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Love

Is The Past Affecting Your Relationships?

August 15, 2009

I have been thinking a lot about relationships — and not only those we have with our intimate partners. I have been trying to determine a common denominator, the common denominator that stops relationships in their tracks, paralyzes them at times, puts us on the defense and make us unable to work through conflicts and [...]

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I Hurt You, You Hurt Me Back… And Harder.

August 4, 2009

I hurt you, you hurt me back… and harder.
Does this sound familiar — and painful? It can take months to clean up the mess and the aftermath of a dual of hurt and rage — Words generally do more damage than hands. The worst part of an emotional exchange gone wrong is the piggybacking of [...]

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Love, Marriage and a Relationship – Finding Love Again

June 22, 2009

It happens. It may have taken you a month or two years but suddenly, you know it’s time to try again. Try again that is to find love–or if not love than someone kind, considerate and trustworthy.
It may seem impossible. You may have decided you were never going to love again after you were hurt [...]

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Love and Marriage

May 28, 2009

There so much stress in people’s lives these days that it is no wonder marriages are struggling more than ever. No time, less money, more complicated parenting issues, etc., etc., etc., I have to say that I absolutely LOVE working with couples. I enjoy the energy and the dynamics–there is often a lot of soul [...]

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Couples: Improve your communications

May 16, 2009

I call it the Pause and it is truly a relationship saver. Imagine the last argument you had with your partner. Think about the most angry, volatile moments in that argument.  Now imagine if one or the other had paused … somewhere, at some point in the argument.
Perfecting  the Pause will require a lot from you.

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Improving Your Relationship With Your Partner

May 14, 2009

Relationships aren’t easy and the relationship between intimate partners is undoubtedly the most difficult and challenging.  We begin our relationships with the notion that the love we have for our partner will conquer all only to discover that it doesn’t and won’t ever.
We tend to focus on infidelity in a relationship as the most hurtful [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 10, 2009

This morning as I was waking up my thoughts turned to my years as a mother–all 28 of them. In years past, our nuclear family would gather around the family room or kitchen, cards and gifts would be exchanged.  After our private ceremony, we would usually make our way to one family or another’s house [...]

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Keep a Marriage Alive After 15,25,30,50,60…Years

April 28, 2009

I think there is a lot to write about when it comes to marriages in the 21st century. While contemplating my own upcoming wedding anniversary – I became curious about the longevity of marriages over the last 100 years. So, I went back to 1908 because this was when states began keeping records of divorce. [...]

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