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5 May 2026 2 minute read 0 comments luciman
If last time we talked about how difficult it is to express a need without turning it into a demand, today I want to go one step further, towards what actually happens in the moment communication slips out of control. Most conflicts in a couple do...
3 May 2026 5 minute read 2 comments luciman
In recognising toxic patterns and the way we contribute to them, we open an even deeper level of the same conversation: what happens to the emotions that have never found a channel for expression or processing? Not the behavioural patterns themselves...
2 May 2026 5 minute read 0 comments luciman
Understanding how the past shapes our relational present, a practical and urgent question arises: what do we do when the patterns inherited from the past are not merely limiting, but actively harmful? When we are not talking about a heightened sensit...
29 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments luciman
In talking about the art of compromise, we arrived at a conclusion worth exploring more deeply: healthy compromise is only possible when you know who you are. And that leads me directly to the subject of this article, one which, the more I think abou...
25 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments luciman
In searching for the balance between giving and self-protection, we arrived at a reality I consider fundamental: in every relationship, influence flows in both directions, always, whether we are aware of it or not. There is no relationship in which o...
24 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments luciman
We have just explored the power of active listening in conflict and arrived at an important conclusion: truly listening is an act of courage, not weakness. But there is a deeper tension that arises not only in conflict, but in the daily texture of an...
23 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments luciman
We were talking about how to build real connections in the digital age and concluded that authentic presence makes all the difference, regardless of the medium. But there is a context in which authentic presence is tested most harshly and in which it...
18 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman
After talking about how to connect authentically even with difficult people, a natural next step emerges: once the connection exists, how do you use it to say things that truly matter? Constructive feedback is precisely that bridge between connection...
15 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman
After talking about how to read the hidden emotions of those around us, a more uncomfortable question arises naturally: what do we do when, even after we have understood where someone's difficult behaviour comes from, it still irritates us? Understan...
13 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments luciman
If jealousy showed us how much of our emotional life is governed by the fear of loss, there is another emotional trap, seemingly opposite, that especially sensitive and caring people fall into: empathy without boundaries. The kind that, instead of co...
