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ARTArticle10 Ways to Get Back into the School RoutineCome on, admit it. You intended to keep a schedule this summer, but when the kids slept in you liked the extra quiet time. Then the daylight lasted so long it was often later than you realized when the kids finally hit the sack. Not living by the clock was a refreshing change of pace, but school will be starting in a few weeks and you know the kids and you need to get back into the groove. First, let me assure you, it's healthier to have a flexible schedule than a rigid one. So have no guilt about your summer schedule.ARTArticle3 Lethal Dating Flaws that Doom Your Dating Life Plus What You Can Do to Correct ThemMistake #1 Not being in places where you can be seen and found by available men on a DAILY BASIS! Men can’t find you if you hide every night at home snuggled up with your beloved cat or dog reading your book or watching one of your favorite TV shows like “Dancing with the Stars” or “Glee.” You need exposure to men whether in person or online, but if you’re afraid to put yourself out there, no one is going to know you’re even available. Instead:r ARTArticle3 Reasons Why You're Still Single - Reason #1: You Believe Love Will Just HappenYou’re happy with the direction your career is going, and that’s great! You’re in good shape, excellent health, and have a wonderful circle of friends: awesome! Do you still find yourself wondering why you haven’t caught the train that will bring true love into your life?r ARTArticle3 Reasons Why You're Still Single - Reason #2: You're Unknowingly Limiting Your LifestyleIf you are a strong, successful woman who’s been lacking a healthy, fulfilling relationship, chances are there are a few reasons why you may feel like you’re still single. Limiting beliefs — beliefs you hold from the past that are limiting your present life and lifestyle — are some of the biggest reasons why people don’t get what they want. If you find yourself successful in some areas in life (like your career) but not so successful in others (like LOVE), you may need to step back and think about the reasons you think you might be single.r ARTArticle3 Reasons Why You’re Still Single – Reason #3: You’re Too Busy!We know you’re really busy, and we get it: you work a ton, have 200-plus emails to answer before noon, can barely fit in time to see your girlfriends, and already wake up at o’dark thirty to hit the gym. When it comes to dating, you feel like you may be single forever due to your stacked schedule. After all, online dating itself takes hours and going to meet men over coffee every weekend is something that seems an absolute, total waste of time! Sound familiar?r ARTArticle4 Easy Steps to Improving ResultsStep Oner Answer this question honestly and with as much clarity and detail as possible: What is it that you really want? If you are having a difficult time with this question then write down on one side of a piece of paper what you do not want or what is happening in your life right now that you want to change. On the other side right down what you would rather see happening instead. Once you have a list of what you want tear the paper in half and throw away the piece that lists your ‘don’t wants’.ARTArticle5 Myths ABout On-Line DatingMyth #1: You won't find attractive, successful people on online dating sites ARTArticle5 Things to Never Say to a WomanIf you’ve ever said something you considered to be completely innocent, only to have your wife or girlfriend flip out, you may have stumbled on to one of these taboo topics: 1) “Relax” You may think you’re being helpful, but to us, it feels like you’re being dismissive of how we’re feeling — in our minds, you’re telling us that what we’re upset about really isn’t a big deal. The thing to remember here?ARTArticle5 Ways to Improve Your Social Life As an AdultEvery milestone in your life comes with meeting new people. As you get older, it can be harder to make and maintain friendships than it was when you were a kid. As a child, you were probably surrounded by peers at school day after day. Perhaps you were involved in activities where you could easily connect with friends who had similar interests. Merely playing together at recess was likely enough for you to foster the roots of a long lasting friendship.ARTArticle6 Things You Should NEVER Say to a Man1) “We Need to Talk.” Nothing puts up a guy’s defenses faster than those four little words. Why? No woman ever says , “We need to talk — I’ve been thinking you should play golf more often.” or “We need to talk — my hot supermodel friend is going to spend bikini season in our spare bedroom.” Guys associate we need to talk with trouble ahead. What to do? If you do need to talk, just start right in.ARTArticle6 Ways to Guide Your Child's Moral CharacterIn today’s technical world of computers and virtual reality where our children are socially interacting with video games, myspace, facebook and twitter real action takes a back seat to virtual action.ARTArticle7 Give-Away Signs He Wants a RelationshipSometimes it can be hard to tell just what your new man is looking for. If you’ve just started dating, and things are going great, you can begin to collect data to determine if he is Mr. Quality Casual, or is actually at a place in his life that he wants a relationship. Learn how to recognize the seven give-away signs he wants a relationship so you can find lasting love and partnership:r ARTArticleA Safe Place for KidsThere were times during the weeks that followed my daughter’s birth that she would cry, and I would wonder why. She was warm and dry and well-fed, but she still cried. I remember holding her in my arms and rocking her and suddenly realizing that she missed the security of my womb. She wanted to crawl right back up inside me where she was completely protected from the world and all of its chaos. But she had boarded a train bound for independence and there was no turning back.ARTArticleA Skeptic's Perspective on the Law of AttractionIf you are reading this article you probably have heard about the Law of Attraction, which states that you can attract things into your life based on what you think about. When I first became aware of it, many years back, I felt intrigued, excited about the possibilities, and at the same time skeptical. I don’t know about you, but I am a natural skeptic. I know if I was a fish I surely would not be the one ready to bite into the best looking shrimp with a hook, no matter how tempting the “bait” seemed.ARTArticleAddicted to Love“How can I love her one minute and dislike her so much the next?” “I feel he’s my soul mate, so why do we constantly fight?”ARTArticleAfter the Breakup: 4 Valuable Love LessonsWhenever I’m at a dinner party and meet somebody new, the inevitable question comes up: What do you do? When I tell them I’m a heartbreak reinvention coach, it always leads to an interesting conversation. Usually, I get to hear the story of Their Big Breakup, and it’s always gut-wrenching, soul-shifting, and chock full of life lessons. Having written about my Big Breakup in my book It’s a Breakup, Not a Breakdown and the follow up workbook, I can tell you easily what my lessons were. In sharing them, I have discovered that they are pretty universal.ARTArticleAfter the Breakup: The Do’s and Don'ts of Dealing with Your ExEveryone knows breaking up is hard to do. But staying in contact with your ex following a breakup? That's where things get really tricky. By remaining in each other's lives, you run the risk of a post-breakup rendezvous, holding onto feelings for your ex, and in general delaying your ability to heal and move on quickly (and without additional heartache). The following are some tips to help you avoid a post-breakup backslide into your ex’s arms, and instead ease you into your happily ever after future: Tip #1: Create new boundariesr Your best defense after a breakup?ARTArticleAfter the Breakup: The Do’s and Don'ts of Dealing with Your ExEveryone knows breaking up is hard to do. But staying in contact with your ex following a breakup? That's where things get really tricky. By remaining in each other's lives, you run the risk of a post-breakup rendezvous, holding onto feelings for your ex, and in general delaying your ability to heal and move on quickly (and without additional heartache). The following are some tips to help you avoid a post-breakup backslide into your ex’s arms, and instead ease you into your happily ever after future: Tip #1: Create new boundariesr Your best defense after a breakup?ARTArticleAm I Undateable? The Real Reasons You’re Still SingleIf you’re currently single, feel like it may be a chronic condition, and your mantra is starting to look like “I’m-never-going-to-meet-anyone-anytime-ever,” you’ll want to visit this list of Dating with Dignity’s “real” reasons you may still be single. 1. You’re still reeling from a traumatic break up and can’t let it go.r ARTArticleAre You Crazy, or is He Cheating?The weird hang-up calls. The erratic work hours. The stories that just don’t quite add up. You have the gnawing, sickly feeling that your man is cheating on you. But how do you know for sure? Finding signs of cheating is like pulling a stray piece of yarn in a pair of socks. It only takes one good yank, and the whole thing starts to unravel. Below are six signs to look for: The Telephone Tyrant Watch out for the pre-paid cell phone or pager (no bill, no evidence), and odd phone numbers found in his pockets, written on receipts or other little scraps of paper.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily: Broken-hearted Swim GuyDear Lisa, I just got jacked around pretty good by a gal. I’m too nice, as people say, I just don’t want to play games. I haven’t done anything yet that can be construed as being a jerk about it. (Just an email venting a little, but nothing mean.) I have never been able to play the game when I’ve given my heart to someone, and then found out that they are the fickle, turn-on-a-dime type. It always catches me by surprise and leaves me weakened and shell-shocked. I never win the game at that point.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily: How Can I Stop Freaking Out?Lisa, I believe that a large part of my problem is that I am what you referred to as a “nightmare girl.” I don’t know how to be one of those “dream girls.” I can hold it together for anywhere from a few days to a few months, but I get sooooo incredibly insecure that I end up losing it. I mean, I go crazy. I turn into a raging bi*ch, pick a fight, and think he’s doing all kinds of horrible things behind my back, etc.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily: She Wont’t Stop Calling My Boyfriend!Dear Lisa, I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years. I moved back with my parents temporarily because we were fighting a lot. While I was home, he was seeing this girl he works with. I was really upset about everything even though she said she never slept with him. She assured me that she would never talk to him, but lately she has been calling him again. I don’t want to put up with this, what can I do to get this girl to stop calling my boyfriend? Threesome Dear Threesome, What can you do to get her to stop calling your boyfriend? Get a new boyfriend.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily! I Slept with Him and He Never Called AgainDear Lisa, I started seeing this great guy for about a month. He made me feel pretty special and I liked him a lot. After I slept with him, he never called me again. I called him a couple weeks later and he says he’s emotionally unavailable. I feel duped and hurt, but I still want him to call me, what do I do? Sincerely, Used and Confused Dear Used, Hmmm. Let’s rewind a bit, shall we? You sleep with this guy, he never talks to you again, you call him and he tells you he’s unavailable. He hurts you. He makes you feel stupid. And you want him to call you?ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily! Is He Losing Interest?Dear Lisa, Why is it that when two people start dating for the first four to six months the relationship is fine, and then it falls apart? In the beginning, you’re calling each other all the time, emailing, spending time together, and then things start to go downhill and the man stops calling as regularly, and you don’t see each other as often, but he says there is nothing wrong. I find myself becoming more insecure when he is always so busy, and can’t see me as much as he did in the beginning.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily! Was dumping my boyfriend a mistake?Dear Lisa, I broke up with my boyfriend back in January. I was going through a lot of personal problems and he was working a lot. We lived almost 1,000 miles apart. I felt like he didn’t care anymore and thought I’d dump him before he dumped me. The thing is, I don’t know why I thought breaking up was the answer because I didn’t believe it as I was saying it. We decided to be friends and stay in touch. This worked for a while until he started acting like he wanted to be back together.ARTArticleAsk Lisa Daily! Why Did My Girlfriend Dump Me?Dear Lisa, I am a man, and I would like to know why my girlfriend dumped me! Women also do the dumping! Why do you NOT have a WHY WOMEN DUMP MEN column on your site? Is it only a figment of the mind that men are also human? –Representing Dear Representing, Yes, men are human. Most of them, in fact, are absolutely fabulous humans. To answer your question, there is one main reason why my columns address women’s problems more frequently than men’s. First, for every letter I get from a man, I get ten from women.ARTArticleBachelor's Bull BlogI forced my adoring husband to watch The Bachelors last episode, not that either one of us had ever wasted our time watching it prior; we hadn’t. For almost two hours I watched my husband alte ately squirm and moan, shaking his head, muttering ”Stupid…Stupid,” and watched what’s-his-face make ...ARTArticleBe The Master of Your EmotionsDo you find that at times your emotions get the best of you? What do you usually do when you feel that you’re on the brink of a “meltdown”? Maybe you turn to someone else to console you or maybe you self medicate with drugs, alcohol or something less obvious like overwork. Perhaps at some point, these things no longer do the job and you’re unable to stay on your game because you’re too overwhelmed by emotions. If this is the case, maybe it’s time to learn how to bring the emotions themselves under your own control.ARTArticleBoundaries With Adult Children: Lessons From the Prodigal SonAre you trying to figure out your boundaries with your adult children? Then you will benefit from these lessons from the prodigal son. In Luke 15:11-32, a son asks for his inheritance early and then leaves his home to spend it foolishly. When he hits a bottom and realizes he needs to come home to survive, he returns to find his father running to meet him and subsequently throwing him a party to celebrate his return. Instead of being treated like a servant, he was treated as a son.

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