and end to things. That it moves in one direction,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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LIFE AIN'T A BOWL OF CHERRIES . . .
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But you can create a bowl of cherries. Life will supply the cherries, and even the bowl--sometimes. Life may give you a chance to plant some seeds and will allow you to stick around to watch them grow into cherries. It could be true that you dream of cherries, or... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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HARD WORK DOESN'T MATTER
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You know that old saw, "You working hard or hardly working?" It pays homage to the fact that the universe doesn't care about you--or anyone else really. So what can you do; If nothing matters? I suppose it's up to you if you want to matter in this life. You... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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ENDING RELATIONSHIPS WELL
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Dr. Helen Fisher's book, "Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love" sheds light on what happens when love ends. Here I mix my thoughts and her research to talk about the down side of romance--when it ends. ROMANTIC LOVE'S DEMISE--HEARTBREAK In one study, 93% of the respondents... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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GOOD COMMUNICATION MAKES GOOD BOUNDARIES
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“No" is a complete sentence.” --Anne Lamott Today's a good day to remember how to keep what you've got--A good dating relationship or long-term partnership. And Dr. Deborah Tannen has just the right balance of research and provocative antidotes in her two famous tomes, "That’s Not What I Meant! How... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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RELATIONSHIPS AND THE LONG HAUL
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Relationships are often the result of dating. For many that's the driving goal. Once there, it can be another story if left unattended. My take on this as several books help clear the path. "Falling In Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose" by Ayala Malach-Pines and, "Why We... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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DATING IS NECESSARY
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Some dating thoughs that mingle mine and those from this part funny, sometimes irreverent, and often spot on book about dating, "Dating Makes You Want to Die: But You Have to Do It Anyway" by Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson. The title itself gets you to open the book, but... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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ROMANCE YOUR RELATIONSHIP
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Below I've gleaned a few things from a great resource on how to bring romance into your relationship "1001 Ways to Be Romantic" by Gregory Godek. A great read and a worthwhile investment in your love relationship! SOME DEFINITIONS Romantic love - is the desire for emotional and physical intimacy... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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WRAP UP ROMANCE IN TOLEDO
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Valentine's Day is getting closer--where to romantically celebrate in the Toledo area ? This is the day to impress, pullout the stops and make it special. A day to remember. So where in Toledo can that happen? Well you'll have to figure that out for yourself. That's the whole point,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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YOU FALL IN LOVE--OR YOU DON'T, PART 4
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So who are you falling in love with? Who's doing the falling? Who's the beloved? Carl Jung spoke to falling in love with the idea of the Shadow. You reject and repress those things so precious to you--so deeply apart of yourself and kept hidden away; aching to return. Then... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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YOU FALL IN LOVE--OR YOU DON'T, PART 3
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That's not all, falling in love can be dangerous. Art is filled with it from Romeo & Juliet to Nights in Rodanthe. With falling in love there comes a dissolution of stability; a tearing apart of what is, along with the possibility of what could become. In this way Dr.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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YOU FALL IN LOVE--OR YOU DON'T, PART 2
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Falling in love is a good news-bad news story. You have to feel bad before you feel good. Once you feel good, you have to worry and get gripped with suspicion and jealousy. You endure it all because what's the option? Emptiness? Falling in love and its passion and desire... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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YOU FALL IN LOVE--OR YOU DON'T
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Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. --Toni Morrison Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart, or burn down your house, you can never tell. -- Anonymous Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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Jan 27, 2012
36.8 WAYS TO MAKE THE RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE PURR
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So I'm getting ready to be a guest on Northwest Ohio's #1 Saturday morning talk show, A Firm Foundation hosted by Rick & Jackie Metz aring here in Toledo every Saturday from 9:00 am - 11:00 am on WLQR AM 1470. As it's going to be the Saturday before Valentine's... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2012 at Relationship Glue
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SUPPORT YOUR CHANGES
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I had the chance to sit down with Rebecca Regnier, The host of Full Plate and former anchor of Good Morning along with her cameraman Brian at my office over at Court Diagnostic & Treatment Center. She wanted to talk about how support from others plays a role when you're... Continue reading
Posted Dec 24, 2011 at Relationship Glue
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DO YOU HAVE A MIRACLE QUESTION?
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WHAT IF . . . after having fallen sleep tonight, a miracle happened and the problem you've been struggling with disappeared. It no longer exists. However, when you awaken you don't know this miracle has happened. So, how will you first begin to tell that the problem no longer exists.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2011 at Relationship Glue
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BEST VEGGIES TO PACK FOR SCHOOL LUNCH
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Vegetables eaten raw may just be the thing this fall in your kid's lunchboxes. Carrots Broccoli Tomatoes Cauliflower Bell Peppers Peas Celery But how do you make sure they eat them? To get kids to eat healthy foods when you aren't around, they'll have had to try them under your... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2011 at Relationship Glue
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TOP 5 FRUITS TO PACK FOR SCHOOL LUNCH
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The research is in, kids will eat fruit at school. They just have to have a chance to "taste test" it several times until it kind of grows on them. And fruit that looks good gets eaten so the stuff has to look good. The brightest color, the shiniest skin... Continue reading
Posted Aug 16, 2011 at Relationship Glue
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