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Feelings and Risk
Are you willing to risk a greater degree of pain and disappointment for a higher level of joy, satisfaction, and emotional fulfillment? Every choice in life has tradeoffs. We carefully weigh the possible outcomes, assess our willingness and tolerance for risk, and then make a choice based on our perceptions of the outcomes.
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Difficult In-Laws: Severing the Umbilical Cord (Part 1)
A problem in marriage today is when a married man has not yet severed the umbilical cord with his mother. The man who puts his mommy first, before his wife, will have a terrible marriage. This kind of a guy does not understand what his position is as a husband because he is still living as a little boy. If a “mommies boy” marries the type of woman who wants a husband instead of a son for a marriage partner, there will be incompatibility problems. Some wives’ don’t mind mothering their husbands but many women want a man who is in control of his life and knows what he wants.
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Sacred Love - Building a Relationship on Truth and Trust, Beyond Emotion and Blame
Emotion is the language of the ego. Emotion is the most wonderful honesty about how you feel, think and see life. But if you think your emotions are anything but a witnessing of your own “unconsciousness”, you may have a big problem in life. Emotions block love. No relationship, sacred or otherwise, can thrive when a couple considers their emotions a foundation. Those emotions are so changeable.
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SacredLove - Healing Love by Moving through Self Deception
We can so easily judge ourselves, and our lovers, against some ideal. This usually relates back to our judgments on our parents. They are the key. If you can’t love your parents, you will not find love for yourself or your loved one. Unblocking love for one person is unblocking love for every person and no one affects this equation more than your parents.
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What is a Grownup Relationship? Making Sense of Normal Relationship Development
It can be scary to experience disillusionment, hurtfulness, and distance in a relationship, especially if it started out intensely romantic and passionate. This article provides perspective on how and why we can move from being so in-love to experiencing so much conflict, and offers hope for an ultimately healthy and rewarding relationship.
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words
There are no truer words spoken than, “Talk is cheap.” If you are in a relationship with someone who is unreliable and has a knack for disappointing you, is it worth it?
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Feeling Lonely - You're Not Alone
How does increasing isolation affect your emotional and social health? Learn more about the culprits of loneliness and how you can improve your social connections!
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To Hug, Touch and Caress
It is not our indifference that keeps us warm at night. It is our willing and inspiring tenderness that makes others want to be near us. To want to keep us warm. The simple hug, touch, and caress are more than an awesome experience. They have the potential to change your whole life.
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Statistics On Teenage Relationships
Being a teenager is a troubling time. While adjusting to all the changes going on both in your biology and your responsibilities, making the right decisions can be hard when it comes to topics such as relationships.
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Made In Heaven, Finished In Hell - Part 1
Thinking of tying the knot but not sure if it's a case of Mr/Miss Right? Before waltzing down the aisle hear what's in the heart of the matter and what matters to the heart.
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Letting Go is Hard to Do: Reflections on Relationships
Letting go can feel like jumping out of a plane without a parachute. The relationship may have ended weeks or months or years ago, yet you can't get him or her out of your mind. We want to deny the relationship has ended. Letting go allows you to close one chapter of your life and to be able to start a new one with a clean page. If you keep thinking about an ex either with love or hate or fear or find yourself comparing all your dates to a former partner you are having trouble letting go.
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Better off Alone!
If you're successful, single and satisfied, you're probably part of a growing breed of people who enjoy being 'quirkyalones'. 'Quirkyalone' referring to someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.
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Break-Ups and Guilt
How many break-ups also result in feelings of guilt amongst partners? Please take care of guilt before you break-up. Guilt can be a very damaging feeling and can make any life hell. Those who are full of guilt undergo lot of pain asking for forgiveness everywhere, but fail to forgive themselves.
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