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The soul mate myth

Published on Nov 19, 2015

The Soul Mate Myth

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The soul mate myth

Chasing 'Happily Ever After'
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IT sounds so romantic

'Destiny' has us perfectly matched with 'the one'

find this perfect match

and bliss will surely follow
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Goodbye

heartache

ALl our problems

are history
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Oh my soul mate!

lost in the rapture of each others love...
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mmmm...

Really?

OBSESSION IN OUR SOCIETY

THE SOUL MATE MYTH HAS BECOME AN
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It expects the other

to be 'my everything'
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My every need

To meet
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ideal lover

To be an
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A dedicated cheer squad

for my personal development

a companion

for my every interest

my intellectual, physical, social

equal in every way

It is an impossible job description

and a nightmare for anyone who thinks they can fulfil it

the truth is

the Soul Mate Quest is more fantasy than reality
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Instead of perfect unending love

it delivers disillusionment and pain

WITH THE SOUL MATE MYTH

sustaining a successful relationship is effortless
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Find the right person

and everlasting happiness will follow
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yet no real relationship

can survive without active investment
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giving rather than getting

True love is about

we need resilience

When a relationship gives us grief
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numbs us to growth

But the Soul Mate Myth

"it's not my fault"

we tell ourselves
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"we just chose the wrong person"

 
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'Soul mate believers' are far too quick

to pass over a perfectly good marriage prospect
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...or give up

on a perfectly normal marriage

is a fallacy

The Soul Mate Myth
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for more on relationships

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and learn how to

love SMART
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