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7 Ways To Tell If Your Friends Are True
I grew up with my mother telling me I was lucky if I could count all my real friends on one hand! Of course, I didn’t listen then but it occurred to me after a string of disappointing intimate relationships (friendships) that maybe she was righ...
Pre-Wedding Jitters Vs. Second Thoughts
The ring has been chosen and placed on the bride-to-be’s left hand, a symbolic representation of the circle of love that will follow and is accompanied later by the glorious wedding band that tells us she is dedicated to her husband. Showers, parti...
What Gives A Woman Sex Appeal?
Recently I ran across a fellow relationship coach’s online sales copy for a membership site she offers to women. It promised all kinds of yummy things. Better sex, greater intimacy, your man looking at you the way he did when you first fell in ...
The Problem With Pleasure
The problem with pleasure is nothing…except the interpretation we bring to it. Sometimes I think the only other topic with more confusion around it is that of money (i.e. the misreading of scripture that “money is the root of all evil”). Fr...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Is How Men Spell Love
I got a phone call this week from a woman whose relationship was falling apart. It had been fading for a long time and likely didn’t have the potential to be re-birthed. She wanted a magic cure for it. I worked with her from her perspective of tryi...
Grief Can Affect Your Relationship In Surprising Ways
Our beloved dog, Buddy, died this week. As a rescue dog, we were never sure of his age, but believe he was at least fifteen. He was a big black dog with white and black dotted “socks” on his feet. Of all the breeds that contributed to his p...
Marriage Essentials – The Top 3 Non-Negotiables For Lasting Nuptials
Here’s the deal; the facts are in. At least 50% of marriages don’t make it—which, if you’re a gambler, is slightly better than a crap shoot. Celebrities are notorious for quickie marriages, and it would seem obvious to many people that marryi...
A Big Mistake Newlyweds Make
“Most power conflicts in intimate relationships occur when one partner tries to treat the other as a child, mother, or father.” - Bert Hellinger Over the weekend, I watched as newlyweds innocently tore at their relationship when he treated her ...
Bump-A-Holic
I’ve written earlier about the craze that seems to be infiltrating many communities and homes, creating less than ideal conditions for babies and parents: the bumpaholic. And I believe this type of pregnancy can be less than ideal for several r...
Top 10 Qualities Most People Want In Their Partners
Aren’t you just dying to know what a potential partner wants from you? Fortunately there are books and books out there to help you figure out just that. And one of the latest ones brought to my attention is this: guys want only one quality from...
The Ugly Truth Revealed
My husband, Joseph, and I recently attended a workshop where we heard the following relationship truth. “Usually, women want their men to change. Usually, men do not want their women to change. Mostly, men don’t change.” It reminded me of...
How Men Can Create Healthy And Happy Relationships
Guys, this one’s for you – and ladies, feel free to pass it on to any guy you know in your life who’s on a path toward thinking holistically about love, relationships and family. Creating A Path For Healthy, Happy Relationships Much of ...
When Baby Bumps Spell Danger
If it seems like everyone around you is pregnant – maybe you’re even one of the pregnant ones! – you’re not crazy. More and more people are having kids, and many are having their third or fourth child. In 2007, American women ...
The Good Wife
A show called The Good Wife, is a drama that focuses on the wife of a politician. Her husband has recently been thrown in jail for his part in a public sex and corruption scandal. She then returns to her old job as a defense attorney in an attempt to...
Feel Good About Yourself? Then GO For It!
We often enter into two types of relationships – those that make us feel good about ourselves: confident, accomplished! – and then those that, well, make us feel the opposite: worried, flawed. Ever wonder why we even bother with the relat...
Help! He Doesn’t Want Anything To Do With My Baby! (Video)
It’s an unfortunate yet age old situation – a girl gets pregnant, knows who the father is, yet he wants nothing to do with her or the baby because he doesn’t believe it’s his. Some men, even if they know they’re the fath...
Americans Less Worried About Debt?
First the bad news – Unemployment rates are high, peoples’ life savings and retirement investments are still depleted, home values have tanked. Now the good news: Surprisingly, Americans are feeling less stress from financial debt these d...
Are You Sure You Can Handle The Truth?
Ever wondered what would happen if you told “the whole truth and nothing but the truth”? I’ve come to a point in my life and in my relationship where that is one of my highest standards – that I must absolutely be true to what...
I Think My Boyfriend is a Mama’s Boy – Can You Help Me?!
Every once in awhile, I get emails from women who need unique relationship help. They have identified their significant others as mama’s boys and want to know if they should continue to try to love them or leave them. Now, mama’s boys com...
5 MORE Tips For When You’re Alone And Lonely – Part 2
Being alone can be, well, LONELY! And most of us – even those who like to be alone – don’t really like to be lonely. But what can we do about it? What do you do when you really want that “special someone” to be there, in...
5 Things To Do When You’re Lonely But Not Ready For A Relationship – Part 1
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were lonely enough, longed SO MUCH to be loved and cared for, that you did something stupid. Looking back, do you think it’s probably because you weren’t ready for a relationship, so y...
When Preoccupation With The Stuff Of Life Interferes With Your Love Life
There are times when the stuff of life gets in the way of good loving. Whether it’s the demands of work, raising children, or friends and family who need extra attention, life is messy and therefore demanding. My husband and I have experienced this...
You Deserve The Truth…Now!
If it seems ridiculous to ask questions like “when do you want to know that the doctor about to operate on you has been drinking?” or “Would you like to spend four years in school only to find out you had been scammed?” - why ...
Romance For Men: Following The Platinum Rule For A Better Relationship
The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is often promoted as the most important standard to maintain a rewarding relationship with the rest of the world. When it comes to romance, though, the Golden Rule ha...
Getting Off….Your Phone!
I was at one of my favorite local restaurants this past weekend and while I was waiting, I noticed two really cute little kids at a table with a well-dressed man who I assumed was their father. This assumed father in an expensive suit was perched lik...
6 Reasons People Stay In Relationships
Sometimes, it’s clear that a relationship is unhappy, unsatisfying, and possibly even harmful for us. If there’s no hope for your relationship, it’s important to end it as soon as your situation allows. Sometimes staying in an unhap...
Do You Stash Cash?
No, I’m not talking about an emergency supply you may have in a kit for a natural disaster or the like (in which case you SHOULD stash your money!), I’m talking about those of us who have a habit of keeping our cash around the house. It&#...
The Cleanse Yourself Diet
What if I told you there is one diet to trump all diets - one that affects your emotional health, and not your waistline? One that will make you feel better without telling you what to eat or how to eat it - would you think it was too good to be true...
Dating During A Recession
It turns out economic hardship spawns more than “staycations” and at-home cocktail parties. It also has caused a boost in first dates. It seems that this type of uncertainty makes many of us desire companionship and support more than ever. Search...
Getting Past The Fake On The Path To Self Actualization
I was heading to my yoga class the other day, and on my way I realized my watch and the clock in the car were a full TEN minutes apart. This meant that if my watch was right I might be late – in which case I wondered if I should even bother going t...
