You Make My Heart Pound!

By on February 3, 2009 in Love & Sex, Relationships

When it comes to happy love relationships, it

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DR. DARLENE MININNI is the author of The Emotional Toolkit (St Martins Press), former producer and host of the Sunday morning radio show The Dr. Darlene Mininni Show on KTLK in Los Angeles and the contributing host of The Emotional Toolkit Series on XM radio. Her advice has been featured on national television, radio and print media including CNN, PBS, NPR FOX, Woman’s Day, SELF, Marie Claire, COSMO, Ladies Home Journal, WebMD and Prevention. Dr. Mininni is the creator of UCLA’s award-winning happiness course, LifeSkills, a class so popular applications jumped from 30 to 700 in just 18 months. She was also the founder and artistic director of UCLA’s Kaleidoscope Self-Help Theatre. Through her organization Trait-20 Consulting, Dr. Mininni works privately with individuals looking to create both inner and outer success in their lives. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Public Health. For more information, visit www.EmotionalToolkit.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DrDarleneMininni
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2 Responses to You Make My Heart Pound!

  1. Achievexcel February 3, 2009 at 5:24 pm #

    Darlene,

    Thank you for sharing your wisdom

    A meaningful post indeed with “calmness” as the key

    God Bless

    Vashi

    http://thesoulspeaks.wordpress.com/

  2. perrygruber February 3, 2009 at 9:29 am #

    Interesting perspective. Our hearts can race in the midst of disagreement. That is, if you're so invested in being right. I wonder if it is in everyone's best interest to cultivate a level of openness and non-attachment to one's partner's ideals, opinions…even his or her very being as a more permanent way of averting the knee-jerk reaction. That way one is a peaceful sea that can absorb even the perturbations of one's partner…and still love him or her…and sleep undisturbed.

    It's easy to talk about calming oneself, but I think such an ability must be cultivated. How? Perfect practice. Lots of approaches to doing so can be found throughout the Internet. My preference: constantly increasing my ability to realize that this life experience and its dramas are transient, that my ego is part of this experience, and connecting with that "me" that is beneath my ego.