Parenting is the biggest adventure you can set in motion. By becoming parents you are agreeing to give a priority to your children, over yourself. The sacrifice of becoming a parent is about making a better life for our kids.

As parents, our relationship may not work out. In divorce, we’ve got an opportunity to remain connected as a cooperative co-parent. Our role as divorced parents is to support our kids with less concern for ourselves or our disappointment in our ex-partner. It is important to leave your anger and frustration behind, and pay attention to your kids and their needs.

Moving from WE to US: How Becoming Parents Grows Our Love – Episode 8

Richard and Tina's Loving Family Model

Let's take some loving wisdom from Tina and Richard and incorporate it into our own lives. Let's be more intentional about our apologies, about our expressions of love as well as disappointment, and how we make our lives stronger by being together.

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A Self-help Coaching Map: Aligning Activities with Your Intentions

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Give yourself permission, every day, to realign a bit of your energy and action towards what's most important in your life. This is where you will find happiness along the way, as you refind your purpose in life, and find the joy of heading in the right direction.

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The Four Laws of Love: Finding & Building Lasting Relationships

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That's where love lives: in finding, holding, and building the flame of love in our hearts and in our partner's hearts every day of our lives together.

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Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way: Optimism and Hope Carry Us

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People will do what they want to do. Love will not push a partner into doing something they don't want to do. That's not love, that's codependency.

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An Intentional First Date Starts with a Kiss: Episode 7 of Love on the Air

Richard Bagdonas talks about love, dating, and parenting two lovely kids

"Taking a year to really work on me, and be happy with me..." As Richard rebuilt a house in the Zilker area of Austin, Texas, he was aware of how the house was a metaphor of his self-recovery process. "I worked on the entryway of me. And then I had to work on the inside. I need to open up space, and make space for somebody."

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Episode 4: “Something Is Emerging.” A Loving Conversation with Mark Greene

love on the air - a conversation with Mark Greene

Come listen to an interesting conversation about masculinity, about relationships, about relationship capacity and emotional growth. Our conversation follows Mark from his experience as a man in a failing marriage, through his self-awareness process, and finally his homecoming in a long-term healthy relationship. We're going to talk about a lot of things, but at the heart is how we find and co-create a relationship with a partner. 

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