by Peter Fox | 18 Feb, 2019 | Compassion, Intimacy, Mindfullness, Relationships
A provocative statement to raise your awareness and bring some humility into your love life. To soften the edges of certainty about a new relationship or about your long term committed relationship. Here’s the Anthony de Botton video about this.
by Peter Fox | 10 Nov, 2018 | Intimacy, Satisfaction, Sex
She was in the kitchen preparing to boil eggs for breakfast. He walked in; She turned and said, “You”ve got to make love to me this very moment.” His eyes lit up and he thought, “This is my lucky day.” Not wanting to lose the moment, he...
by Peter Fox | 9 Jul, 2018 | Intimacy, Relationships, Satisfaction, Sex
I put this question to a friend the other night who I met myself on OKCupid and who is four years my senior. His response smacked me right upside the head. “Well, in my experience, women don’t tend to be as enthusiastic about sex once they reach a certain age. My...
by Peter Fox | 5 Dec, 2017 | Connection, Intimacy, Relationships
Quotations on: Vulnerability Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves. Carl Sagan We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. Walter Anderson To...
by Peter Fox | 22 Nov, 2017 | Forgiving, Intimacy, Mending, Relationships, Trauma fiction
Twelve-year-old Paul loves to walk the train tracks of suburban Adelaide. One day as he’s walking with his faithful Jack Russell, he witnesses something he doesn’t understand. He buries the memory deep in his subconscious, choosing instead to dwell on dreams. As an...
by Peter Fox | 5 Sep, 2017 | Family, Intimacy, Relationships
It always seemed strange to me that the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, aquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and...