"To nurture another person is to accept him or her unreservedly, to respect his or her sovereignty, to support his or her growth toward self-actualization, and to care about his or her thoughts, feelings, and wants. Ideally, nurturing is a reciprocal process. If you can only care about your own needs and not those of your partner, you relate as a child to a parent, not as an equal to an equal. In romantic love, independent equals do not drain or exploit each other; they nurture each other. Mutual nurturing is one of the characteristics of happy relationships."


? Nathaniel Branden

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From his website at: www.nathanielbranden.com


Dr. Nathan is very well known in the field of psychology and personal growth and pioneered the concept of self-esteem.