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ARTArticleAdvantages of Premarital CounselingThe term "premarital counseling" is a bit of a misnomer. The main object is to teach relationship skills and help give the couple tools to get through difficulties in their upcoming marriage. People use the term "premarital counseling", but it's not so much helping solve specific problems that a couple has, but rather, is more of a premarital education course.ARTArticleAllow Kids to be ThemselvesAllow Your Kids To Be Themselves! I want you to think back to your childhood. As a child was there a sport or activity which you truly loved and were good at? Maybe you weren’t so good at it, but you still loved it. Or maybe your parents didn’t allow you to participate in it for whatever reason? Were you totally devastated and upset with your parents when you found out that you could not continue to participate in it?ARTArticleBefore You Blow Up, Cool DownAnger spills over into all areas of your life. Unresolved anger transfers to others you are in relationship with. Anger, when released, without dumping on your relationship, is good. Anger is not bad. We only call it bad because we feel its negative energy. It is only bad when we express it in hurtful and thoughtless ways. When we are angry our feelings change from moment to moment. Anger produces feelings that are unreliable.ARTArticleBeing Heart Smart Part Two: The Inner ViewOne of my favorite Maryanne mantras is; you have to learn how use this (your head) before you do this (have sex) so you don’t break this (your heart)! And for many of us we can sadly add…again. Sounds simple enough, right? Yeah, well, we all know that when we get the urge to merge it can be so intoxicating that we give in to it, hoping this chemistry will magically translate into Happily Ever After. Yes, I did say you break your own heart, ‘cause love doesn’t happen outside yourself, and while your heart may feel broken, the heart cannot break per se.ARTArticleBiblical Marriage Separation AdviceNeed marriage separation advice? Does the thought of separating from your spouse sound like a good idea? Well, unfortunately my friend, everything that sounds good is not good. As a Christian, you must be very careful that you are being led by the Holy Spirit and Godly principals rather than by your own desires and frustrations. While many psychologists promote separation as a good way for couples to save their marriages, that advice should not be embraced by Christian couples. Am I saying a Christian can never separate from his or her spouse?ARTArticleBuilding Intimacy With Your NetworkIf you want to create a really dynamite network, you have to really follow through when you say, “I’d like to get to know you.” From my previous post (Make Yourself Unforgettable) I’ve shared the idea stating that each person we meet up with or get introduce to represent a doorway to opportunity. However, enjoying the benefits of being connected to someone has some requirements. You need to be intimate. The more intimate the better the chances to receive what you ask.ARTArticleBuilding Lifelong Customers and Friends RelationshipsIn the past, to succeed in business, salespeople had to work 80% of their time prospecting new market and only 20% of their time working on their relationship management. Today, it’s all different. To succeed in business, to create more life opportunities, you need to work mainly at creating, developing, and managing your relationships. Forget about the vendor etiquette you once heard it’s good to post on the front head, now, in today competitive market, you have to be the partner, the friend.ARTArticleCan I Choose My Friends?Hello friends, bloggers, facebookers, twitters…no matter how you came across this article, I am glad you made it here and hope that you will share the post because RELATIONSHIP MATTERS. Last night I was inspired enough to write this quote I came up with on my facebook page: “In relationship, do not ask what someone can do for you, but what you can do for the person. It is not how you can be served, but how you can serve. Not what you can benefit, but what they can benefit from you.ARTArticleChildren Searching for Sex and Porn - Yikes!Norton Family Online recently released the most searched for terms by children in 2009. Across all three age groups (7 and under, 8 - 12, 13 - 18) sex or porn was in the #4 spot for most search for terms. Yikes! This data was gathered from the 14.5 million searches done by people using their service to monitor and block certain web content. It highlights a significant issue and there is plenty of other collaborating evidence showing children are finding porn online.ARTArticleChristian Romance Tips for WivesAll right woman of God, it's time you turned up the heat. Not in the kitchen, silly girl, in your bedroom. Yes, I know you work a full-time job, you cook, you clean, and you take care of the children. But the back burner is no place for your love life sweetie. You see, romance is an essential part of your relationship. In fact, where your husband is conce ed, it makes him feel loved. But if you've been a little lax in this area, no worries.ARTArticleDeath becomes youWhat if you just let go? Let it all go? All your attachments: your life as you know it, your identity, what you think of other people, of what other people think of you? Any and all ideas you have about who you are, what is and how it supposed to be, vanishing in the distance as you voluntarily let them go? The stories about your childhood, about the person who cut you off in the parking lot, about “How come that person has more than me or isn’t as good?” Who did what to you, who didn’t do enough. Who owes you, who you need to avenge.ARTArticleDo You Get Frustrated With Others?"I feel so frustrated when Mark is late," complained Shauna, during our phone session. "What am I supposed to do with all this frustration?" Shauna believed that her feeling of frustration was being caused by Mark. But this was not the case.ARTArticleEliminating the Word No!Eliminating the Word NO! One word no one likes to be told is NO! Usually when we are told NO it makes us desire to do something even more. To be rebellious or defiant or just plain pig headed. Think about reverse psychology and how it works. You usually do or think the opposite to what is expected. Eliminating the word no, is not never using it, it’s just saying it differently. Funny we say No to our kids all the time and then as adults, especially us mums, end up struggling to please everyone and afraid of saying No! It comes full circle.ARTArticleFood That Harms, Food That HealsOur country is stretched to the limit due to the cost of health care. Even with the new health care bill, there will be on going conflict over what we should do to provide people with affordable health care. But the reason that the problem seems irresolvable is a very complex one.ARTArticleFor Men Only – Have No Undelivered Communication!When you have a problem, not communicating with your partner about it sends a message of its own. She then gets to make up what she thinks the non-spoken messages convey. Women are skilled in this activity.ARTArticleFor the Sake of the Kids, NOT!For the Sake of the Kids…..NOT!!!ARTArticleFour Things That Matter Most in ParentingWhat four things matter the most in parenting? Could they be the same as the four things that matter most in life? It is likely they could be the same since our relationships with our children are some of the most significant ones we have in our lives. The Four Things That Matter Most In his book, The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living, Ira Byock proclaims these are the four most important things to say to those you love: Please forgive me. I forgive you. Thank you. I love you.ARTArticleFull-spectrum EmotionI’ll have one fabulous relationship; hold the full spectrum of unpleasant human emotion please!” Used to be, it could bring me to the edge when anyone would tell me to “calm down” or “just relax.” “OH, you think THIS is upset? Well, you haven’t seen upset!” I would declare, and there I’d go as predicted, directly into orbit. These experiences collected and cemented my inherited belief that I was too much, too big, high-maintenance, and ultimately perhaps a bit crazed. All this was about a million years ago, but I can remember it like it was yesterday.ARTArticleGaining Others' RespectWe all want to be respected by others. And, we would all love to have control over whether or not others treat us respectfully. Is this realistic? Nigel, one of my clients, has a lot of confusion about this issue. He believes that people, especially his wife and children, "should" be respectful to him, and he gets very angry when they treat him disrespectfully - which they often do. What Nigel has failed to understand - which is what led him to seek my help - is that others are often a mirror of how we treat ourselves.ARTArticleGet Gossip Out of Your LifeGossiping can suck the zest out of your spirit. Gossip is mean-spirited and little-minded; its goal is to make the gossipers feel superior to the gossiped-about. It is seductive, addictive and a way of bonding with other gossipers, all while pulling you down to the lowest spiritual common denominator. Gently observe your interactions with others, and catch yourself if you feel you are getting sucked into gossip. What Is Gossip? Let's define what gossip is and is not. Gossip is judgmental chit-chat about another person or group.ARTArticleGiving Kids ResponsibilitiesGiving Kids Responsibilities Often times when I speak to other parents about how responsible my kids are I get laughed at. Either that or they make a comment about how strict a parent I must be. Giving kids responsibilities is a MUST, not a yes or no thought. As a parent it is our job to raise our kids to become responsible adults and to prepare them for the real world and life as an adult.ARTArticleHelp When Your Teenager is Out of ControlFor parents, there is no worse feeling than watching your child spin out of control while nothing you do seems to make any difference. If your teenager’s behavior is giving you feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and fear, I would like to offer you some suggestions. First, stop what you are doing and start a new way of thinking in regard to how you are handling the situation. Albert Einstein defined insanity as ”Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If your home is feeling a little “insane” these days, perhaps you need to change how it operates.ARTArticleHelping Our Children ShineDid you ever gaze into your children’s eyes when they were babies wondering what they would be like when they grew up? Did you notice some of your children’s strong personality traits even when they were very young? One of our challenges is to see and appreciate our children’s unique combination of passions, capabilities, qualities and beliefs. This can be especially difficult when our expectations for our children do not match who they are.ARTArticleHow Do You Define Success?Take a moment to go inside and see how you define success. Is your success defined by:ARTArticleHow To Enthuse a Sales Team That Is Not Paid On CommissionWhat is the best way to motivate a sales team without them relying on commission as the reason to unleash the best in them???ARTArticleHow To Keep a Clean Facebook ImageI was talking with my fiancee yesterday and she was sharing a story of one of her friends whose image has diminished because of her activities and the quality of status updates she puts on her Facebook page. After the sharing, we then realized the impact Facebook can have in people's lives when it comes to image and reputation. Yes, Facebook is great at helping people connect with friends, friends of friends, and even unknown persons. Yes , Facebook allows to share with your network just about anything you feel like posting.ARTArticleI've Learned it From The Life of JesusHere is my bet: take any area of your life that you deeply want to flip straight back up, I guarantee you, you can get the solution looking at the inspiring life of God’s Son: Jesus-christ.ARTArticleIf Holiday Stress is a Disease, The Virus is Your ExpectationsThe holiday season steriotypically has always been portrayed as a time of fun, joy and warmth with family, friends and colleagues. But it can also be a time of pain and high expectations. And the inevitable disappointments that follow those expectations are often to blame for holiday stress, which has gradually, but now permanantly become part of our lexicon.ARTArticleIs There Any Recipe For Success Other Than That?I’ve been working in sales for 7 years and embraced the professional coaching industry for 2 years now. In those two fields just like in many other professional fields and in life in general, people try to be successful. I mean, who wouldn’t like to have a successful career, a successful marriage, in short… a successful living. So, I’ve asked myself three questions: 1- What does it mean to be successful? In other words, is there a standard definition of success or is success defined according to any one of us?ARTArticleKids are People Too!Kids are People Too!

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