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How Much Time Do You Need With Your Partner For A Healthy Relationship

There are couples who spend very little time together and have wonderful relationships. For them it isn't the amount of time they have but what they put into the time. These relationships are also uncommon. Time is a factor for most of us. We need time to understand, learn, grow, accept and love. These don’t come easily or instantly.


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.


Online Resources for Coping With the Discovery of Infidelity

When infidelity is discovered, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. With this in mind, I've tried to identify some online resources designed to help people cope with the discovery of infidelity.


Relationship: Financial Woes

There are always debates as to what is important Love or Money. The debate ends in conclusion that both are equally important. For a practical person money has a very significant role to play as life as it is difficult to move forward without money.


What On Earth Was That?

Have you ever been minding your own business when suddenly, out of nowhere someone contacts you and unexpectedly bursts into a fit, demanding that you do something you have no idea what is and then, because you can't give them this one thing, this person starts calling you names among doing other nasty things?


Online Dating Tips - Growing Your Online Relationship With TLC

Tips for online dating success. How to develop your relationship online as well as offline by practicing patience, caring, understanding and TLC.


How To Get Over Him - Quickly

I am no expert at love. The very word makes me nauseous and sets my body to a defensive mode. But I have had my heart broken once or twice. Badly. By some pathetic loser by the way. Lucky for me, I'm a quick learner. I made ridiculous mistakes of cosmic proportions and learnt a thing or two.


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.


Inspiration in the Workplace

Hard work is bad management. What is inspiration in the workplace? Thanks for this question. Truth is, there is no such thing as inspiration. You can't create it, do it or have it. You can’t cause it or lose it.


Meeting the In-Laws with Comfort

Meeting future in-laws can be intimidating. You hope that you will like them and, more importantly, that they will like you. While it may seem like the most uncomfortable of situations, there are a few things that can be done to increase your chances of survival.


Couples Relationship Assessment Quiz - Part 18 - Conscious Intimacy

Can you be specific about what intimacy means to you? How about intimacy for your partner? In order to achieve passion in your relationship – to solve the Passion Equation – you both must recognize intimacy. Because intimacy looks and feels different for each of you, it may require more thought and work than you realize. To Co-Create a Conscious Relationship, to let each other know you are absolutely in love, you must develop the skills for intimacy. This assessment will help you understand the elements necessary for this step of the equation.


Couples Relationship Assessment Quiz - Part 9: Conscious Vision

Do you know where you want to go? Can you and your partner clearly see your future together? A vision is imagery of your hopes, dreams, and expectations. In order to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship you must define your vision. Your vision is a source of your personal power that motivates and inspires, both yourself and your partner. This assessment looks at how clearly you see - or don't see.


Heat Up Your Relationship With A Romantic Weekend Adventure

Is your relationship getting a little stale? Are you feeling like you don’t have enough time for each other? Plan a weekend get away for just the two of you. In many cases this is just what the doctor ordered, the love doctor that is!


Simple Things You Can Do To Put The Spark Back In Your Relationship

In most relationships it isn't huge issues that are causing the rift but more everyday, mundane things that can easily be remedied with a little effort. Here are a few things you can try to give your relationship a breath of fresh air.


Tips to a Great Marriage – Their Needs

The number one thing you can do to have a great marriage is such a simple concept but it’s really something that is hard for most people to implement. You spend the majority of your time focusing on what you need and want. I want my husband to do this but he doesn’t, I need for her to show me more affection. The list is endless!


Letting Him Go Without Losing Your Mind: 9 Tips To Help You Get Over Your Ex

Getting over someone you love can be very difficult, especially if you're not ready to let go. But if a relationship diminishes your self-worth, devalues you, or drains you in any way, then it's probably time to end the relationship. Here's how.


Real Men- More than Sperm Donors - FamilyVision Column

Examine the role of contemporary men in the lives of a family. Are men more than sperm donors? FamilyVision is a dynamic column that explores the changing family dynamics in the 21st century. The Greens, members of Generation X, are equipped with a unique perspective in understanding emerging trends in families as well as individuals.


Personality Test- Are You An Interfering Partner?

How much space do you give to your partner/spouse? Or you are one of those who have advice on everything and who want to be with their partner at all times. Meeting your friends? Let me come with you. Going for shopping? I will also come. Going for a walk? Let me join you?


Relationship - Will You Grow Together Till Old Age?

In today's age for a couple to think of growing together till old age looks difficult. The rate at which divorces are taking place and couples separate, it is a difficult task. This was not so, only two three decades ago.


How To Make A Relationship Last

For a relationship to last, there are few basic requirements. The rapidity with which relationships are breaking in the modern days is a matter of concern and we should try to find out how to make a relationship that lasts for a long time.


Love: The Pinnacle of Heights

What does love mean to you? How do you feel most loved? When do you feel least loved? How do you give and show love to others? Are you aware of the different love languages?


Can't Get You Off My Mind - Or Can I?

Love, or rather, the state of being in love, is sometimes too close to obsession, especially if it is unrequited, but also when, after a major break up, you find it hard to forget the past.


Friendship And Love

Friendship and love. Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic friendship possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.


How You Can Avoid Bad Relationships and Find Your One True Love

Do you find 'decent' men boring and 'creeps' exciting? Then you're among the majority. But, as you've learned, creeps make for disastrous relationships. So why are you attracted to them? The short answer is that although you live in the 21st century, your basic biology and psychology are still Stone Age. So you (unconsciously) look for a 'tough guy' to protect you and your children from the sabre-toothed tigers. This article -- based on my four decades as a psychotherapist and 25 years of marriage to a wonderful woman -- will show you how to choose the right man.



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