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Love and chaos in the time of the coronavirus

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The world is rife with panic and pandemic.

People are sick. People are dying. The COVID-19 respiratory illness is sweeping across the globe. No place will be spared.

Italy is quarantining. Have the Italians stopped their millennia-old practice of bussing on both sides of the face in greeting? 

I bet they have. Kissing is for the inviolate.

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The Gottman Institute: The Art & Science of Love

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Two days of extraordinary learning at the Gottman Institute workshop. The first day focused on building the ground of being of love through Drs. John and Julie Gottman's research-based techniques. The second day addressed conflict and techniques for repair after regrettable incidents.

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