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THE FOREFRONT OF INTIMACY By Theano Evagelou Owner, Theano Inc. | 2021 Women of Inspiration™ Transformational Leader Award | Women of Inspiration™ | Book Contributor
We have collectively experienced an unprecedented event through the pandemic. Like never before, our relationships now stare at us in the face and we are forced to look long and hard at the results of our efforts – or lack thereof. We all feel it. Couples are really feeling it. Lawyers have been reporting steep rises in the amount of couples separating as we emerge out of these truly testing times because the moment we taste the overwhelm in our heads – and in our homes – we hit the escape button from the reality of our intimate relationships. Healthy relationships will thrive in difficult times – and dysfunctional ones will start gasping for life support, grasping at anything (even infidelity), in an effort to survive this test. In grasping at anything, they let go of devotion and fold – because they have not been given the tools to ride the tide, and thrive. In any situation, no matter how challenging, there is always an opportunity to be found. And I’d like to think that the opportunity of the recent pandemic is to re-establish connection – a devotion to self, the people we care about, our purpose, and all the things that we have forgotten mattered to us.
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