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ARTArticleForgiving Your Parents"My parents were distant, unaffectionate people. I don't remember ever being held by them. They were never interested in how I thought or felt. I never felt important to them at all."
"My mother was crazy - nice one minute and the next a screaming maniac. My father was sweet but he was never ...ARTArticleFour Christian Misbeliefs That Negatively Impact Your Self-ImageIf you hold any of these four Christian misbeliefs, they will negatively impact your self-image. Beliefs underlie the way you view the world. The belief you hold about a thing determines what you think, how you feel, and how you act. Here are the four misbeliefs:ARTArticleFour Common Misconceptions About ForgivenessWe are commanded to forgive those that injure us, if we want to be forgiven by God (Matthew 6:14-15). Here are four common misconceptions about forgiveness that make it more difficult to do:ARTArticleFour Dysfunctional Family Characteristics That You Can ChangeDysfunctional families have similar characteristics regardless of the individual problems. Here are four dysfunctional family characteristics that you can change:ARTArticleGetting Past Stage One - DenialDenial is stage one of the grief process when you are dealing with any type of loss. Getting past denial is necessary, in order to move into anger, bargaining, depression/sadness and then finally into acceptance. Denial serves an important purpose: it cushions your response to painful events. Just as your body goes into shock when it is injured, preventing you from feeling the pain, you go into emotional shock when you experience things that are too painful to deal with.
Denial is necessary and good for awhile. You will know you are in the denial/shock stage by the following:ARTArticleGrandparents and Stepchildren: Getting That “Something Special”“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, and lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” ~Rudolph Giuliani
“The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” ~Sam Levenson
“Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild”. ~Welsh ProverbARTArticleGuidelines for Dealing with an ANGRY ChildA V O I D
Screaming at the child.
Embarrassing the child.
Shaming the child.
Labeling the child.
Threatening the child.
Hitting the child.
Hurting the child in any way.
Indulging the child.
Reinforcing inappropriate behavior by giving in to his/her outbursts.n n
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Accept the child ...ARTArticleHealthy Guilt, Unhealthy GuiltGuilt is the feeling that results when you tell yourself that you have done something wrong.
Healthy Guilt
Healthy guilt is the feeling that occurs when you have actually done something wrong - such as deliberately harming someone. This is an important feeling, which results from having ...ARTArticleHelp! My Teen Is Glued To The Video Console!I remember when I first met Ricky (not his real name). He was a Grade 4 student in the school yard pushing and yelling with an aura of glee emanating from his face as the two Grade 5 kids (who were actually much larger than him) cowered, looking for a way to get out of Ricky's sphere of influence.ARTArticleHelp! My Teenager Won't Get Up Before 3 p.m.!Help! A parent was conce
ed about her recurring summer problem with her teenager. “I practically never see them from June to September! They refuse to come to dinner, never speak to us and they have wasted every summer since turning 13 with their friends; playing video games (doing who knows what else) and going to sleep when I am getting ready to go to work at seven in the morning! No amount of discussion will get them to change their ways.”ARTArticleHidden Traps for Life Partners Who Work TogetherYou may think that it would be wonderful to be in business with your spouse, but the truth is that when life partners become business partners unspoken assumptions can cause significant problems.
Neither couple I describe knows the other couple, but their stories are strikingly similar. ...ARTArticleHow to Be a Good Christian WifeAre you looking for guidance on how to be a good Christian wife? If so, here are seven things you simply must do.
1. Pray for your husband. The world is a difficult place for a man. They are competing in the marketplace for jobs, feeling the weight of the financial burden of providing for a family, and having to deal with many stressors beyond their control. They are also in a world that increasingly assaults their masculinity.ARTArticleHow to Find the Best Divorce Coach for YouFor most people, divorce is made up of a bunch of unfamiliar events, requirements, emotions, and behaviors. It's usually a very confusing period of time. Because divorce is so confusing, unfamiliar and legal, it's in your best interest to have exactly the right experts to help you out.
Hopefully, the first expert you found to guide you was an atto
ey or mediator. The legalities of divorce can have repercussions for years and you deserve to have your interests attended to by an expert.ARTArticleHow to Get a Divorce: 5 Options For Getting Divorced You Might Not Have ConsideredWhen faced with getting divorced, many people realize they actually do not know how to get a divorce.
You might be wondering who you should contact and what steps to take. Not knowing your available options can lead to costly mistakes and unnecessary complications. Sound professional advice will save you from emotional and financial distress. Before you get a divorce, one of the first things you will need to consider is which approach best fits your situation.
How To Get a Divorce: 5 Approaches
Divorce MediationARTArticleHow To Inspire Him To Commit Without Having The TalkWe've been told that the way to love is pretty linear and straightforward with guys. They take us to a first date, they like us, they make plans and ask us to be exclusive within a month or two, they fall in love and pop the question. Trust me when I say that very often guys don't know how they feel about you in the long run nor do they know what they want. And often the route isn't that straightforward either. That's WHY giving the right impression in the beginning is very important.ARTArticleHow To Make Him Emotionally Attached To You So He Can't Let You GoHow many of you are confronted with a situation that the guy you are dating and attracted to is not really ready to move your relationship to the next level? Or that he hasn't taken down his profile from the dating site yet after a few months seeing each other? It feels scary for you now that you feel hormonally hooked on him.ARTArticleHow to Manage Your Holiday StressAre you plagued by holiday stress year after year? Do you feel as if you are a victim in all of this? Do you believe that you are the ONLY one in your household who is contributing to the success of the holiday?
Let me share with you some ideas for making the holidays manageable. I used to ...ARTArticleHow to Take That Post-Divorce Awkwardness Out of Special OccasionsWhat do you do about special occasions like birthdays when you get divorced?
Let's take a look at this question from a couple of different angles. First, let's see what you can expect to be different. Next, let's dig into the question of which ones you should still celebrate. Finally, let's talk about how you celebrate these occasions.ARTArticleI Dare You...I dare you to read this ALL the way through to the end.
Then, I dare you to take the appropriate follow-up action.
Yes...I dare you!
I dare you to go stand in front of the mirror and ask the man or woman you see, "Who am I?"
I dare you to ask the question, "Who am I?", until you answer it with a purpose for your life so rich and so deep it will give you chill bumps and adrenalin rushes just to think of it.
I dare you to then create a vision for your purpose so compelling that it will automatically pull you into it faster than the speed of light.
I dare you to ask yourself, "WARTArticleIf I Am Myself, I Will End Up AlonePeggy had been married to James for 14 years when she first consulted with me for help with her relationship and her anxiety.
"I can't stand being in this marriage anymore. We have two wonderful children and I don't want to break up this family, but I’m miserable and anxious much of the time. ...ARTArticleInfidelity: Whose Fault Is It?If your love
has cheated, you are far from alone. Experts estimate that as many as one-third of people cheat on a significant other at some point in their lives. Infidelity can be devastating, and can leave you wondering: is there any way I could have prevented this? Who is to blame for cheating in my relationship?ARTArticleInsider Tips for Choosing Your Divorce Atto
ey or MediatorWhether you're a man or woman, the dumper or dumpee, one of the very first things you probably realized you needed to do to get divorced is that you need to hire an atto
ey. If you're like most people, you probably asked a friend or family member who's been divorced who they used and then promptly hired that atto
ey. It wasn't until after you'd already plunked down your retainer that you had any idea of what working with this atto
ey would be like.ARTArticleIs Binge Eating Making You Feel Alone?If you have Binge Eating Disorder, you understand the feelings of loneliness. You know what it is like to live in a secret world that no one knows about. You have a big secret, but no one is allowed to see that side of you.
At restaurants with friends, you order just the right amount of food ...If you have Binge Eating Disorder, you understand the feelings of loneliness. You know what it is like to live in a secret world that no one knows about. You have a big secret, but no one is allowed to see that side of you.ARTArticleIt's time to Adapt Your AdaptationsAs human beings we have a remarkable capacity to adapt to our environment. Usually, we make adaptations because they help us feel better in some way. I like to think of the natural personalities we're born with as being like an amoeba - not well defined, kinda free-form and readily changeable to suit the environment. Changing and adapting our natural personalities is something that we all do during the course of growing up. It's part of learning about who we are, our place in the world, and what the world is like.ARTArticleLeaving An Abusive RelationshipJennifer consulted with me regarding her 18-year marriage.
"I just don't know what to do. I believe in marriage, and I have tried to believe in my marriage. But Jake's drinking has been getting worse and worse for most of our marriage, and so are his rages. Occasionally he has hit me, and last ...ARTArticleLess Talk, More Action!It is time for less talk and more action - loving action.
Loving actions are those actions that support our highest good and the highest good of others. Loving actions are those actions that are motivated by love rather than by fear.
Many people who have been on a path of personal and ...ARTArticleLife is What's Happening Now!Time is one of those concepts that we all get, but is difficult to define. It's a marker that allows us to separate past, present, and future.
Why bother discussing time? Because, I agree with Alan Lakein who is credited with saying, "Time = Life, therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life."
When we go through divorce, it's so very, very, very easy to get caught up in either the past or the future instead of being here, now.ARTArticleLiving the Dream --- Yours or Theirs?I know people in my life who when asked how are things going, will reply, “I’m living the dream.” Can you say the same? If you could, what would it mean?
As far back as Sigmund Freud, psychologists have been saying that there are two major areas in a person’s life---love and work. When you are ...ARTArticleLose the Weight You Want ForeverLose the Weight You Want Forever
I know this is the time of year when there is all kinds of information available about weight loss. If everyone has the information available to him or her, then why is losing weight so difficult? The answer is relatively simple for those of us who have added ...ARTArticleLove Addiction, Approval AddictionIn my experience as a counselor for 40 years, I have found that love addiction and approval addiction are far more prevalent than any other substance or process addictions. We live in a love-addicted, approval-addicted society.
What does it mean to be love/approval addicted? Below is a ...