Are you willing to be different than most. Great partners in relationships are willing. And they have a better life than most. They wake up and go to bed feeling better than the people who only make half hearted efforts towards the one they supposedly love. Mark Webb, Licensed Marriage Therapist returns with another excerpt from his bestselling book, How To Be A Great Partner.

Persistence is the key to achieve the transformation to greatness. Anyone can become a great partner regardless of past experience or lack thereof. If you are a person with a sincere heart and honest efforts, you will achieve the status of greatness. It will be a result of your willingness to risk and your persistence to stay with it even when it seems that you are not getting anywhere.

Tribal living has survived for millions of years. Yet today few choose it as their lifestyle.

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.

Electronic online greeting cards can truly make events in your life memorable and special. These events can be your birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, Valentine's, Christmas, New Year and many other occasions. In the past, we traditionally buy greeting cards from department stores and greeting shops in order to express our emotions towards someone on a special occasion or during ordinary days to make them feel remembered, loved and cared.

If you are looking for romance while experiencing the beauty of the great white north, Alaska is the place. Here are a few romantic destinations in Alaska worth your attention.

Love in a relationship is a blend of all. If you want a long lasting relationship filled with love then learn to be true partner holding hands together and taking responsibilities. Whether married or not, weekends are full of chaos, full of errands and chores.

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.

Here are key questions and answers that anyone can apply to get it right in a relationship with someone else as well as yourself.

The situation requires acceptance and forgiveness. Can you accept and forgive without dwelling on the idea that it is truly none of your business whether the other person will mend the hole that is now part of your heart?

I came across a question recently. In brief the poster wanted to know how she could trust any man again. Two men one after other ditched her and the second one was very close. She wanted to know if she should try any new relationship at all or forget it.

Love is the most universally sought, most profoundly cherished, the most humanly persued element in the universe. Yet, it is the most abused, misunderstood, undervalued commodity in all of human existence. Why? We are stupid. How do we deal with this? Here are 22 suggestions that will turn the tide in your life and the lives of anyone who chooses to read and follow them.

Men hate shopping. They hate hop-shopping even more. We take hours to decide on simple things and they lose their patience, get tired and bored. This may be an exhilarating activity for women, but it is too draining for men.

Here are a few laws, a few simple laws. If you apply these laws, you might change the cause of your own, and others unhappiness. I hope they are of interest to you. Then, instead of trying to fix and make yourself better (which you can’t) you might start to smile and celebrate the beauty of life, by trekking up to the summit of a hill in Nepal, or kiss a baby instead of trying to fix what isn’t broken.

'Live your life at the campfire' says Brandon Bays (The Journey), meaning that we don't need to wait years to deal with issues but rather deal with them right here in the now. Whenever you are ready to let go of stored emotions, empty out all the past pain and come to a place where complete forgiveness is possible - let it happen! Your life will provide you with enough opportunities to learn, understand, and let go - WHEN you do each step is your choice.

Relationships with good friends are always wonderful. Is that true? Have you ever had the experience with someone you dearly like as a friend that it just feels exhausting to be with them sometimes? One reason might be the ‘cardboard image’ effect.

If you are thinking of employing the services of a marriage counselor, here are some tips to ensure you get the most value for your time and money.

There's no denying that maintaining a relationship is a lot of work. Almost fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce, and many wonder how people can maintain their relationships over their entire lives.

It's Father’s Day soon, and you're not sure what to get?

What friendship can be when one or the other perseveres, and the other is humbled.

All relationships go through trying times; it's how a couple handles those times that makes the difference between staying together and splitting up. A lot of people resort to couples’ counseling in a bid to save a fragile relationship.

During our school days, most of us are not concerned about the families our friends come from. One of our classmates may be from the richest family of the world, but that did not make much difference in our friendship.

Being in love and running a business don't have to be mutually exclusive. Both endeavors are hard work, and if you forget that point, you can lose one or the other in a flash. Here are some things I've learned through the school of hard knocks that's helping me maintain this relationship, as well as run a business, without losing either.

Trust is essential to all close relationships. Without trust, relationship fall apart quickly.