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ARTArticleI Broke My 3 Love RulesI Broke My 3 Love Rules By DR. GILDA CARLE (Ph.D.) Even relationship experts make mistakes! Finally, it’s MY turn to be put on the couch! I broke my own 3 cardinal rules, and got the reminder that I’m still human! Courtesy of Match.com’s Happen Magazine ? http://www.happenmag.com/magazine/index.aspx?lid=396 ARTArticleIf You Are Still Single Hoping to Have a Relationship, Use the Holidays to Figure Out How to Succeed in Developing IntimacyThe Holidays are approaching! Isn’t it time to celebrate? Not for everybody. If you are single fearing being alone during the holidays, your might want the festivities to pass as quickly as possible. “No time of the year might be so dark, uncomfortable and annoying”, you tell yourself”; “If only I had someone to be with, things would have been different”, you whisper to yourself time and again. Use the holidays to figure out how not to be alone next year ARTArticleInceptionYesterday we decided to go and watch Inception. The commercials worked and made me wonder about the whole thing, especially given that most of what I do involves looking at how people use their minds... The first thing I did was look the word up. I had read the synopsis online and it was kind of a key word! :-) I found a few definitions quite close to each other but the general idea is beginning, creation.ARTArticleLessons from our favorite teacherSome may be excitedly anticipating their return, while others want the lazy hazy days of summer to continue well after the school bell rings. But in either case, the countdown is on…only three weeks until both students and teachers go back to the classroom. It can bring back memories of how we felt when we were kids at this time of year while also remembering which category we fell into! We all remember that special teacher. We may have been in kindergarten, grade one, four, six or ten, but somewhere in our schooling past there was one, at least one teacher who stood out from the rest!ARTArticleLong Distance Relationships....Making It Work For You!You can make long distance relationships, including a marriage, work if you and your spouse are willing to work at it and be flexible with one another. Personally, we have never had to deal with this ourselves, but we know several couples who do, including a brother and sister-in-law, and they have had long very satisfying and successful marriages, but it was not easy for them. Nor will it be a simple task for any couple who endeavors to walk down that road less traveled.ARTArticleLove and Relationship Addiction: How do you know if you are a Love Addict?Love Addicts create unhealthy and painful attachments to romance, people, sex, and the euphoria of love relationships. Love Addicts commonly search outside of themselves to feel alive and fill their unmet emotional needs. Love Addicts unconsciously look for others to “fix”-“rescue” them from the fear, pain, and discomfort of their lives. Being a Love Addict can be an emotionally painful, lonely, and baffling experience.ARTArticleLove, Marriage and Kids…How to Make it WorkLet’s be honest. The relationship we have with our spouse is different than before we had children. Our time and energy is split, we have more responsibilities, and being intimate can sometimes feel like just another chore on the “To do list”. Although it is true that our relationship is different, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive to make it better; to work on our intimacy and make time to enjoy each other’s company, like we used to…without the kids.ARTArticleMaking a Move?Dr. Neder, My good friend has asked you a few questions and spoke very highly of the advice you've given him and the results he's received. I’ll take his word for it, and try to keep this brief, but I do want to give you the some background. I’m 23 and have a good degree and career. Two weeks ago, I went on a first date with a young woman. We live about an hour away. I have known her and her family for 6 years – she is the younger sister of my best friend; also a girl.ARTArticleMaking and Keeping Good FriendsThere are many reasons why people struggle to make friends. Here are a few: - Insecurity - Selfishness - Pride - An Introvert Personality - Fear of People - Overwhelming and dominate personality - Depression But whatever the problem is, it needs to be addressed and conquered. You will never have fulfillment in life that you want unless you can achieve strong relationships. Experiencing things with others is often more enjoyable than experiencing them alone.ARTArticleMaking Love WorkManaging conflict is the foundation of a lasting relationship. There were many implications that support the hypothesis that positive affect and de-escalation are predictive of positive outcomes in any relationship, including marriage. To the extent that positive affect and de-escalation involves the physiological soothing of the man either by his partner or by himself. In other words, men must take responsibility for their contribution to the state of a relationships condition. There were many components that contributed to failing and failed relationships.ARTArticleMatrimony to Acrimony or Harmony?The choice is yours ... this is how you make it. The importance of the choices you make when your marriage ends through which children were born into this world, becomes more apparent as time continues to march forward. Each step takes us down one of two pathways - acrimony or harmony. Time would have us believe it heals or erodes our chances for change, however mercifully, we are still granted our freedom of choice. This choice is where we choose to have the best relationship with our Ex as possible at any time - and now is that time.ARTArticleMaybe I Can Just Bore Her Into Liking Me?Hey Doc! First off, I'm 21 and I stay near a pretty small town that’s big enough for a WalMart but the only "mall" in town has maybe 8 stores in it. Yeah, it’s THAT small. I got a girl's number a while back. We've only had maybe two real conversations during the last semester of college: one in person, and the other where we found out we have a lot of the same friends. Even with these few interactions, when I asked for her number over Facebook, she gave it to me.ARTArticleNetworking Lessons To Be Gained From a GorillaNetworking is all about developing relationships with people - with the goal of one day doing business with them. If we assume the majority of people we meet will not remember our name, or much at all about us after meeting us, what may we do to help ourselves to be memorable? How do we create a favorable and memorable image in the mind of our ideal clients?ARTArticleNew Year, New You, What’s Your 60 Day Challenge?I am challenging myself this year to go beyond my comfort zone to see what I can do. Will you join me? What have you wanted to accomplish for years, but haven't yet? What goal have you tried to accomplish over and over again, but haven’t been successful at completing it? Why are you failing to move forward towards your goals? It could be your system, your mindset, your environment, your partner, family, job or your daily schedule, or your nasty internal dialog working against you! Here’s a starting list of some things you can start doing to be a bit more successful.ARTArticleObama Pushes College Priority for 2020In a speech at the University of Texas, President Obama highlighted the dramatic drop in college graduates. According to a recent College Board report the United States ranks 12th among 36 developing nations in the number of college graduates ages 25-34. Not only are we losing college graduates we are faltering as an economic power. We can no longer wait to reposition ourselves by investing so little of the nation’s budget in K12 and college education.ARTArticleOneness of LoveThere are moments when we reach beyond our daily affairs, hopes and conce s and unite with the very fabric of life. We may be enjoying a spectacular sunset and our awareness expands and merges into the colors of the sky itself. Or perhaps while quietly humming a sweet melody, we begin vibrating in complete harmony with our own being. Gazing into the eyes of another we witness ete ity. These are the instances where we connect and remember the grandness of life and realize our deepest truth.ARTArticleOur Words Define Us More Than Our ActionsWe think that our actions define us more than our words. But the reality is exactly the opposite. Our actions are important, but our actions are psychologically used to verify the truth of our words and not the other way around. Be careful what you say. This article attempts to prove that your words define you more than your actions. Take a parent who says, "Do what I say and not what I do." A child looks at the action, realizes that the words are empty and vain, and doesn't listen to what you say. Interestingly, the child will hold the words against you more than the action.ARTArticleOvercoming a Past of AbuseOvercoming a Past of Abuse Courtesy of Match.com’s Happen Magazine Dear Dr. Gilda, It has been almost a year since I fled my marriage, which was very abusive and ended in divorce. For most of this year, I have been floundering, but I have started to pick up the pieces and put myself back together. I have a lot of goals I want to accomplish to improve myself, and I have started taking baby steps toward them.ARTArticlePicture-Perfect Marriage: 3 Targets Worth Aiming forSome couples tend to look at other marriages and think that they’re fairytale romances: the couple they idolize is happy, healthy, never has anything wrong with them, and seems to have everything going for them. Behind the scenes, however, every relationship has its challenges and is arguably far from perfect.ARTArticleProtecting Yourself From Every Being Hurt and Used Again by Dr. D Ivan YoungAre you setting yourself up again? 10 things you need to know to avoid being hurt and disappointed.ARTArticleRe-awakening Intimacy after ChildbirthThe time during and post childbirth for a mother is signified by GIVING. No matter if you nurse or not you give continually to your baby for months. The first step to returning to intimacy is to give to yourself: This starts with listen more deeply to yourself and having moments and practices to tap into your own feminine. Connecting intimately with your partner will follow once you made the re-connect with yourself. Do the following practice and see how you feel upon completion. It will support you in: o Rekindling your feminine intimate energyr ARTArticleRediscovering Your Feminine SelfThe spirit of femininity is generous, graceful, nurturing, supportive, sensitive, intuitive, and oriented towards love and care. Despite all of these wonderful attributes, feminine energy, especially as it pertains to sexuality, has been suppressed, condemned, and vilified on a global scale for thousands of years. It is no wonder, then, that so often we associate shame, fear, and guilt with sex and sexuality. Through reawakening our feminine energy, we can learn to celebrate our femininity in all its forms and bring greater joy and intimacy into our lives and with ourselves.ARTArticleRelationship Skills (“Soft Skills”) You MUST have for Success in Your Business and Your LifeWomen know true success is found within our relationships - not money. The way we communicate with ourselves and with others ultimately determines the overall quality of our life – and the success or lack thereof – of everything we do! One of the essential skills needed for success in business and life is predicated upon effective communication skills. Below are the 3 most effective communication skills necessary for creating success in your business and your life.ARTArticleSave My Marriage AdviceCouples having marriage problems want simple save my marriage advice that they can implement quickly. They want a neatly packaged marriage miracle. The problem with that is most marriages in trouble need more than a quick fix. A band aid fix will not work in most cases. Most marriages that are in deep trouble need major surgery that requires cutting away and replacing the negative feelings and emotions that created the problem in the first place. In order to save your marriage, you will have to work at it continuously and confront those issues that are tearing ARTArticleScapegoating Challenges Within The Family SettingThe family setting is an interesting arena that is rife with a gamut of emotions, trials and tribulations Sometimes relationships can get strained and individual family members can be singled out to bear the brunt of the family strain. Scapegoating is something that happens in any setting, group, gender, age, or race however, for the purpose of this article, I will be focusing on the nature of scapegoating in the family setting and family system.ARTArticleSecrets To Accomplishing A BIG Goal This Year, FINALLY!Many of you have goals you want to accomplish each New Year, but for some reason you don’t accomplish them.ARTArticleSensual Massage for Women Goes MainstreamNot long ago within our culture, there was a myth that women were not very sexual. If they were, they did not enjoy it, much. It was also not long ago that sex toys were hidden and shameful. It is safe to say that toys and aids have gone main stream. Women are inherently sexual beings and it is the time of our sexual re-awakening. Couples know that sexual intimacy is a major player in being happy together.ARTArticleSexual Complexity Calls for new TherapyEvolving Relationships and Sexuality Calls for a new kind of Therapist Sex is simple, except it's not. As our society becomes increasingly exposed to sex, increasingly educated and connected, and more aware of sexual potential, a gap in the area of education and teaching has become glaringly obvious. People are desperately seeking information for their sexual issues and not getting it. The world of human sexuality is enormous in its complexity. The question remains, where do you go when you need help?ARTArticleSigns Your Relationship Is Going To Fail!Signs Your Relationship Is Going To Fail!ARTArticleStaying in Love: Do's and Don'tsSustaining intimacy and fulfillment in a romantic relationship can be challenging. Often couples find themselves lacking true connection with each other as the daily routine of their lives take over. Intimacy is a creation that has to be cultivated and tended to. When we take time to consciously connect, we find that intimacy blossoms and our relationships become more fulfilling and rewarding. Here are a few essential “Do’s” and “Don’ts” to create a long lasting, meaningful relationship. Do’s ”¢ Breathe to calm the unending chatter in your mind

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