The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships

“Respect the fact that all you do and are now, has evolved for a good reason and serves an important purpose.”

“Our goal will be to have relationships with both men and women that do not operate at the expense of the self, and to have a self that does not operate at the expense of the other.”

“We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate “I’s” into one worldview.”

“Change requires courage, but the failure to change does not signify the lack of it.”

“Separateness" does not mean emotional distance, which is simply one means of managing anxiety or emotional intensity. Rather, separateness refers to the preservation of the "I" within the "we" - the ability to acknowledge and respect differences and to achieve authenticity within the context of connectedness.”