Soulmate Conclusion: Living a Life of Love

Steven Barnes
7 min readFeb 16, 2021

So today we’ll finish up the basic structure of the Soulmate Process. It was created out of absolute despair when I had a shot at a woman I’d dreamed about, and totally BLEW it. Couldn’t figure out what I’d done wrong: I’d been sweet, and attentive, and honest, and sensitive…everything I thought I was supposed to be. And…she dumped me.

There followed a period of serious self-examination, and I concluded that I simply didn’t understand relationships, even though I’d been married for years. And one year at Norwescon, I decided to simply sit and observe…

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.