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ARTArticle***Healing Envy"I have a question about envy. I'm not talking about jealousy but specifically envy and how to be happy for someone else's good fortune. I feel like I have broke new ground on this issue as I have genuinely been able to feel happy for someone else recently who achieved something I hadn't but only after going through some Inner Bonding because my first reaction was shock and envy and it upset my balance for a while. I felt like there was some competition going on in my mind. I don't feel envy with friends in general but with my lovers I do.ARTArticle***Holding Your Heart Through Sadness and Heartbreak"I've finally learned how to lovingly hold my heart when my heart hurts from the pain of disconnection with loved ones," said Meagan in our phone session. "I've discovered that it's possible to feel peaceful even in the midst of loneliness and heartbreak." Does it seem like a paradox to you to feel both peaceful and sad at the same time? Peaceful and Sad at the Same Time ARTArticle***Self-Validation - How to Validate YourselfFrom the time we are born, we need validation. Loving parents offer consistent validation to their children, validating their feelings, their perceptions, their gifts and talents, their particular form of intelligence, their interests, their kindness, caring, and intuition. You are very fortunate if you received this kind of validation from your parents. If your parents also validated their own feelings, perceptions, and so on, then you are extremely fortunate, as you likely learned to do this for yourself from their role modeling.ARTArticle***Taking the Risk of Loving"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. but in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.ARTArticle***The Crazymaking Trap: Proving Your Worth Over and OverMarcus grew up the eldest of three, with a highly critical mother and an absent father. Marcus's mother frequently told him or implied that he was too stupid to take care of himself - that he would be nothing without her. She programmed him to believe that she was his only source of love and safety, but that she wouldn't give him the love he so desperately needed until he proved himself worthy of it by doing things "right". She taught him to be confused between love and approval, and to be constantly trying to control getting love and avoiding the pain of rejection.ARTArticle***The Happiness Choice"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." --Stephen R. Covey, Author and Speaker This is a powerful freedom. And, from my point of view, another way of putting this is that the ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide our own intent: - To protect against pain with our controlling behavior - To learn about what is loving to ourselves and others When our intent is to learn about love, that is when we get to decide how others will affect us.ARTArticle***The Need for TouchWe are born with the need to touch and be touched, skin-to-skin. If you were not held and touched with love as you were growing up, then this might be a very deep need for you. But even if you were held and touched with love, you still need it today. It is a basic need. But not all touch meets that need. There are two kinds of touch: - The kind of touch that has the energy of love - The kind of touch that has the energy of neediness The Needy Touch ARTArticle***When Should You Take It Personally?We hear so often, "Don't take it personally." What does this really mean? The answer is NOT simple! Let's say that you are in a great mood, feeling loving and expansive, and someone - either someone close to you or a stranger like a clerk in a store - is withdrawn or attacking.ARTArticle***When You Feel Hurt By Your PartnerI grew up with a very angry mother who would attack me out of the blue. As a highly sensitive only child, the fear and heartbreak of being treated so unlovingly was unbearable. So rather than feel the hurt, I numbed it out by learning to stay in my head rather than being present in my body, and by focusing on caretaking others' feelings. The only way I could survive was to not know that I was being so hurt.ARTArticle10 Reasons Why the High Dollar is Great for WeddingsToday the Australian Dollar is doing great and some analysts think that it is going to do even better in the coming months. If you're planning a wedding, this is definitely good news for you. Since exchange rates with the U.S. Dollar are so great, it means that traveling abroad or purchasing imported items is going to be great for you. Just keep in mind that some of the tourism in Australia is hurting, which has caused a bit of a problem with the economy in the country.ARTArticle10 Ways to Raise Children to USE DrugsObey their demands. Give in to their tantrums. Deny them nothing. If they want it, indulge them. Make sure they know you will always be there to get them out of trouble. If they break a toy or wreck a car, replace it. Overlook, defend, or rescue them from the consequences of their negative behavior. Accept their excuses or blame others by saying things such as, "My child would never do that!", "It can't be her fault; it must be the school's fault!", or "The other child made him do it."ARTArticle5 “Wow” First Dates in AtlantaFirst dates always bring up a host of questions. What type of food does your date like, what kind of music, go casual or a little more dressed up… the list goes on and on. Today we look at five dates that put all questions to rest and simply go for the “Wow” factor. Date # 1: Georgia Aquarium’s Swim or Dive Take your date on a swim with the largest fish in Atlanta and the world, the whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium. $225 (per person) gets you a 2.5 hour shared experience with 30 minutes in the water.ARTArticle6 Ideas and Examples for Creating Your Wedding VowsOne of the things you'll need to consider when planning your wedding is the wedding vows you want to exchange. Usually Civil Marriage Celebrants will allow you to write your own if you don't want to go with traditional words. Of course, you need to consider this ahead of time so everyone knows what is going on when the big day arrives. Maybe you are not sure how to write your own or what you should even write. Asking your marriage celebrant for ideas is a great place to start.ARTArticle7 Ways to Instantly Build Self ConfidenceThere you are standing in line at a coffee shop and you see the most beautiful girl you have ever seen. She is typing away at her laptop and you cannot take your eyes off of her. You start to think, “She is so beautiful she would never want me.” “What would I say to her if I went over there, no I can’t do that what if she hates me.” Self Confidence is the belief in your ability. The opposite of self confidence would be uncertainty. If you are afraid to go approach a girl then your fear rooted in uncertainty would cause you to not do what you wanted.ARTArticleA 12 Step Program for the Recovering DivorceeHello, my name is Lee and I am divorced. I have been in post marriage recovery for the past 5 years. This is a 12 Step Recovery Program for Divorce, adapted from other 12 Step Recovery Programs. Step 1: Admit that you are powerless in your marriage and that your lives together have come to an end. This is a crucial step because this is the first step to freedom. Like an alcoholic or drug addict, you have hit rock bottom in your marriage, and have tried everything to save it with no success.ARTArticleA Recipe for The Blended FamilyThis is a recipe that is more common every day. It can be delicious or a complete disaster. The base ingredients are pretty standard, although sometimes there are a few variations. Here is the recipe for a blended family. Children. The children are a key ingredient. They may be primary custody, shared custody or standard visitation, as far as their time with each parent involved in this recipe. 2 Adults. The adults can be both divorced or just one may be divorced. The key is that one of the adults has children, although they both can have children.ARTArticleAccount of a Tuition SurvivorI had tuition from when I was in Primary One until Secondary Four. My younger sister started from when she was Kindergarten Two. She started early because she wouldn’t leave me alone during my tuition lessons – insisting on playing with me, talking with me, peeping on me – she felt left out. I, on the other hand, hated being forced to take supplementary lessons I did not need. After a succession of tutors who quit – one of whom pinched me – I realised that my mother was going to continue forcing tuition down my throat. I eventually settled on the one I thought was the nicest.ARTArticleAddiction to GossipA member of Inner Bonding Village asked the following question: "I'm a little confused. My mother is visiting me, and sometimes we have a nice time together. But often her way of bonding with me or anyone else is to talk about other people's problems. Most of the time I find it draining. It feels like she is never happy and uses her 'caring' and problem solving abilities to avoid something else."ARTArticleAlways Being NiceWomen tend to always do things they don’t want to do because they don’t want to seem unkind. They want to be labeled as being nice. They take comments from others, food orders that are less than satisfactory, to treatment from their partners that is below their standards. How do we stop reacting in this way? How do we stop what society has placed on us?ARTArticleAnger on the Streets of LondonThere are times in life when feelings can run high and when anger that has been simmering under the surface, bubbles over into full blown chaos. This was the case yesterday during the student demonstration against the planned hike in university fees. In such environments, one angry person is not good -especially for that person‘s health: two people can create a spark that once goes off, can lead to an anger related outburst and -in the case of the protestors yesterday- 52,000 angry people is a recipe for full blown confrontation and mayhem.ARTArticleAvoid these Common Wedding Reception ComplaintsYou don't want to be the bride that everyone talks about in a negative way, so you want to make sure you plan out a reception that will keep your guests happy. While you can't please every single person, you can do your best to ensure everyone is comfortable and to make sure they have pleasant memories of your wedding day. Take a look at these common wedding reception complaints that so many guests have. Avoid these complaints and you'll make sure your reception is a wonderful one that everyone will enjoy. Complaint #1 - Bad or Obnoxious Music ARTArticleBatting Below Your AverageThe phrase, to bat above one's average, according to The Urban Dictionary is derived from the English gentleman’s sport of Cricket and means "When a male picks up a female substantially more attractive than all his previous efforts in women." The phrase to bat below one's average, according to A Goddess in Love means, "When a male, regardless of sexual orientation, consistently picks up lovers and partners that are a serious reflection of his impoverished self image."ARTArticleBetter, betterer, betterest in sexIs it possible to get better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’ when it comes to sex? A certain Singapore minister was cited in the media as saying, “If you’re the best today, strive to be better. If you’re better today, strive to be ‘betterer’ and if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’ so that over time, Singapore’s service standards can just keep getting better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’.”ARTArticleBook Review: Impossible Motherhood – Testimony of an Abortion AddictThe cover of book Impossible Motherhood is simple but alluring. It traces the outline of a woman with two lines, with the title and sub-title ‘Testimony of an Abortion Addict’ located where the pubic mons is. Then, there are three sets of red lines (each set has four lines with a fifth line diagonally striking them off to symbolise ‘five’) at where the figure’s vulva would be.ARTArticleBook Review: Red Hot TouchRed Hot Touch: A Head-to-Toe Handbook for Mind-Blowing Orgasms by Jaiya and Jon Hanauer Red Hot Touch is sizzling hot! It is possibly the modern-day equivalent of The Joy of Sex. The writing is fresh and playful; the content is incredibly useful and informative; and the techniques are specific, detailed, and easy to understand.ARTArticleBook Review: Sitting Moon – A Guide to Natural Rejuvenation After PregnancyI was drawn to the book Sitting Moon: A Guide to Natural Rejuvenation After Pregnancy at the library. It has in part to do with the professional-looking cover with a white background, as well as the sub-title: ‘Natural Rejuvenation’. Natural is always good, I thought. Another factor probably has to do the cover image of an Asian woman having a private moment with a baby on her lap.ARTArticleBook Review: Stand by Her‘Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men’ is a book by one brave man for other men who are witnessing their loved one fighting breast cancer and how to support them. These men can be their husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, friends, and coworkers.ARTArticleBook review: The Erotic MindThe Erotic Mind: Unlock the Inner Sources of Sexual Passion and Fulfillment by Jack Morin In this intriguing, insightful mix of analysis, anecdote and advice, San Francisco psychotherapist Morin developed an ‘erotic equation’ by drawing on the discussions of 351 respondents, straight and gay. This equation is: Attraction plus obstacles leads to excitement.ARTArticleBook Review: The Joy of SexThe Joy of Sex: A Gourmet Guide to Love Making by Alex Comfort This original The Joy of Sex, first published in 1972, has often been credited with inventing the modern sex manual and enjoyed unprecedented success world-wide gracing 8 million homes. Illustrated with line-drawings and watercolors of a couple, this book aims to be a personal one-couple notebook containing valid sexual behaviors, plus a certain amount about how and why they work.ARTArticleBook Review: Women Who Love SexWomen Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy, by Gina Ogden Once I started reading the book, I did not want to put it down. It is beautifully and succinctly written by a woman who has had to deal with her own inner ‘ghosts’ and discomforts with sexuality, who has sat with countless numbers of women, from the 1970s up to the early ’90s to understand their perspective, and who has and is leading the way for the many others to follow.

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