As a woman who grew up in conflict – both in my country and in my family—I feel well suited, perhaps even destined, to be interested in and motivated by the quest for
understanding, peace, and harmony in relationship.

My life journey – personally and professionally – has been defined by two fundamental questions:

1. Why don’t we get along better?
2. What can we do to get along better?

This blog, therefore, is devoted to passionate inquiry and personal and collective exploration. Through personal anecdotes and stories, observations, opinions, and discussion, I hope to offer an entirely new way of looking at and approaching the concept of ‘relationship.’

What is healthy relationship? Who are we inside relationship? How do we bring the best of who we are to relationship? How do we create a healthier relationship with ourselves? How can we see that our contribution to relationships has value?

How can we experience life more positively? How can we make peace in relationships even when the ‘other side’ refuses to make peace with us? How do we choose for love in the face of anger? How do we become responsible for my part, without feeling guilty? How do we allow others their truth without giving up our own? How can we play as equals in life? How do we stop participating with the belief that if I win you lose and vice versa or if I am right you are wrong? How can we see beyond the right wrong model that we live with both in the outside world and the internal one? How can we have some peace of mind and share it?

These are some of the questions I grapple with everyday as I do my best to live and create peace, understanding and happiness for myself and others.

One of the key notions that I have learned is the concept of the relationship creature (see what is the relationship creature?). It is a concept that is both simple and complex at the same time. It is information that I feel compelled to share with people, as it will shed light hence understanding as to why we behave in certain ways. And so, in this blog I would like to share opinions, stories and learning that I have gained throughout the last thirty years.