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Marriage Therapy: 8 Signs You Should See a Marriage Counselor - Dave Turo-Shields- Law of Attraction Coach: Desire is to Intention Like Fuel is to the Flame - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Nanette GeigerDesire is both healthy and natural. The most natural thing we can do is to have a desire. Desire is the impulse and intention that propels the entire Universe. Quantum Physics and Spiritual teachers are all telling us that the nature of the Universe and the nature of God is ever expanding, ...
Views: 2183(6 votes) - Advice to Help You Set Boundaries with Your Flirting Partner - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Susie and Otto CollinsFlirting between two people can be fun, sexy and harmless...unless, of course, one of those two people is already in a committed relationship with someone else! When you are the one who watches (or hears about) your partner flirting with another person, it can be emotionally painful and it ...
Views: 8089(3 votes) - Broken Heart Love Poems Are A Good Therapy After A Breakup - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Randall PaulA Great Therapy After A Breakup Is To Write Broken Heart Love Poems. If you are really wondering how you heal a broken heart, then an early step in the healing process is writing broken heart love poems. This helps you face the facts right up front instead of avoiding the situation and ...
Views: 3534 - Passionate Dating Can Help You Stop Getting Dumped - Some Weird Truth! - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Randall PaulIf you have ever experienced passionate dating within your relationship you may have just helped stop getting dumped and becoming single before you really want to. As a guy most of us know that putting away clothes is really unnecessary right? I mean com-on, if you are gun-na to wear it the ...
Views: 1512(3 votes) - Re-Creating Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2010 from Michelle CaporaleIs it a job or a new location or even perhaps a better or new relationship that you seek? Maybe even something different you want to try or do. Most of us get settled in our routines, stuck in the rut so to say. It is hard or maybe even uncomfortable to try to change our lives or even to ...
Views: 1314 - Staying In Love - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Susan DerryDr. Helen Fisher put it this way, “Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable. I honestly think that if there was ever a time, in human evolution when we have the opportunity to make good marriages, that time is now.” Being or falling in love is ...
Views: 3914 - The 9 Things You Can Do To Resolve Conflicts and Stop Arguments - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Geoff FarnsworthOut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. – Rumi The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them. – Tom Crum Healthy communication is gratifying but often challenging, especially during ...
Views: 1805 - Replace “Connecting” with “Creating”… It’s not just semantics! - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from jennifer bullockThere is so much talk these days in our personal and professional lives about the importance of people ‘connecting’. Business networking is about connecting, good personal relationships need connection between two people, therapists ask couples, ‘do you feel connected?’ And the current mother ...
Views: 1138 - Feng Shui And Love - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from manuel gilMany "Feng Shui Consultants" believe that the perfect approach to attract love and happy relationships is to adjust the living environment by re-placing images of Lone Figures with pictures and paintings of happy couples, by creating cozy seating arrangements, by removing televisions out of ...
Views: 1201(2 votes) - What to Do if Your Spouse Says, I am Not Happy. - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Jay LindsayYour spouse tells you, “I’m not happy with our marriage. Some days I just don’t care.” What do you do? You ask your spouse what you’ve been doing or not doing that has contributed to the unhappiness and you listen carefully. Fortunately, there is a research study that can guide you ...
Views: 2571 - DATE RAPE: Does this have an end? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Diya PandeyDate rape is one of the most misunderstood and controversial sex crimes. Its not that a person needs to be on a date for date rape to occur. But the sad part of the story is that no charges could be filed against the convict. I am the one who very closely witnessed the repercussions and ...
Views: 619 - Three Questions To Start You Down The Road To Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Becky Yancey WaggamanPeriodically it can be most beneficial to stop and ask yourself how “happy” or “content” are you with your life. You are really the only person who truly knows. Not only are you the only one who knows but you are the only one who is responsible and can actually choose happiness and purpose for ...
Views: 1830(1 vote) - How to make people respect and honor you? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Dia ThabetHow to make people respect and honor you? Do you gain people’s respect easily? Do people respect and honor you for who you are? Studies show that anyone can get the respect they want and deserve by following simple tips. As you know, you don’t need to be rich, successful, or powerful to ...
Views: 2684(1 vote) - Breaking the Groundhog Day Relationship Syndrome - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Roy Biancalana.Breaking the Groundhog Day Relationship Syndrome How to Stop Attracting the Same Partner Over and Over Again Roy Biancalana Relationship Coach and Author www.coachingwithroy.com 407-687-3387 After a series of bad or unsatisfactory relationships, people often come to me for help being ...
Views: 6053 - Givers, Takers and Others Kinds of Lovers - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Roy Biancalana.Givers, Takers and Other Kinds of Lovers Roy Biancalana Relationship Coach and Author www.coachingwithroy.com 407-687-3387 The Law of Attraction is all the rage these days. Millions of people are using vision boards and the like to start new businesses, find better jobs, own their dream ...
Views: 3196 - The Spiritual Wisdom of Forrest Gump - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Roy Biancalana.The Spiritual Wisdom of Forrest Gump Roy Biancalana Relationship Coach and Author www.coachingwithroy.com 407-687-3387 Move over Buddha, Jesus of Nazareth, Ramana Maharshi and Eckhart Tolle. There’s a new spiritual sheriff in town and his name is Forrest Gump. Recently, as I was ...
Views: 3283 - A DIVINE PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF LIFE - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsEveryone was created to be in harmonious relationship with God, self, and others as stated in Matthew 22:37-39, “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love ...
Views: 1752 - Law Of Attraction Love Relationships: Living Your Unconditional Life Part One - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Nanette GeigerWhat if you knew, you absolutely KNEW that your money, your body, your love life, your children, your career, your home, and everything else in your life was absolutely PERFECT - just the way it is right now?! What if your mind, the present state of life was that everything - exactly as it is ...
Views: 2360(4 votes) - How Can The Angels Help Us? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettleAngels are messengers from the celestial realms and they bring their messages of joy, peace, comfort, love and Divine guidance to us when we need them most. Angels can be found everywhere. In some religions they are very highly respected. They are depicted in churches, works of art, landscape ...
Views: 2294 - HOW TO CREATE THE LIFE YOU WANT YOUR WAY - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2010 from Barbara MillerThe following are excerpts taken from my new book, You Lost Your Marriage Not Your Life. I survived crushing change through divorce and found the strength to create a new life—my way, and so can you! My story begins with returning home from visiting my ill mother to find a near empty house and ...
Views: 1522 - Can Great Listening Save a Marriage? - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2010 from Claire HatchThe first thing most people say when they sit down in my marriage counseling office is: “My husband (or wife) doesn’t listen to me!” Many a relationship problem starts here. After all, if you don’t feel listened to, then it’s hard to feel important, special, and loved—all those good things that ...
Views: 1186 - Relationship Communication Secret-No Ghost Stories Allowed - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2010 from Claire HatchDid you know half your relationship communication problems are products of your imagination? It’s true! Under stress, your brain actually invents stories about how your partner’s up to no good. In our family, we call them “ghost stories.” When my stepdaughter Kristina was invited to her first ...
Views: 1321 - Body-Image and Our Relationships - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Sarah MariaHave you ever hid under the bed covers, not wanting your lover to see you? Or have you cringed at the thought of seeing yourself in the bathroom mirror? Were you competitive with your siblings or your parents about the size of your body? Has anyone you love, has anyone close to you, ...
Views: 1980 - Couple Communication: Can You Really Not Communicate? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Peggy FergusonI often hear couples complain that they cannot talk about anything. Does that really happen? Think about what would happen in your relationship if you really, literally could not talk to your spouse--about anything. How would you exchange information about work, daily routines, groceries and ...
Views: 3722(1 vote) - 5 Most Important Things to Remember about Dating Girls - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Jancar TsangEveryone does it. Not everyone loves it. Whether you enjoy dating or find it stressful and horrible, you know that if you are ever going to find the one person who can stop your dating life forever, you have to do it. Gentlemen, you simply have to date girls if you are ever going to find the ...
Views: 3926(6 votes) - Couple Communication: How to De-escalate A Discussion - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Peggy FergusonMany couples get into a dysfunctional pattern of conflict escalation and withdrawal as they attempt to discuss the problems and issues in their life. Each unsuccessful attempt to solve the identified problem sets the tone for the next time that they attempt to resolve the issue. Unresolved ...
Views: 6885(2 votes) - ***Love is Alive and Well in Antarctica - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Every once in awhile you meet extraordinary people! We had that great pleasure recently in Long Beach, California. Our lives will never be the same! We looked in the faces of love and saw an extraordinary marriage! We have seen this look before, but ...
Views: 3425(24 votes) - Can You Go Longer than 17 Seconds? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Carrie HoffmanIn The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Dr. Gary Chapman, the author states that research has found that, while conversing, the average person can only go 17 seconds before interrupting or interjecting their own thoughts. Seventeen seconds! One ...
Views: 2032(1 vote) - Do You Have a Vision for Your Relationship? What You Need to Know Now… - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Carrie HoffmanHow do you envision your relationship in five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Many times we have a plan and a vision for other areas in our lives, like our career, business, or finances. It is much less common to have a clear picture in our minds of what we envision our relationships ...
Views: 1713(2 votes) - Five Tips for Fighting Fairly - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Sharon MikrutLet's face it, everyone engages in an altercation or fight at some point in their life. It can be with a spouse, partner, parent, sibling, friend, or coworker. The important thing to remember is that no one wins in a fight. If people are yelling at each other, they are not listening to each ...
Views: 1834 - Getting Started: "Ready, Set, Talk!" - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Peggy FergusonSometimes couples wish they felt more emotionally close to their spouses. You may feel taken for granted and might even recognize that you take your spouse for granted. One or both of you might be daydreaming about dedicating some time and energy to restoring that eroding emotional connection. ...
Views: 1567(2 votes) - Getting Started: "Ready, Set, Talk!" - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Peggy FergusonSometimes couples wish they felt more emotionally close to their spouses. You may feel taken for granted and might even recognize that you take your spouse for granted. One or both of you might be daydreaming about dedicating some time and energy to restoring that eroding emotional connection. ...
Views: 1204(1 vote) - Law Of Attraction: Quick And Effective Practices To Greaten Your Spirits And Your Level Of Attraction - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Nanette GeigerWould you like some great energy tools that have an immediate impact on your vibration - and therefore your magnetism? Laughter and Toning. Laugher is truly excellent medicine for whatever ails you. Now obviously if you don't find anything humorous, it's hard to make yourself laugh. right? Or ...
Views: 1784(4 votes) - Everyone Loses When You Give Up on Your Marriage Without Trying to Acquire the Skills You Need To Keep It - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Peggy FergusonThere is the "should" that says that you should be able to solve your own problems without help. Here is the rationale: "If your relationship has enough tension and strain that help is needed, the relationship is not going to make it anyway, so why waste time and money with counseling?" The ...
Views: 2101 - How to Love Without Regret - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Michael JibunorPeople fall in and out of love every day. For those who are in the midst of it, it does not feel like an every day experience. It feels as if the earth is out of orbit, or the sky is no longer blue. Relationships too often end in bitterness and accusations. We are capable of loving without ...
Views: 7239 - How to Build Trust in Your Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Michael JibunorEven though most newlyweds live together, they still need to work on building trust in their marriage. Trust, after all, is the glue that holds couples together – even when they face great challenges. Without trust, couples might be more likely to split in times of crises, fail at getting ...
Views: 4229(1 vote) - Relationship Arguments - How to Avoid Misguided Conflicts in Relationships - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Shela DeanIt was in grade school math that I first learned about reducing fractions to their lowest common denominator. I hated math. Still do. But, I've learned that "reducing to the lowest common denominator" is a great term for describing how, in human interaction, we "sink" to the most basic, least ...
Views: 1724 - Looking for Love in All the Right Places - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Joanna McDonaldAttract the partner of your dreams or spice up your current relationship with Feng Shui! Single or attached; are you looking for ways to spruce up your love life? Follow these easy steps to create a romantic, fulfilling space for you and the partner of your dreams! Remember when you first ...
Views: 986(1 vote) - 5 Ways To Get Someone Who Doesn’t Know You To feel Comfortable Talking - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoYou have about ten seconds before a person decides, subconsciously, whether they like you or not. Also, the image or impression someone has of you the first time the person meets you will last the next seven time the person will come to meet you. All that to show how important and delicate it ...
Views: 4353(1 vote) - Loving Successfully - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Susan DerryWe have heard many suggestions on how to be successful in life. Believe in yourself, persist, get up every time you fall down, understand there is no failure only feedback, learn from mistakes, reach for the stars and walk toward your goals. All this is true, plus for any career or trade you ...
Views: 1354 - Law Of Attraction: The 3 Most Prevalent Common Roadblocks Preventing You From Lasting Wealth - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Nanette GeigerDo you know what your money vibe is? Here's the absolutely easiest way to tell what your vibrational equivalent to money is. Take a look at your bank account. What's your present life experience with money? Your bank account will tell you every time. What you're presently experiencing is a ...
Views: 1884(3 votes) - My last 9,000 days! - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Wayne KehlGetting Along With People Is Easy As I kneeled to thin out the dead stalks in the rose bushes near my back gate today, I felt a twinge in my back. As I stood up to shake off the twinge, I felt a pain in my right thigh and stiffness in both knees. At that moment, I mumbled silently to myself, ...
Views: 1665(4 votes) - 4 Relationship Strengthening Tips for You to Use Today - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Tony MannAnyone who says relationships are easy probably hasn’t been in one for a while. Relationships take constant work in order to keep them healthy and strong. Without this constant care, your relationship can easily fall apart before your eyes. The following are some tips you can use to help ...
Views: 1285(4 votes) - Are Your Partner's Tweets and Facebook Posts Making You Crazy?: Tips to Help with Social Networking-Induced Jealousy - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2010 from Susie and Otto CollinsJanelle is having a difficult time knowing what she can believe lately. She is well aware that her boyfriend, Paul, is a very social guy. He was popular in high school and college and now he is still a favorite among his co-workers. Paul stays in touch with a lot of people from his past ...
Views: 2851(1 vote) - How to Fix a Troubled Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraRelationships sometimes went through rough times and during this time you have to be equipped with the right knowledge and information on what to do to avoid separation, breaking up or divorce. Relationships are really complicated and you could fall into a situation that seems to be hopeless but ...
Views: 2390 - How to Reconnect With Your Wife and Save Your Marriage - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraAre you and your wife drifting apart? Marriages and relationships have the tendency to get stale and if you noticed that your wife is getting distant you have to do something before things get worse. Here are simple tips to bring back the fire in your marriage and reconnect with your wife. ...
Views: 1026 - Get the Passion Back in Your Marriage - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraRelationships like marriage are complicated and there are times that you think you already hit rock bottom and want to give up on him or her. But if you love the person you will realize that it is still worth saving a failing relationship and get the passion back in your marriage. This could be ...
Views: 873 - How to Get Back Your Ex Girlfriend - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraRelationship sometimes go through rough times and there are times that situations get out of hand resulting to break ups. Of course if you feel that your relationship is worth saving and you want to get back your ex girlfriend, there are things you need to do. Winning her back could be ...
Views: 1051 - Prevent Break Ups and Bring Back Lost Love - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Gerry RestriveraKeeping a relationship is hard, if you feel that your relationship is going on a wrong direction and you really want things to work between you and your partner, there are things you can do to prevent break ups. Your relationship may be going through rough times now but it doesn´t mean it has to ...
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