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ARTArticleBoundaries And Balance In Life: Are You Forgetting the Future And Predicting The Past?Question: Do you suffer from already always living? The primary symptom is projecting the past onto the future. It’s assuming what has already happened to you before, will always happen again. So as a result, you stay stuck in repetitive patterns, and you live your life like a broken record, and backwards.
You have simply forgotten the future and are predicting the past.
Am I describing you?
According to legend, Merlin the Magician lived from the future in the present, and that was his magic. He knew what was going to happen because he had already been there.ARTArticleCan Your Relationship Survive this Affair?I have received enough questions from people over the years asking about how to get past an affair that I wanted to write about it. There are so many intricate details of your personal relationship that factor into this decision that it is challenging to make generalizations but I will provide a ...ARTArticleChristian Relationship Help: Actions Matter More Than Words In Your Difficult RelationshipThis Christian relationship help will show you that actions matter more than words in your difficult relationship. Difficult relationships are with difficult people and difficult people tend to say one thing but do something else. It is confusing when someone's actions don't match the words, but for some reason, people tend to believe the words instead of the actions. This is a mistake.ARTArticleChristian Relationship Help: Four Ways to Respond to Passive Aggressive BehaviorThis Christian relationship help will provide you with four ways to respond to passive aggressive behavior in the people you interact with. The closer a person is to you, the more the passive aggressive behavior will be problematic. Jesus warned us to be on guard against people who will attempt to manipulate, harm, outmaneuver, and abuse us.ARTArticleChristian Relationship Help: Why Relationships With Narcissists Are DifficultThis Christian relationship help will enable you to understand why relationships with narcissists are difficult. Good relationships have balance. There is give and take that attempts to meet the needs of both people (Philippians 2:4). In contrast, relationships with narcissists focus around meeting the needs of the narcissist. Here are the reasons why the relationship isn't easy:ARTArticleCohabiting: (4) Perspectives?Years of condemnation appear to be backfiring as many cohabitating couples reject the guilt-laden attempts to discourage their living arrangement. Instead, most cohabiters fear a failed marriage even more than the criticism, so opt to live together despite the odds.
Now the average age of a ...ARTArticleCommiseration or Celebration: When Women Talk to Other WomenMany years ago, when I was a younger woman, I had a girlfriend whom I considered to be my very, very best friend. We spoke daily, we traveled together, and we spent many evenings and weekends at each other’s homes. It sounds pretty great, except for one small detail. During all of those phone ...ARTArticleConflict BustersHe loves me; he loves me not…
It’s taken me a long time to get my head around the fact that sometimes even a lot of love isn’t enough to make a relationship work. You can love someone dearly, but still attack them, disrespect them, verbally abuse them, and withdraw from them.
At the time of ...ARTArticleCreating Happy, Healthy TeensThere is research that shows that the best outcomes result when parents provide a good balance between guidelines and expectations for their children’s behavior and a positive, supportive relationship.
Parents are not meant to be their children’s best friends but in order to raise happy, ...ARTArticleCreating Your Own Support SystemI recently was asked by another mother at home, "What do you find most difficult about being an at-home mother?"
I replied, "No sick leave, days off, or vacation time. Hey, let's form a union!"
We both laughed at the idea of a mothers' union, but we realized we already had the next best ...ARTArticleDating Tips for Women Over 40: 5 Unexpected Places to Meet Great Men Over 40It breaks my heart whenever I hear women say that there aren’t any good men over 40 left, because it’s just not true. Sure, it feels true when you’re sitting across the table from your blind date—a guy who wears black socks with sandals and whines about how his seventh ...ARTArticleDeadly Relationship HabitsHow many of you have ever been involved with a significant other who wanted you to do something you didn’t want to do? I doubt that I’m the only one. By virtue of a significant other relationship, there will be times when our partners will want us to do things we don’t necessarily want to do and ...ARTArticleDeal Breakers for RelationshipsWhen you first start dating someone, there are a few specific clues you could recognize as red flags. Nobody is perfect, but there are few characteristics and behaviors that should absolutely be deal breakers for you.ARTArticleDecember Discipline for Naughty ChildrenAs a parenting expert to the media, I usually do extra media interviews during the holidays. Usually the topics focus on the extra stress of hectic holiday schedules or my “Taming the Holiday Gimmees” article. This year, I've been getting some thought-provoking questions about ...ARTArticleDeveloping Win/Win/Win OutcomesWhenever there is a conflict or disagreement, the natural inclination of both parties is to push to get their way. Humans are wired to win. We are driven to get our power need met and we learn very early how to power over other people to get what we want.
Negotiation is a behavior a person has ...ARTArticleDiet, Anxiety and DepressionMarianne consulted with me because of anxiety and depression. She had tried various forms of medication but was not reacting well to any of the drugs. She was exhausted from lack of sleep, and from the intense anxiety that kept waking her up. While there were challenges in her life, like in ...ARTArticleDiscipline and ControlSometimes as parents we need to be extremely creative in our discipline. I managed to have a stroke of creative genius when my son was 16 that I want to share with you that helps illustrate a facet of Empowerment Parenting: "The only person whose behavior you can control is your own."
When Kyle ...ARTArticleDon't Be Afraid to Get into the GameMy son plays travel baseball. As a result, I found myself, as I do many a weekend, spending countless hours in bleachers the past few days. At one point, as the other team slipped ahead by several runs, I noticed that the coaches and supportive parents yelled things like, “Get into the game”; ...ARTArticleEmotional Incest: Will He or She Change?Sharon, one of the members of our website, emailed me asking me to write more on abuse, particularly covert incest. She was in the process of ending her 4-year marriage with her covertly abusive husband, who is emotionally incestuous with his adult daughter.
"There is no physical involvement, ...ARTArticleFEAR AND PARENTINGI am challenged on a daily basis to help families identify their own fears. Many times this is not an easy task because we are so resistant to admitting that we are afraid.
We are conditioned to not experience fear. Fear is not an acceptable emotion in our society. Men are supposed to be strong and not show emotions. Women are perceived as weak and unable to take care of themselves if they are afraid. We live in an emotionally suppressed and emotionally phobic society.ARTArticleFemale Self Pleasuring - How to Use Tantric Touch for Going SoloBefore we can experience sensuality, touch and pleasure with a lover, it is important that every woman learns to explore her body, to pleasure it, and to appreciate it. Yes ladies - you can't always blame your love
for your failure to launch. Take a good look at your sensual world, your ...ARTArticleFemale Self Pleasuring - The Tantric Path to Fulfillment and Sexual EmpowermentTantric touch and sensuality are part of the concept of Tantra.
And incase you didn't know Tantra is an ancient Indian philosophy in which mind, body and soul are united for to experience maximum pleasure, sensuality, bliss fulfillment and intimacy. The heart of the philosophy is to connect ...ARTArticleFive Easy Ways to Prevent Problems in Your MarriageWhat plans have you made to have a successful marriage? Couples plan and plan for a wonderful wedding, yet how many give much thought and effort into how to plan for a lasting and loving until death do us part marriage?
Tips to ponder!
1. Have realistic expectations for your marriage: I ...ARTArticleFive Keys from Failure to SuccessOne
We equate failure with a small death. Failure is a failed concept. It is the erroneous belief that you can’t recover from a mistake. It is the belief that you’ll die of shame, blame, embarrassment, or guilt, if you make a mistake, or that somehow you, of all the billions of people in the ...ARTArticleGetting Dressed All By Myself, All In Due Time!Young children take pride in doing things for themselves like getting dressed. However, sometimes their sense of urgency in completing a task doesn’t always match their parents’ sense of urgency. Parents quickly learn that encouraging their children to “hurry up” doesn’t work well.
One mom ...ARTArticleGetting Started With Speech TherapyYour child is not speaking as much as his same aged peers. You suspect something is wrong. Here is how to get help. n To begin with you need to see a speech therapist to get an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. You will need a referral from your child’s pediatrician for ...ARTArticleGoal Attainment: What Would You Have to Give Up?As 2008 draws to a close, some of you are already looking ahead to what you want to do in 2009. It’s the time of year we begin to self-reflect and adjust our course for the upcoming year.
In my work coaching people, I find it interesting that many of my clients set very clear intentions for ...ARTArticleGreat Relationships Begin WithinI heard a great story years ago about a kid whose mom asked him to make her some eggs. She instructed him to scramble one and fry the other. He, being a “good egg” and of course wanting to please his mother, did just that. He stood and beamed proudly before his mother, presenting her with what ...ARTArticleHandling Conflict with Your TeenagerWhen having conflict and struggle with your teen, it’s easy to feel as if the entire family is falling apart. I’ve found that a better view of handling conflict is to see it as an opportunity to pull your family together, like never before!
Conflict Can Be the Precursor to Positive Change
I believe that relationships that stick together through conflict and hardship become closer relationships.ARTArticleHelp – My Child Has Just Been Diagnosed With Verbal ApraxiaYou know your child’s speech has not been developing normally. After taking him to his physician, you were referred to see a Speech and Language Pathologist. They have now labeled your child as apraxic. For some that may seem like a big relief, you finally know what’s wrong and it’s not ...