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ARTArticleRelationship Success Strategies - Are You V.I.P. or S.A.D. - It's Up To YouI was preparing for a couple of presentations for the Women On the Way (W.O.W.) program at our local St. Petersburg College (my A.A. /A.S. degree alma mater).
I am always honored to go back to my old “stomping grounds” to do presentations, but even more so for this group, as most of the people connected with the WOW program are coming back to school after some major life transition.
This program is designed to be a support for their success. They are my heroes, as they all use this support network to help each other be successful.ARTArticleRelationship Success Strategies - We Can't Continue to Do What We've Been Doing!Statistics also show nearly one third of American women report being exposed to some type of abuse at the hands of the significant other in their committed relationships. In reality, one out of every three is a grossly conservative figure, since the vast majority of abuse is never reported. These harsh statistics tell us that men (and women) are abusing the very people they say they love, which makes no rational or relational sense at all.
As if divorce and abuse were not enough, individuals are descending farther and farther into addictive behaviors.ARTArticleRelationship Success Strategies - What Is A REALationship?What is a REALationship? A REALationship is one that has openness, honesty, integrity, individuality, growth, passion, and intimacy. It is easy to be in denial, superficial, and distant. I teach people to have deeper and more REAL relationships ----> REALationships!!!!
In school we learned the three “R’s”: Reading, writing, and arithmetic. There is however, a forth “R”, and it is the “R” of Relationships. For many people, there were few, if any, healthy relationship role models to follow.ARTArticleRelationship Success Strategies - Zen ListeningZen: Finding enlightenment through intuition and introspection.
Listening: Making an effort to attentively hear another person speaking.
Therefore Zen Listening might be best described as the art of using one’s intuition and introspection to be fully present with another person during a conversation for the purpose of thoroughly hearing and understanding the other person’s communication.
And why is this so important?
Because when we thoroughly listen we create a very powerful communication dynamic that in turn deepens any and all of our relationships...perhaps if everyone practicedARTArticleRelationship Success Strategies- Chooser Versus Choosee: The Power of ChoiceAre you letting people influence your life in a way that’s negative? Do you isolate yourself out of fear of getting hurt? Are you clear about acceptable and unacceptable behavior in others? Are you happy with your boundaries?
Review the following list of unhealthy boundaries. Check off any which sound familiar or strike a chord. If you relate to some of them, you know you have some work to do on setting healthier boundaries.ARTArticleRelationship Success Tips - Boundaries: No Bull AllowedDo you have unwanted bull in your life? You know what I’m talking about: Those annoying people who want to control, dominate, and manipulate you for their own best interests.
Those people who love to get into power-struggles and arguments with you and you are left feeling depleted and frustrated. Those people who use, misuse, and sometimes even abuse you and/or your possessions.
Those people...ARTArticleRelationship Success Tips - We Just Don't Know What We're Doing in Our Relationships!To stop all this dysfunction and improve our relational intelligence we must all be willing to subscribe to philosophy and practice of healthy relationship choices and the skills which will support those healthy choices.
This starts with you knowing yourself first and foremost!
How?ARTArticleRelationship Success Tips: Getting The Love by Finding The Safe Harbors From Life's StormsWhen I was about 12, I watched one of the old Clint Eastwood westerns where he plays the role of the hardened cowboy:
Very little emotional expression, very few words, a tough-as-nails attitude, an occasional fight, some woman to fall in love with him and then, at the end, he leaves town to ride off and disappear into the horizon of solitude.
I thought this was what real men were like and, without truly realizing it, I subconsciously took on this image.ARTArticleRelationships Don't Have to Be HardDo you ever feel like relationships are 2 parts game, 1 part luck? Or maybe you are at the point where it feels like ALL game to you…and you’re all gamed out? Maybe you just wish it could be like in the movies, a little: boy meets girl, some witty banter, your souls become one, you get married ...ARTArticleRelationships of PossessionHow many times in a day do you use the word “my” to describe a particular relationship you have with someone in your life? For example, you might say “my husband,” “my child,” “my friend,” or “my parents.” While the possessive pronoun “my” helps to explain certain relationships, it can actually ...ARTArticleRelationships: Physical CompatibilityHow important is physical compatibility in relationships? Well, it depends on the couple. For some people their physicality is of utmost importance to them. When it is, they often want their partner to engage in many of their activities with them. For some couples the physical nature of their ...ARTArticleRelationships: Whose Problem is It?In relationships, it is not uncommon for couples to have difficulties. Sometimes there are things your partner does that drives you crazy! In my work with couples, a common, innocent complaint of women is that their husbands don’t put their dirty clothes in the hamper. They will leave their ...ARTArticleSelf-Esteem: Who Do You Want to Be?"We lift ourselves by our thought. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere."n--Orison Sweet Marden, 1850-1924, Author and Founder of Success Magazine
How do you see yourself in ...ARTArticleSelf-Transformation: Five Steps to Being the Person You Want to BeThere was a time I can remember when some people used to wear bracelets with the inscription “WWJD”? This question, "What would Jesus do?", was designed for its wearer to be reminded to act in a way he or she valued and wanted to emulate. This provided a path for Christians but what about those ...ARTArticleSetting Boundaries With Your Adult Children: Five Signs You Are Enabling Your Adult ChildAre you wondering if you are enabling your adult child? These five signs will help you to determine whether or not you are helping or hurting. "Enabling" means that your action allows someone to continue to do something they otherwise couldn't do without it. It is also doing something for others that they should be doing for themselves.ARTArticleSeven Keys to HappinessThis article summarizes much of what I’ve learned thus far on my journey to self-discovery and positive growth. Along the way, through many of life’s ups and downs, with the help of many awesome teachers and mentors, I now most often live in a state of happiness and contentment. I still have ...ARTArticleSeven Steps to Achieving your GoalsI recognize the huge importance of having goals but I also think it is useless to talk about goal setting without an even stronger focus on goal attainment.
Anyone whose ever celebrate the New Year has set a goal but what takes goal setting to the next level? I’d like to share with you my ...ARTArticleSeven Steps to Healthy Communication with Your KidsAs conscious parents working to create a better world, we know that the work - and joy - of it begins at home. Here are seven steps that offer you a foundation for clear and healthy communication with your most precious focus; your children.
1. Honor your kid's questions with answers.
If your ...ARTArticleShift Your Bodies, Change Your LivesHere's a trivia question for you: How many sexual positions are there? A few dozen? A few hundred? A couple thousand? A twelfth- century Indian love manual, the "Ananga-Ranga", describes 32. The more famous "Kama Sutra" describes many more.
One Indian sexologist declared there are over 500-- ...ARTArticleStalking: Is This You?I am not talking about criminal stalkers who truly intend to do someone harm. What I’m talking about are regular people who have a relationship end before they were ready and some of the behaviors they use in their best attempt to hold on to their partners. Has this ever happened to you?
Let’s ...ARTArticleTantra & Tantric Sexuality: How to Enhance Your Sensual and Emotional Pleasures TodayFor well over 1000 years, people all over the planet how utilized the powerful techniques of Tantric sexuality to enhance their sensual pleasures and emotional satisfaction. They not only develop the skills necessary to have mind-blowing, long-lasting orgasms time and again, but they also open ...ARTArticleTen Terrific Talking ToolsWhen parents have a problem or concern, they need to keep their cool and use non-blameful ways to communicate their feelings. As soon as parents threaten or blame, children stop listening and start thinking about how to defend themselves. If you want others to listen to your feelings or ...ARTArticleThe 3 Keys To Spiritual Energy HealingQuantum physics has shown us that everything consists of energy. Your physical body and even your thoughts and feelings consist of energy and are measurable.
Therefore, the condition of your energy creates an ebb and flow in your physical, mental and emotional states and sometimes gets blocked ...ARTArticleThe 4 P's of Successful Family MealsIt’s 4:30p.m. You stand in front of the refrigerator scanning its contents to see what you can throw together for dinner. You look at the clock. You have half an hour before you have to run out to pick up your daughter from dance class. There’s not enough time to make a decent meal. ...ARTArticleThe Best Way To Help Your Speech Delayed ChildThe most helpful thing you can do at home for your speech delayed child is to make them feel as good as possible about their speech and themselves. Accept whatever you child says and if it is right, you can praise him. If it is wrong, do not continually ask him to correct it. If you ...ARTArticleThe Calm Mind"The more tranquil a [person] becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom." --James Allen, 1864-1912, Author of As A Man Thinketh
Of all the challenges in life, calmness of mind is probably one of ...ARTArticleThe Gift of Laughter and ListeningQuote: "A Big Belly Laugh A Day Can Keep The Doctor Away"
Any relationship with another human being has its complexities and challenges, but the relationship with your intimate partner - your lover, spouse, spousal equivalent, significant other, or however you refer to this special person - is ...ARTArticleThe Gift of Safe HarborNo matter how positive our outlook, there are times when it just feels that the world is our enemy, or at the very least, not our friend. Between job-related pressures, financial challenges, family dynamics, and any number of internal "issues" we may be facing, sometimes, every one of us feels ...ARTArticleThe Lover's Guide to Sensual Breast MassageBreast Massage Instructions - The Lovers Guide to Sensual Breast Massage Pleasure
Breast Massage Instructions - The Lovers Guide to Sensual Breast Massage Pleasure
Author: Maya Silverma
Breast massage instructions should be part of male (and female) everyday learning. It's that ...ARTArticleThe Mystique of the Tantric Orgasm - Does it Really Exist?Tantric Orgasm, tantra, tantric sexuality all conjur up images of the weird and wonderful, elastic limbed lovers, non-stop indulgence. Fortunately this is a misunderstanding of the Tantric Orgasm and Tantra as a whole. Tantra refers to'expansion' of the conscienceness, and tantric sexuality and ...