Why do our differences seem to matter?

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Gloria MacDonald
Perfect Partners
www.lawsofthejungledating.com  
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Gloria MacDonald is the founder and President of Perfect Partners, The Personal Relationship Executive Search Firm, a highly successful, personalized matchmaking service. Gloria has interviewed hundreds and hundreds of single men and women and has introduced over 1500 couples. She is an expert in the field of dating and relationships, having appeared on a variety of TV and radio shows. She’s the co-author of the highly acclaimed book Laws of the Jungle: Dating for Women Over 40. She believes, and has seen through her work, that there is a perfect partner for anyone of us who truly desires to find that relationship, believes they can have it, and are willing to accept it. Gloria is an engaging and dynamic speaker and trainer who changes lives. Testimonials from people who have attended Gloria’s seminars: “Gloria uses her exceptional knowledge of real world dating and her unique and exciting style to inspire women to not give up. Truly a wonderful presenter. I would highly recommend anything she does now and in the future.” “This is the information single women and men have been waiting for.” “A truly engaging seminar. You are obviously an expert on the topic. Your knowledge, compassion, sensitivity and forthrightness was spiced with humour to create a clean and practical approach to relationship success.” “Attending your seminar has truly been an inspiration. YOU ARE AN AMAZING TRAINER!”

Why do our differences seem to matter?

Relationship expert Gloria MacDonald explains the different types of interracial and intercultural relationships.

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Host: Why do our differences seem to matter? Gloria MacDonald: Our differences really matter because our mind works in a fascinating way. Our subconscious mind is really very basic and it's looking for what's the same as us and what's different than us. It's looking to protect us so when something is familiar, similar, the same as us, that's safe. When something is different our subconscious mind is there to say, "Red alert, red alert, red alert something is different, it's not familiar, it may not be safe." So no matter what we do in all of our relationships throughout our lives our subconscious mind is always going to be alerting us to what's different and it doesn't matter if you are from the exact same culture, race, ethnicity, religious background, there will still be things that will be different about your partner and obviously, if you are from a different race or cultural background, religion etcetera there will be more things that will be different about your partner and your mind throughout your entire relationship with that person will be saying, "Red alert, this is different. This is not the way I do things. This is not the way my family does things. This is not what I grew up with." So it's really important to understand how the mind works and to understand that the fewer differences we have in our relationships between the two partners the easier it will be.

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