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ARTArticleDr. Romance on: Apology and ForgivenessDr. Romance writes: In my clinical experience, I've encountered many clients who are afraid to admit they're wrong. This comes from a culture of blaming and accusing -- where one's early family may have picked a "culprit" when something went wrong, and focused on blame, rather than on fixing the problem and healing the hurt. People with such experiences approach every situation as if they're on trial, and they compulsively try to convince everyone they're not guilty. They have no patterns to follow for apology and forgiveness.ARTArticleDr. Romance on: Getting To YesDr. Romance writes: The average person pays more attention to what she's saying or thinking about than what she is hearing, or how her words are "landing" on the other person. This self-involvement gets worse during an argument. You can become a much more effective communicator by using what I call the attentive speaking technique, a simple and highly effective way to improve your communication with your partner, your children, or extended family, or co-workers.ARTArticleDr. Romance: Detox Your LifeDr. Romance writes: Many of my clients come in with complaints about personal habits that feel toxic in their lives. Just as you can detox your body when you’re feeling sluggish, it’s also possible to detox your emotional life. Here are some of the most common ways your life can back up on you, and how to handle it. 1. Frequently late ARTArticleDr. Romance: Four Steps to SuccessIn my private counseling practice, writes Dr. Romance, clients often tell me, “I want to be happy!” We then set about making it a reality. As a psychotherapist, I know that Your habits, your relationships, your environment, and especially what you think about them determine more about how happy you are than your genes do; because I’ve watched so many people figure out how to meet their goals and create their own happiness. You can improve any part of your life you wish: your relationship with yourself, your relationships with others, your work life, your home life, and even your health.ARTArticleDr. Romance: Peace Begins at HomeDr. Romance writes: There is so much unrest in the world today: we are still in two wars, terrorism seems to be endemic worldwide, and domestic violence still dominates the news. We still need to heed the old bumper sticker: TEACH PEACE. The more current one on my car says “Peace is Patriotic.”ARTArticleDr. Romance: Why am I assumed to be a cougar good for only one thing?Dear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDynamic Marriage - The Perfect Valentines Day GiftAre you at a loss about what to give your wife for Valentines Day? What can you give your man that will make a big impact on him? The answers lie in understanding what your spouse really wants and needs from you. Let me give you some ideas. We all have common human needs but our priorities are different. What communicates “I love you” varies from person to person and is often different for each gender. The key is giving not as you would like to receive, but giving as the one you love likes to receive. That requires paying attention.ARTArticleEmotional Affair DefinitionYou could well argue that any and all affairs are emotional, but the actual definition of an emotional affair, put bluntly, is an affair without sex. Now this may be confusing to some who imagine that the word “affair” implies sex, so I shall clarify the definition, and attempt to give you an insight into what is an emotional affair. A close relationship with a member of the opposite sex that is not your partner, but the relationship does not include physical intimacy. Are we getting any closer to understanding this non sexual affair?ARTArticleEmotional Affair is worse than a Physical One!The idea of your husband or wife being physically intimate with another person is one of the worst aspects of discovering a spouse’s infidelity. The images replay in the betrayed spouses’ minds and the feelings of disgust can run deep. However, one can argue you can at least fight sex! The deep connection and sharing of hopes and dreams implied by a husbands’ emotional affair; his reliance on another woman for his emotional needs is far more of a betrayal of trust, as it calls into question the wife’s role in the relationship and is far harder to fight.ARTArticleEmotional Affairs, What’s All the Fuss About?There are two quite different beliefs as to what is an emotional affair; the one believes it to be a workplace friendship, the other believes it to be the single most dangerous threat to a marriage possible. These two viewpoints do not fall neatly into gender camps, but there is a commonality between those on one side and those on the other. The deniers tend to see themselves at the center of most interactions, while those who accept that emotional infidelity is a real and potential threat have heightened empathy and see relationships as involving several people.ARTArticleEmotional betrayal and your feelingsRage, it is perfectly normal to feel angry, at your betrayer for having an extramarital affair, at yourself, at his friends who kept the secret, at your friends who did not warn you, at the world for letting this happen! It is not, however, alright to take that rage out on your children, nor should rage be allowed to take over your life.ARTArticleExecutive Marriage Coach – I Thought My Marriage Was OK“I thought my marriage was OK”. This was the lament of a young man who came in with his wife to see me for coaching. A couple of months ago his wife informed him that she has been unhappy in their marriage for about five years and now is thinking about leaving. How could they have such drastically different perspectives on their marriage?ARTArticleExecutive Marriage Coach – Top 10 Things Learned In My 35 Year MarriageMy wife and I recently celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. As I reflected on this I decided to share my list of the top ten things I have learned in 35 years, in no particular order. 1. We’ve had to grow-up together. We all bring our unfinished business with us into marriage and it is these developmental issues that create the most problems. In our case we got married young and that makes it even more obvious and important to grow up. When we have been honest with ourselves and worked on our own maturity, then our relationship has also grown.ARTArticleFellowship with the Lord-It`s that importantMost of US who are here are truly Saved. We have made our first adjustment to the Justice of God by faith alone in Christ alone for Salvation. Acts:16:31, 4:12, John 3:36, Ephesians 2:8, 9. We are the possessors of Ete al life. We also possess the Righteousness of God the Father, as a matter of fact, we are everything that Jesus Christ is. Bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh and so on.ARTArticleFive Good Rules for The First Post Divorce DatePreparing for the first date, post divorce, can be traumatic, unfortunately it doesn’t get any better after time. Even the most mature, well balanced people get their share of jitters at the thought of a first date. The key is to be prepared, to know the rules, and to prepare for a fun time.ARTArticleForcing LoveLove is not something that can be forced. We cannot guilt someone into loving us. We can demand that they love us; however, that tends to have the opposite effect. In order to gain love, we must give love. Consider that people love us because of the way they feel about themselves when they are with us. Are your thoughts, words and actions are building the other person up, thus building the relationship or are they having the opposite effect?ARTArticleGetting Past JealousyJealousy is simply insecurity in hyperdrive. Feeling jealous means that we have weighed and measured ourself and found ourself wanting. We compare ourself to someone or something else and feel that we are coming up short.ARTArticleHave We Been Taught Wrong?After years of hearing diets and loss weight I look around and see more people with weight problems than every before. I know that there are more people in the world today ,but what I see is madness. weight-loss and diet programs have become a billion dollar a year business! WHY? I believe that we have been taught wrong all a long . Public health has been telling us for over 40 years that if we want to lose fat then cut fat out of our diets.ARTArticleHave You Made a Mistake With a Relationship?If you have made a mistake in your relationship remember that it is not the end of the world. You can repair things if you are willing to work. First of all look at yourself in the mirror and admit to yourself that you have made a mistake. Denial of wrong doing is the greatest mistake that we all make. Remember nobody is perfect. Now I am not saying to brow beat yourself just admit that you to have done things in this relationship that are not right also.ARTArticleHealing from InfidelityHealing from infidelity might seem like an intimidating undertaking or even impossible. However, with professional support from a Relationship Specialist, nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, the road to recovery is both demanding and long. And yes, setbacks are to be expected along the way. Nevertheless, healing from infidelity is not just possible, many believe that it is often likely. Often couples who complete the healing journey even find that their relationship is stronger, more intimate, and more satisfying than before the affair.ARTArticleHow do emotional affairs happen?Once you at least partly accept that, for a lot of people, the workplace is the source of many an emotional affair; you may want to know how to avoid getting involved in one, or maybe you need to identify if you are close to the edge of an emotional affair, without realizing it? Few married people are comfortable with the notion of infidelity, and yet, they can allow themselves to get dangerously close to someone, whilst kidding themselves that they are not being unfaithful because there is no physical intimacy.ARTArticleHow to Communicate with a ManEvery woman has been in a situation where her man became moody, withdrawn, and won’t tell you what is wrong. He completely closes down or goes into the ‘cave.’ How you respond to this can make the difference between whether he falls deeper in love with you or walks away without any explanation or closure.ARTArticleHow to Date a Nice GuyI constantly work with women who are tired of cycling through ‘bad boys’ or dysfunctional relationships. They want to find someone worth spending the rest of their lives with. The problem is that they may not be able to identify the ‘nice guys.’ Even if they can, there is baggage they cannot see but is ‘red flags’ for the ‘nice guys’. This last aspect of dating is the hardest to handle, because those red flags are exactly what attracts Mr. Wrong.ARTArticleHow to End an Emotional Affair?At first it was a friendship, then you became closer than you imagined possible, until that person has become as important to you as your spouse, and you were deep into emotional cheating! Most people in this situation know that the lies and the reluctance to let their spouse know anything about this other person, all add up to an affair, it has just not reached a physical level. It is important to learn how to end emotional cheating but first the full extent of the betrayal must be understood.ARTArticleHow to Identify the Toxic Relationships in Your LifeHow do you identify a toxic relationship? Here is a list of ways to tell if something might possibly be wrong in your personal relationship with your significant other. Just answer these questions truthfully. • Does your significant other verbally abuse you? • Does your significant other say he/she loves you but act the other way? • Does your significant other keep you from your friends or family? • Is your significant other jealous of your children? • Has your significant other ever opened your mail? Read your email? Listened in on your phone calls?r ARTArticleHow to Keep a Woman HappyAdvice for men about relationships. My first question to you is ,Do you know what makes a women happy? Let me give you a few points.ARTArticleHow to Keep Him - Relationship vs. PartnershipOne of the biggest problems between men and women is their view of a relationship. Instead of looking at your connection as a relationship, try to view it as a partnership. This opens up a whole new dynamic. The average person goes into a relationship with a simple objective, to have someone else fulfill their wants and needs. There would be far more successful relationships if people viewed their connection as a partnership.ARTArticleHow to Read Emotional Affair Signs?If you know that emotional affairs at work are common and that your husband or wife seems distant lately, your imagination may be in overdrive, suspecting them of infidelity. Whether they are cheating physically or emotionally, the emotional affair signs are very similar to those of a spouse conducting a full blown physically intimate affair, with one very distinctive difference; the level of denial. A spouse having an emotional affair may be in total denial that their relationship is any kind of affair.ARTArticleHow to Survive Dating MenOne of the most common questions asked by women is ‘What do Men Want.’ The most painful question is ‘Why?’ These two questions put together cause heartache and distrust in millions of women. It is easy to start seeing every man as a commitment-phobe, or someone with attachment issues, but this is just not true. There are a lot of good men out there. The trick is to learn how to recognize them. What Does A Man Want? Impact on Feelings ARTArticleIf Life Coaching is the Answer, What is The Question?The questio I hear most often is, ‘Why does coaching work? I don’t get it. It is too simple.’ I hear this from clients, and people who are new to coaching. It seems that nothing happens except a bit of jou aling and brainstorming in many sessions. It doesn’t look like the coach invests a lot of effort, but the results are measurable, and there is ample evidence to support the successful approaches to coaching.

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