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Stop Dragging Your Past into Present Relationships - Part One of Two
Expressed as a two-way bridge between childhood and adulthood, magical thinking is a developmental stage during childhood that serves a very important function in the process of creativity and imagination. Like so many of our developmental constructs, when magical thinking is held onto and not revised in the light of reality it becomes maladaptive.
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One Handed Knot
A relationship can not be properly built and nurtured with only one “hand”, one person. In order for a relationship to work with optimal success, there must be frequent and sufficient help and input. There must be honest non-critical and loving feedback on a continual basis.
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Are You Bigger Than Your Relationship Problems?
Relationship problems can distroy and great relationship quickly. If your skills aren't bigger then the problem and you don't have a communication tool box to tap into - you can lose a relationship that is still full of love.
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Relationships Are Like New Shoes
Relationships are like new shoes - they look great in the store but once you get them home they become really uncomfortable!
As a success coach, I work in many areas of life; career desire, fitness and weight management, goal clarity, emotional mastery and relationship balance. I find relationships the most interesting and yet the most complex. Everything we in life we engage in IS a relationship. There's a direct correlation as to how we react in an intimate relationship and how we respond to our friends, family, and social or work environments. With relationships the challenge is never the other person, it's your choice of that person in the relationship! And because we've all had an opportunity to engage in good and bad ones, everyone can relate to the intention of this article.
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Common Marriage Problem – Bailing Out When the Going Gets Tough
Perhaps it’s because life has become easier over the years or perhaps it’s just because people have higher expectations than they did in the past but whatever the reason one of the most common marriage problems is to bail out when the going gets a little tough.
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Etiquette at the Russian Tour Social
You should treat the women at the social with respect. Given their resources, they have made as much of a commitment as you have. In many ways, they have more to gain and lose than you do.
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Conversational Corrections That Invalidate People
I have been observing couples and their conversations recently and I have made an interesting discovery, one I am sure that applies to you and your partner. If it doesn't your relationship is truly one in a million.
I haven't given this tendency a name yet but hopefully by the end of this article I will have figured something out that is reflective and insightful.
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The Mirror of Relationships
Relationships are fertile ground for learning about our selves. Discover what you can learn about yourself when you are judged or rejected by another.
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The Gossip Mill
Well, this is what I heard, but don't tell anyone I told you...
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A Little Patience Goes a Long Way
The lack of patienceis the cause of so much unhappiness and grief in this world, when all it requires is a little time on our part.
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