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ARTArticleThe 3 Biggest Mistakes Couples Make to Kill the PassionPassion is energizing and inspiring, a great big wonderful “YES!” that fills life with a sense of greatness and purpose. When you have passion, life is fun and juicy.
In relationship, passion is a deeply affirmative force. When there’s passion--for one another, for spending time together, for ...ARTArticleThe 7 Steps to Optimizing Your Study SkillsStudy skills are a subject that is breezed over by students around the world. Each student has a different learning style that needs to be optimized. When you compare two students one seems to naturally grasp the importance of good study skills. Another student may face challenges because they ...ARTArticleThe 7 Steps to Optimizing Your Study SkillsStudy skills are a subject that is breezed over by students around the world. Each student has a different learning style that needs to be optimized. When you compare two students one seems to naturally grasp the importance of good study skills. Another student may face challenges because they ...ARTArticleThe Best Year EverYou want to know what 2009 is going to be like? Well, I am going to tell you, so read on!
But first I want to tell you something else: 2009 is going to be the best year ever for me and all people surrounding who will be open enough to listen. Why, how? Because I know it. Because I can see it and feel it. Because it is my clearest, surest and most definite intention.
Now I am going to tell you what 2009 is going to be like for you. There are two possibilities and I invite you to choose.rARTArticleThe Birds, the Bees, and Blended FamiliesDear Dr. Weiss-Wisdom,
I’m living with my boyfriend who has two kids under eleven years old. What do I do if I don’t like his kids? They are lazy and watch a lot of T.V.-even during the daytime. They don’t pick up after themselves or have any chores. I feel like I’m the maid! When I talk ...ARTArticleThe Birds, The Bees, And Blended FamiliesHow Can I Forgive him?
On Blended Families
Dear Dr. Weiss-Wisdom,
My marriage of eighteen years ended three years ago because my husband had an affair with another woman. At first, I tried to forgive him and work the marriage out because we have a daughter together. But he lied again and I ...ARTArticleThe Bureaucrat And The GirlDear Dennis,
Five years ago, I hired this bright, good looking employee. She delivered her results well, and soon moved to an assistant manager position through department assessments. All through, I heard of her 'negativity' and 'attitude', from female managers, and felt this may be female ...ARTArticleThe Compassionate HeartWe all have such a capacity for compassion, empathy and kindness and this is never more evident that when we are faced with personal tragedies or bear witness to global catastrophes.
Although we wouldn’t wish any kind of hardship on anyone, it is beautiful to watch the generous outpouring of ...ARTArticleThe Five Obstacles to AgreementThis article and my articles "Overcoming Obstacles to Agreement" and "Negotiating Agreement" are about how to deal with disagreement—from simple difference of opinion to active upset and anger—and some specific steps that will help you reach an agreement. As you will see, the things you can do ...ARTArticleThe Good Divorce: A Model to FollowExperience and academic studies have helped us identify the basic elements of a successful divorce. “Successful” means completing the process of emotional separation, reaching a new center of balance as a single person, maintaining the welfare of your children, and establishing healthy attitudes ...ARTArticleThe importance of early learning experienceI have been working with a group of early years professionals in my role as a Child and Educational Psychologist, they are a campaign group who are working together to raise the awareness of good early years practice. Over the past few months we have been debating and researching best practice in nurseries and kindergartens around the world.ARTArticleThe New Aphrodisiac: Money Woes Can Actually Benefit Your LifeDo you know anyone who has sex for money? Sure you do. Whoever stays in a dead relationship just to retain financial security is exchanging body parts for cash! This is what I call Transaction Love.
Love as a transaction dates back to when “I’ve got cattle” was followed by “What can you trade ...ARTArticleThe Positive Psychology of Play: How Play Helps Children to FlourishChildren love to play and become totally absorbed in games they choose for themselves. Everyone agrees that play is important for young children but once children reach school age it can become crowded out by a busy timetable of structured activities and homework. But play is not just a time filler and it has a continuing important role to play in a child’s development throughout childhood and beyond.ARTArticleThink Thoughts Are Inconsequential?It's tough enough to assume responsibility for our actions and words. Should we, can we, also be responsible for our thoughts and intentions? Those are private, right? Yours alone?
Apparently not.
According to Marilyn Schlitz, president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, we're ...ARTArticleThinking of Counselling?People turn to counselling, be it individual, marital, family or group, at times having done little or no homework on the service provider. There is more to choosing a counselor then simply picking up the phone and making an appointment.
Anyone may call himself or herself a counselor, so ...ARTArticleThis Guy Is Too Damn Nice!Dear Dr. Neder:
I am 22 and the guy I am writing about is 35. The age difference doesn’t bother me at all but the fact he treats me like a princess does.
I have always been attracted to the bad boy type so really I am not sure why I was even attracted to this guy. He is an amazing guy ...ARTArticleTreating Teens Who Abuse Drugs/AlcoholLike schools of fish, teens who abuse drugs and alcohol tend to hang in the same crowd. They garner a kind of moral support or legitimacy from like-minded and behaving peers for their drug and alcohol consumption. Further, when drug and alcohol consumption reaches the abuse stage, they are seen ...ARTArticleTrying to ReconcileHi Doc!
My girlfriend and I broke up about 5 weeks ago. I’m 22 and we have been dating 3 years - on and off for 5. She broke up with me because of the way I was treating her, I was being a pretty bad boyfriend. So, after 5 weeks we had a talk and she was willing to open her heart for me to come ...ARTArticleWater By Any Name May Not Be As Sweet – What Is Your Teen Drinking?I opened my browser and the latests news headline was this: Bottled Water Has Contaminants Too, Studies Find. Just great, I say. Every week, I buy a case of bottled water– and press the kids to take a bottle to sports practice and use it to fill up during the day… Ok, the Erin Brockovich in ...ARTArticleWhat Happened To Study Skills?It’s May in my 8th grade class and I am giving the kids time to review for their up-coming French final. I am absolutely puzzled: Most kids are just sitting there, looking at their books, notes or old papers. They sit and swing on their chairs, spend one minute on each page and after ten minutes are at a loss as to what to do. They’re done! They’ve just read through the latest lessons and they’re ready.ARTArticleWhat of Our Fathers?We can be quick to judge our parents. There are so many things they could have done better. That is, if they had been better trained.
We tend to compare our parents -- at least during some stage in our lives -- with an ideal that virtually no parent measures up to. If we must compare them, ...ARTArticleWhen Do We Become Real?A few years ago I was in Publix with my young granddaughter. We went to the bakery section to get her the “free cookie” that publix advocates. After finding out that the “free cookie” did not include her cherished “Gingerbread Boy,” I murmured to her in my best grandmotherly fashion that ...ARTArticleWhen it’s Good, it’s Very Good…Some people are in abusive relationships. They say they stay because when it’s good, it’s very good. Unfortunately, when it’s bad, it is also very bad. So, some people weigh the good against the bad and it seems to come out even. Not so.
Abusive relationships must be assessed when under duress. ...ARTArticleWhich Guys Are “Marriage Material”?Dr. Dennis:
What are some signs that a man is "marriage material" and that a woman should definitely consider pursuing him seriously?nn===================
Hello!
One of the best signs is to check the ring finger of his left hand (at least here in the States); if there's a wedding band there, ...ARTArticleWhy Am I Still Single?If your friends are telling you that you are too picky, or that you are too cynical, or angry, or that something is wrong with you,I call B.S. on all that.
Chances are that you have been hurt along the way, had some not so great experiences or have had friends and family who have had bad ...ARTArticleWhy Do Women Love Men?Hey Doc,
I have a question: why are women attracted to men (and not to each other)?
I know what attracts me to women, women are beautiful and soft but I wonder what’s in women's brains that make them see men as more attractive than women? I can’t imagine my self kissing another man but why ...ARTArticleWhy is Having Sex Too Early Bad?Dear Dennis:
The girls that give sex up front are getting all the guys, but they don't seem to keep them for long. Guys view them as a fuck buddy type thing but not for a real relationship. The women who wait a bit to give out sex live most of their lives lonely, but end up marrying the guy at ...ARTArticleWill He Marry Me?Hi Doc:
I guess my situation is common but let me ask what you think any way.
I am a 42 year old woman that has been dating a 50 year old man for 4 years now, we have been living together for 2 years now and we’re both divorced.
When we met I was very clear what I wanted and he seemed ...ARTArticleYou Choose: Honored Guest or Guest OfINSIDE RELATIONSHIPSnBY JAN DENISEnRELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009
You Choose: Honored Guest or Guest Of?
Especially if the economy has you in crisis mode, you might be looking for a savior, somebody who has everything and wants to share. After all, you have a lot to contribute, albeit ...ARTArticleYour Teenage Daughter's Success in SchoolEvaluating your Teenage Daughters Success at School with More than her Report Card is as Essential as Stopping Your Son's Nosebleed in Church with his Seersucker Suit and Knee-High Socks on.
Measuring school success encompasses so much more tha
A's, B's and SAT's.
"The Secrets to Having the ...