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By Martina Hughes & Rod Gordon

Unlocking Joy, Freedom & Love: A Personal Journey to Embodied Wisdom inner healing our journey women's work Dec 11, 2024

I feel vulnerable about writing today. I feel butterflies in my stomach, I have done a few laps of the house looking for anything else that needs to be done before I write. 

 

I feel afraid of not being relatable. I feel ne...

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Is Indepence Hindering the Quality of your Relationship relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Nov 26, 2024

I spent most of my life cultivating independence, it took a long time for me to see that independence hindered the quality of my relationship. 


There were so many reasons for me to be proud of my self-sufficiency, I wore it ...

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Creating More Love in the World our journey relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Nov 26, 2024

The desire for relationships, intimacy, and connection has fueled my entire life. 

 

I was a Chartered Accountant for 10 years, and it was the people who mattered most for me. They even called me “The Care Bear” I knew when...

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For Women: from Cringe to Thriving within Relationship relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Aug 28, 2024

Right now, I have this memory arising, and I feel a strong desire to cringe, I feel so uncomfortable. I feel shame, awkwardness, and a sense of “not getting things right”. 

 

I really don’t want to share about it.. And yet,...

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The Vulnerability of Being Seen women's work written by martina hughes Jun 23, 2021

It’s common for me to oscillate between wanting to be seen and wanting to hide.

A desire to be noticed in all my beauty, love, sensuality and pleasure.

The incredible vulnerability of being fully seen can also activate my desir...

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Does Expressing Your Feelings Lead To Disagreement? women's work written by martina hughes Jun 22, 2021

How many times have you walked away from a discussion that turned into an argument with your partner thinking “but I was only expressing my feelings…”?

I experienced this many times in the past… Typically, I would have spent s...

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Why Criticism Never Works In Relationships women's work written by martina hughes Jun 16, 2021

How many of us women enter a relationship with a man and then try to change him to be who we want him to be?

Arghhh.. I feel myself cringing as I write that. And yes, my hand is raised, I have done that!

Why do we do that?

Part ...

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5 Reasons Why Self-Love Can Be Elusive women's work written by martina hughes Mar 11, 2020

Love is often something that we seek.

However, did you know that there are more potent ways to feel and experience love?

Love has many forms and expressions.

Yet, true intimacy with others begins with self-love.

There were ma...

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