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The Loneliest Men in America: How NPS Balance Can Help
Why so many men feel alone, and how restoring Nurture, Play, and Structure can bring them back into connection. Ask most men how they're doing and you'll get the same answer: "I'm fine." They have a job, a schedule, a to-do list, maybe a family that depends on them. From the outside, life looks put together. But ask a different question, such as who really knows you? or who would you call at two in the morning?, and the answer often gets very quiet. American men are in the mi


The Loneliest Place: Why We Can't Receive Nurture While Performing
"The loneliest place you can be is sitting next to someone you love, when they are in love with your performance."


Finding Balance on Vacation: Understanding Body Types in the Nurture · Play · Structure Model
Vacation is supposed to be the great equalizer. Everyone rests. Everyone unplugs. Everyone comes home refreshed. In practice, it rarely works that way. Put a Play body type and a Structure body type in the same vacation home, and you'll see two very different experiences of vacation. Some of what you see will look backwards. The person who is normally all about play is suddenly running the itinerary. The person who usually can't stop working is lying in a hammock doing absolu


When the Plan Changes: Understanding the Structure Body Type
What happens when the plans change for a Structure Body Type.


The Relationship Triangle and What Your TMER Reveals
Most of us can describe the relationship we want. Fewer of us can describe the relationship we are actually building — day by day, choice by choice. The NPS Relationship Triangle is a simple tool for closing that gap. It has three corners: I, YOU, and WE. Who you are in the relationship. Who your partner is in the relationship. And who the two of you are together. A healthy relationship keeps all three alive. Most struggling relationships are not missing love. They are missin
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