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Honoring Life on Our Own Time
Recently I was in a Life Coaching session with one of my clients who told me a very touching, heartfelt story. She had gotten off early from work one day last week, so before she headed home to let her nanny off and to happily see her girls, she headed over to ... Views: 1473
In this age of instant messaging, Blackberries, and microwave ovens, we expect instant gratification in every aspect of life. When we aren't instantly gratified, most of us will admit to immediately becoming impatient. Actually, we can get downright nasty and torture ourselves by sending crazy ... Views: 7103
"Lewis, you are late! You only think about yourself. Nobody else matters! Dinner is ruined. Why can't you be on time for once in your life?" We will use this opening barrage of criticism to demonstrate an effective way to communicate a tough message effectively and yet maintain a loving ... Views: 1275
John had a disappointing day at the office -- he lost a key account. His partner Jane had a fantastic day at the office -- her boss loved her presentation. After their commutes home, John and Jane sit down to dinner. John is still feeling down about this day, whereas Jane is happy and ... Views: 1436
In our article "Keep Your Relationship Loving by Speaking Up Sooner - 3 Tips," we recommended speaking up as soon as an issue arises to prevent arguments in your relationship. We recently found an added benefit to speaking up sooner.
We are on a quest to share information and help other ... Views: 1136
The Situation: Aging Parents
Many couples are readjusting their lives and schedules so that they can be more attentive to the needs of their aging parents. A whopping 44 million adults in the United States are providing unpaid care to another adult, according to a recent study by the National ... Views: 3337
"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."- Hans Hofman
When you de-clutter, you simplify your life and bring fresh creative energy to your relationship. When you work together to de-clutter your home, you get to spend time together working ... Views: 1694
Your First Steps To Changing
By Therese Benedict
In this world we walk around thinking that we are good people inside, yet we do such hurtful acts. In the beginning of our change, we need to recognize what belongs to us in those hurtful acts. Face them, say hello and put the actions with ... Views: 2282
TO LOVE IS TO BE LOVED
By Therese Benedict
We all want love in our lives. We all want to be loved and understood. We want people to hear our hurt, when that hurt is caused. We want each other to listen to what actions caused that hurt, so it is known and can be stopped.
What hurts us the ... Views: 3597
TO BE WHO YOU ARE MEANT TO BE
By Therese Benedict
We tend to think that just because we have freewill that we can be whom we want to be, instead of being who we are meant to be. This is a wrong way to think about whom we are and what is the reason of why we are here. God has created us with ... Views: 2752
There has been so much talk over the last few years about how we attract energy that is similar to our own. Like attracts like so whatever energy you are vibrating that is what you will attract back into your life. I have heard many people say that if you want to attract love into your life ... Views: 2435
For women, sex is much more than just a mechanical biological activity. We want an extraordinary holistic experience with an attentive, perceptive and expressive partner who is willing to delve into the depths of our soul, sharing absolute bliss in divine union. Is that too much to ... Views: 2729
Many people love their marriage partner, but they complain about their relationship. They want to have a happy marriage with the partner they love. However, they blame, complain and ultimately move into a life where all they are doing is tolerating each other. It's so sad. Tolerating is ... Views: 1280
In a loving relationship or marriage, most individuals want the very best for their spouse or partner. People want their partners to be successful, healthy, fit and happy so that each can enjoy the other for as long as possible. There are two ways to handle being involved in your partner's ... Views: 1694
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Okay, the children have all left home. You and your spouse are finally alone after two decades of marriage. Now what? How do you cope? What lies in store for the two of you?
These are questions faced by millions of married couples worldwide ... Views: 10974
People resist intimacy primarily because they are hurt and afraid. To whatever degree you find yourself pulling away from your partner, resisting having one or buffering yourself from really being close with someone is the degree to which you are caught in a cycle of hurt and fear followed by ... Views: 1985
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God” 1 John 4:7 (KJV).
If you are a Christian and you are born again, the love of God has been shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit as stated in Romans 5: 5 of the Bible. That ... Views: 868
You’re in Heaven, on Cloud Nine, blissed out, and every other love-smitten cliché in the book. HE actually was the one to celebrate your first month anniversary, you practically swooned with delight. Your friends are so bored with your bombardment of “He remembered how I take my double-chai ... Views: 1398
One of the best ways to poison your relationship is to let annoying comments pile up. At first, if your partner makes a slightly irksome comment, you may decide to ignore it. What happens if your partner repeats the same comment over and over again? Eventually, you may explode because your ... Views: 1131
Falling in love is wonderful. Hormones, things in common, hours and hours of talking are often the beginning of something bigger. The problem is, that after we fall quickly and deeply, when the hormones go back into balance and the things in common are less precious, we have the reality that ... Views: 3185
One of the questions I am most frequently asked is what makes for successful marriage counseling. Naturally the training and background of the therapist is very important in making for a successful marriage counseling experience. However, I am going to focus on that in a separate article which ... Views: 1498
When you are having trouble dealing with break up it is only natural. There is nothing to be ashamed of because everyone does. The important thing to do is to decide HOW you are going to dealing with break up.
You have two ways that you can go about dealing with break up. The first is to let ... Views: 1349
We've all heard some kind of saying that would suggest that women just don't seem to fall in love with nice guys. Well, there definitely are some exceptions to this rule, but on the average, nice guys do usually end up getting more heartache than it seems they would deserve. Does that mean that ... Views: 4266
When you try to win ex boyfriend back you may feel like you need to go begging on your hands and knees. You may feel that you have to lower yourself and lose every bit of pride that you have. The breakup may have gone a long way towards hurting your pride as it is, there is no need to further ... Views: 1328
Jamie and Carlo fell in love while Jamie held a temporary job in the city where Carlo lives. When the time came for Jamie to return to her home-- which is in a neighboring country-- both of them worried about how to keep their relationship alive and well.
They considered breaking off their ... Views: 2774
Are you wondering how to win your ex girlfriend or boyfriend back? Or perhaps you are asking yourself whether it's possible to win your ex back?
Well, a split up does not necessary cause the end of a love. Although no-one can assure that you'll surely get your ex lover back, you can always do ... Views: 1015
I got questions from two women this week, which, on the surface, might appear to require different answers. But the answers are actually the same. One was about how she was upset because her guy didn't remember the anniversary of their first date and the other asked how she could get her guy to ... Views: 4502
When you have just been ‘kicked to the curb’ by your partner, your impulse could possibly get you into a lot of problems. The feeling of wanting an ex back can be very strong and nearly excruciating, this can cause you to do lots of things that might seem like good ideas at the time. ... Views: 966
A woman wrote to me asking me how she could get a man to fall in love with her. This is a man she barely knows. This kind of thinking really scares me. It's fine to meet a man and be attracted and intrigued, but to move from "Nice to meet you," immediately to "Choose me, love me, marry me," is ... Views: 1676
Usually the sexiest women don’t call men names and they don’t sympathize with other women about how their men disappoint them. The sexiest women I know sincerely like men. They think men are pretty great. Rather than being threatened by a man’s testosterone, they respect how it makes men ... Views: 8395
What do you do when your partner starts to change and he or she is no longer the one you were initially attracted to? How can someone so right became so wrong after a while? What changed? Whose fault is it?
The answer is not as complicated as you think. There is never anything wrong with the ... Views: 1278
How can we find happiness and have a perfect relationship when our partner is abusive in some way? What if no matter how loving you are, your partner still behaves in a physically or verbally violent manner? This situation can be enormously frustrating, extremely challenging, and even ... Views: 2120
Being in love is one of the most exhilarating feelings that a human being can experience. That is when you are truly in love, because too many people get this being-in-love thing wrong.
If you really want to experience what it is really like to be in love, you are probably better off ... Views: 768
Neale Donald Walsch shared in “Conversations with God – An Uncommon Dialogue – Book 1” that all actions are either fear-based or love-based. This appears to be such a limited list of options, but upon reflection it can bring powerful awareness. Walsch goes on to share “fear is the energy which ... Views: 1381
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Our current European trip is part of our continuing search for great marriages around the world. This time our travels have brought us to the tiny principality of Andorra.
Following our interviews in Prague in the Czech Republic three days ago ... Views: 5488
“Life is not a difficult thing” – at least that’s how men want to appear in front of other people. As men, we want to show the world that no matter how difficult complicated, or painful a situation can be, we will always be able to deal with it easily and come out fine in the end. Well, ... Views: 2788
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” Friedrich Nietzsche
When somebody you really love, you really care about hurts you emotionally and sometime even physically, what do you do? Do you get up, dust yourself up and keep ... Views: 1446
Being lost in the bliss of True Love is like walking on air. However, the truth of the matter is you may be walking on a very thin rope in getting over break up, and when that material snaps you find yourself hurt and helpless. When the so called love of your life decides to diminish the ... Views: 1113
There are a lot of things you can do to get a girl back, but there's only one absolute, irrefutable must-do. Without it, you're setting yourself up for a life of disappointment.
You've got to make yourself happy first.
I know that sounds like stupid, new-age b.s., but I'm telling you, if ... Views: 734
Every couple has their own problems. Sometimes it leads to break of relationship. Many lovers say that time heals the heart. It is right but you should know simple and useful tips to forget your ex love.
At the first place you should “be published”. New people, new emotions will make you to ... Views: 1063
All conscious relationship begins with ourselves. To share the truth of how we feel, without attachment to the outcome of a relationship, is one of my many definitions of conscious relationship-- but we must be connected to our feelings in a very intimate way to be able to share them.
It all ... Views: 1423
Approaching beautiful women is nerve cracking even for the most confident guys. Overcoming that initial approach anxiety can seem like an insurmountable task to accomplish. In fact, many men have passed up a lot sexual opportunities because of approach anxiety.
Approach anxiety however is ... Views: 1613
Keeping a long distance relationship alive can be a real challenge. In addition to the usual relationship drama there is the added stress of not having the physical contact with your partner. Dealing with the distance in a positive way will require some creativity and a true commitment to making ... Views: 1396
My psychotherapy client, David, is 32 years old. If anything, David is neat. His blond hair is closely cropped. He wears a Banana Republic iron-free shirt, pressed pants, and shiny black shoes. This is the uniform of a mid-level guy at a major law firm.
His eyes are wide and confused. “I just ... Views: 1291
Do we have the capacity to love everyone we encounter? It seems easy to love family members and friends, but what about other people that we encounter throughout life? What about the person who cut you off in traffic or who stabbed you in the back? Can we really love everyone ... Views: 1800
Relationship goals benefit you emotionally and spiritually as well as enrich your day to day experiences and connection to yourself, others, and the divine creator.
Many people concentrate on business, personal, or physical goals which are very beneficial, but all too often they overlook or ... Views: 1595
I’m a small town girl who grew up in Maine. Then, out of the blue, we made the decision to move to Arizona. How thrilling! This would be my own personal "coming-of-age" episode - after growing almost in secret in backwoods Maine, I'd get to blossom in the big city! The cultural melting pot of ... Views: 1107
Finding a person to share your life with is no easy task. If you found someone who loves you in this capacity, then you should consider yourself very lucky. Everyone wants someone in their life. Everyone has gone through some type of heartbreak. With every aspect of life, you can use the ... Views: 1931
Those who suggest that the Law of Attraction is simply wishful thinking without any real effort are misguided. The things you want most in life, such as material success or just plain happiness, can be achieved with the Law of Attraction, but you've got to do your part. Consistently using the ... Views: 1277
It is likely you got inspired to make everything you desire to happen after you've watched "The Secret". It feels as if what you want is right there in front of you. And it inspires you to make your dreams into a reality! You have every intention to use the law of attraction into your life. But ... Views: 1118