Let's Talk About DRAMA (The Lesbian Kind)Ā
Why We Have So Much Of It, And How To Get To Harmony, Peace And Ease In Lesbian Love
On or off Broadway, plays are great. But no one wants drama in their love life.
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Think about it. Can you imagine a dating profile that said, "I love drama! Walking on eggshells, getting hurt, acting out, yelling, slamming doors, maybe even cheating on each other or making big scenes -- bring it on!"
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So if none of us want drama, why does it so often happen? And, let's face it, why is it so common in lesbian relationships?
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We all know straight women who fantasize about how "easy" it would be to be with women. "I wish I were attracted to women, I really do," my straight friends have often said.Ā
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Gotta love their innocence! The truth is, the same qualities that make women bond so easily as friends do show up in our lesbian relationships, and help us go deeper and get closer, faster. BUT they also result in our getting more attached -- often prematurely attached, or attached to the wrong people for the wrong reasons (e.g. unavailable women are your type.)
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And when you're attached, you'll get triggered more easily. And so will she. And if one or both of you lacks the skill to regulate your nervous systems, manage those triggers, and then communicate with compassion and curiosity, drama will be the result.Ā
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Many of our later-in-life lesbian participants notice that while their relationships with women are far more passionate and satisfying, they are also harder, and more full of drama. I like to say that because lesbian relationships have the capacity to be the best relationships on the planet, they also take more skill. If you want the amazingness, you've gotta know how to sustain it -- and you can learn.Ā
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"It hurts like F*CK," Ilana, my coaching client, said to me, grimacing. "I don't even know why it hurts so much. When Katy pulls away, it feels like I'm going to die."
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"But I'm just trying to live my life! And, you claimed you were an independent person!" Katy retorts. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know these two are in trouble. But it does take someone who understands neuroscience to help them out of it!Ā Ā
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The good news is, there are ways out of this kind of painful trouble that don't have to involve drama, acting out, pulling apart, excruciating pain or breaking up. The tools we teach really work -- that's why our happy couples who've been through the Conscious Girlfriend Academy universally report that the relationships are calm, easy and peaceful, though there is plenty of passion and spark, too.Ā
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The bad news is, almost no one is good at being drama-free until you learn Lesbian Communication for Emotional Intimacy, Lesbian Attachment Healing, the SCORE Process, and the many other lesbian-centric tools we teach in the Conscious Girlfriend Academy. Ā
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Our lesbian hearts are too precious to keep dashing them against these rocky shores. We worked so hard to come out, to claim our love for women. We are so highly motivated to love. We work hard on our relationships. We just learn to work smart on them -- and also to choose the right partners to begin with.Ā
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Check out Conscious Girlfriend Academy's on-demand classes or our upcoming schedule of live events and groups here, to get the help you need to END drama, without having to end the love. And make sure you've downloaded the first four chapters of our Amazon-bestselling Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love book, too.Ā
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