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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...
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...
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...
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...
Recovering From A Long-Term Relationship Breakup
Ending a long-term relationship can feel traumatic. You may encounter some emotional hurdles before you can relax and enjoy the single life. When you’ve been in a relationship for a long time, even if it didn’t end well, you’ll prob...
How To Break Up With A Nice Guy
It’s easy to leave someone who hasn’t treated you well: You give them a piece of your mind and then say goodbye. But what if you find yourself in a relationship with a “nice guy”? He’s kind, sensitive, not a game-player ...
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...
Neglect Is Not An Expression Of Love
My dander got riled up this morning as I found myself reminiscing about a period in my life when I experienced profound neglect within a love relationship. I allowed the neglect to continue for fifteen years. For some reason this morning, perhaps it ...
Men Must Get Away From The Source Of Their Stress: That Means You
The other night on twitter I saw a “tweet” that encapsulated a man’s need to go to his cave when stressed out by relationship issues with his woman. With everything I have read that has explained the phenomenon to me, nothing has brought it hom...
Great Relationships Begin Within!
Consider all we attend to each day, and most of us simply find it hard to invest in a good relationship, let alone carve out the hours necessary to mend or tend a difficult one. If you’re day is anything like mine, it may go a little something ...
Relationship Wisdom From The Most Popular Sex Advice Book
When I was seventeen, the United States was experiencing its least amount of sexual innocence in its history. That was in 1977. The pendulum swing away from sexual innocence and naiveté is still swinging wide. Back then I had questions about sex and...
Relationships Don’t Have To Be Hard
Are you at the point in your dating “game” where you feel like it’s just that – only a game, and you’re all gamed out? Or maybe you think that there’s some luck involved – but you haven’t happened into any kind of good...
He Feels A Threesome Will Solve Our Sex Issues - I Disagree (Video)
Threesomes have long been touted as the “coveted” sexual thing that all men want but can rarely have. If your partner has brought up having a threesome in your relationship, you’re likely not surprised - unless a “threesome...
In The Thick Of A Break Up
Break ups are difficult no matter who you are. It is the rare occasion that a break up ends in harmony for both parties, it most usually does not. Although most people will later agree that a break up was indeed the best decision, initially this can ...
Arguing And Fighting: How Can You Fix Someone Else?
Arguing and fighting - it’s part of every relationship, right? What happens when the arguing and fighting begins to be too much? What do you do when arguing and fighting seems to be all you and your partner are doing, instead of enjoying your relat...
Is It Worth It? Her Mother Is Ruining Our Relationship! (Video)
In-laws can be tough to deal with - just ask anyone who has in-laws! But what happens when one of your in-laws crosses the line and starts taking over your life? Your relationship with your partner is dwindling and your daily life is being affected...
Trust And Ultimatums - Can I Trust Her? (Video)
Many relationships are built on trust and honesty - in fact, many relationship counselors and therapists would insist that you have to have a foundation of trust and honesty to have a healthy and successful relationship. What happens when your par...
Eight Steps To Bringing A Shy Guy Out Of His Shell
It’s enough to drive you crazy. There is this hottie—a Brad Pitt look-a-like you met online, in the office, sandwich shop or gym. He is to-die-for and seems to be friendly, but has very few words to share. And he never seems to put any moves on y...
