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Celebrating Traditions—or Why Hosting a Quinceanera is a Grand Thing
And I stopped and thought about how these traditions come and stay. About how generations of children have celebrated religious heritages with bar/bat mitzvahs and christenings and baptism parties; about how American girls have Sweet Sixteen’s and how Latin girls have Quince’s. About weddings. And how these events occur just once in a lifetime. Once or twice in a family.
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Do Words We Use Really Matter
I was thinking the other day (No cracks from my friends please.) about the subtle differences between words that are commonly used, sometimes not used or mis-used.
Let me give you an example.
I'm sorry. This simple two word sentence can be interpreted so many ways and have so many different meanings for both the person who speaks them and the person who they are directed toward.
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How to Avoid a Relationship Breakdown
Is your relationship headed for a breakdown? It’s not often that a relationship runs into a brick wall without warning. More often than not, there are warning signs and signals that things aren’t running smoothly.
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Socialization
In the nineteenth century men came to realize that all human activity ran its course within society and that nothing could withdraw itself from its influence.
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When Hate Means Hurt
The vehemence of your feelings towards a partner who has let you down does not necessarily mean relationship is over. The opposite of love is not hate but indifference.
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Know Your Man: Two To Tango
It is about time we stopped blaming out our spouses for everything that goes wrong in our lives. What a tendency we have to assign guilt to other people! Everyone makes mistakes, including us, or should I say, especially us.
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Marriage Takes a Giving and Forgiving Attitude
Why do you say, “I have a bad marriage?” Maybe what you should be saying is, “I am a bad marriage partner?” The reality is folks, marriage takes a giving and forgiving attitude, and without that, what is left? You tell me what happens when you don’t forgive your spouse?
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Are You Using Positive Anchors?
What is an anchor? And I am not referring to the nautical term. It is grounding yourself with a memory either positive or negative that reminds you of how you felt, what you did or what you believed when the anchor is thought of, touched, or focused on. Let me give you a positive and negative illustration of how an anchor is used.
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Enroll in Seduction 101
Guys listen and make sure to listen good. There is more to life than letting your testosterones lead your life.
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The Universal Laws Of Nature - Turns Chaos To Order - Anytime
There are five unique but interconnected laws that describe and define the creation, maintenance and transformation of all of life. To know, really know, these laws requires that you step beyond the conventions of your culture and reach out to a bigger perspective. There is no chaos, there is only a circumstance we cannot understand. These universal laws take you a long way to the understanding you may be looking for.
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Couples Relationship Assessment Quiz- Part 10: Conscious Awareness
How much like your parents are you? Do you sometimes see one of your parents in your partner? Being aware of the traits present in yourself and your partner takes you another step further in The Journey from I-TO-WE. Seeing the positive and negative behaviors, and then addressing them helps you to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship This assessment examines how aware you are of the traits that make the relationship the way it is.
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Why Lovers Hurt Their Beloved Most?
A lover, who claims to love, can never hurt his/her beloved. Love demands that you care utmost for your beloved. You are concerned about their feelings. You make them as comfortable as possible.
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Relationship Sabatoge
Sometimes, the enemy is us. By repeating the same negative patterns and behaviors, we often sabatoge our relationships. When we choose partners based on surface credentials rather than values and character, we set ourselves up for relationship failure.
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The Feared and Dreaded 'Relationship Report Card'
Everyone dreaded report card day in school and if you are dreading making your own relationship report card, then you need to buckle down and study! When you rank all of the aspects of your relationship with your spouse, you want (and need!) to score in the high nineties for an A+.
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