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ARTArticleFive Ways to Protect Yourself from Emotional ManipulatorsFor the last few weeks I’ve been talking about emotional manipulators and the tactics they use to control you. The devastation these emotional predators can cause in your life is insidious and serious. These people can wear you down until you are a depressed, defeated shadow of the person you once were. That’s why it’s important to recognize the tactics they use to dominate you and to set strict boundaries to protect yourself from them.ARTArticleFrom Apology to Forgiveness: Healing and ReconnectingEvery relationship suffers from moments of disappointment. He brushes you off when you’re opening your heart to him. She is always late and makes you wait for her. And these are just the small things—not nearly as painful as infidelity, for example. But the small things add up and pretty soon resentment enters into your relationship.ARTArticleGet Through the Holidays with Humor and Grace: Four Strategies for Couples and FamiliesAre you looking forward to a relaxing holiday? Have you made plans that fit your unique values, needs, and energy level? Or do you feel pulled by the needs of friends and family, swept into the consumer rush, or tantalized by images of perfect holiday bliss and feeling like you can’t measure up? These strategies will help you balance needs of others with your own, and make the holiday season more enjoyable. Give up perfection: It’s inspiring to imagine a holiday filled with closeness and warmth, with a healthy dose of time for yourself to relax.ARTArticleGetting Your Ex Back? Is it Really What You Want?It is now a very common phenomenon to hear people ask different types of get ex back questions on a regular basis. Every time you go online, you see questions like how do I get my ex back and similar others listed below, these are just handful of such questions as there are several thousands of similar questions being asked every day. What is the solution? How do I go about getting back my ex? Because I still love him so much? I need help to get my ex Girlfriend/Boyfriend back? What should I do to get my ex Girlfriend/Boyfriend back?r ARTArticleGood Listening Is the Greatest GiftWhat is the greatest gift you can give your partner? What is the greatest gift that costs you nothing but time and effort? That’s the gift of understanding who she is. The gift of believing in her. Think about it. When your partner knows you “get” her, you are validating her existence to the core of her being. You are giving her the sure knowledge that she is understood and loved regardless. It’s a powerful feeling. And how can you bestow such a gift? By becoming a great listener. It is the key to understanding your partner and fully developing an intimate relationship.ARTArticleGood Listening Means Good RelationshipsHappy people make it a point to listen to others. They like to learn new things, take an interest in others and generally feel good when they listen. In the process of listening, they are also showing respect for others’ thoughts and ideas, and that, in turn, demonstrates their self-confidence. They are secure enough to let all sorts of ideas and opinions enter their lives—even those with which they disagree. They radiate positive energy.ARTArticleGrandparents Can Help Grandchildren Cope with Parent’s Divorce!Too often, grandparents are caught in drama between parents during and after their divorce. While they want to help in any way they can, many grandparents just don’t know how to ease the hurt, confusion and other emotions affecting their innocent grandkids. Since every divorce is unique there are no cookie-cutter solutions that do the trick. But here are some guidelines to help you be there for your grandchildren at a time when they need your love and support.ARTArticleHappy Couples CommunicateYou’d think it would go without saying that happy couples like each other. You have to like someone before you can love them. And happy couples love each other. They share a good laugh frequently and often. They pay attention to one another. They communicate.ARTArticleHe Said, She Said: ApologiesWhy is it so hard for some men to utter those healing words, “I’m sorry”? And why is it so important to a woman to hear them? It seems men and women look at apologies from different perspectives. Some women, when they apologize, feel really good that they’ve made a positive effort to mend the relationship. Especially if they’re afraid they’ve hurt someone’s feelings. They say they’re sorry to repair the damage. When they do, they have a sense of satisfaction that they’ve made the effort to make the relationship right again.ARTArticleHealing Your HeartachesOne of the most frequent things I observe when working with clients is their lack of willingness to face the pain and trauma of the one thing that trips them up most when looking for love – their childhood. It’s understandable to a degree since we’re programmed to move toward pleasure and away from pain; however our soul came here for the experience of the contrast of our existence, and to find our way back to peace. The choice to remain mired in the pain of our childhood wounds keeps us stuck.ARTArticleHealthy Sexual RelationshipsA healthy sexual relationship is an integral part of a fulfilling partnership, which is reason enough to make good sex a worthy pursuit. The trouble is, while sex often provides great pleasure, it can just as often provoke stress. Are you satisfying your partner? Are your sexual encounters frequent enough? Do they last long enough? There are all sorts of questions you can ask. But really only one is relevant: Are the needs of both partners being met?ARTArticleHeart Attack Causing Diets That Will KILL You Before You Tu 40HEART ATTACK CAUSING DIETS THAT WILL KILL YOU BEFORE YOU TU 40 Reading conflicting messages out there these days you may be thinking that cholesterol is terrible for your body, but in fact a certain amount of fat is required for any living organism to exist. Do not forget while cholesterol does cause heart disease, it is still a natural function of the human body. The problem arises when there is too much bad cholesterol accumulating in the body and it cannot be maintained thus affecting the arteries.ARTArticleHow Come We Never Have Sex?There’s a great scene in a Woody Allen movie where a couple is seeing a counselor. Simultaneously the male complains that the couple never has sex while the female complains they have constant sex. The reason the scene is funny is because it contains a bit of truth to it. Few couples are perfectly in sync when it comes to libido. That imbalance of sexual drive may exacerbate the problem and cause even greater periods of sexual inactivity. How? Masturbation and Pornography ARTArticleHow Do You Know When You’re Being Emotionally Manipulated?Most people are empathetic, unless they have a personality disorder, and they understand that emotions are sacred. To be taken seriously. Most people agree that it’s morally unethical to toy with someone else’s emotions.ARTArticleHow does adult attachment affect your romantic relationship?Ashley* approached me for some relationship counselling, as she thought she was spending way too much time feeling terrible in her relationship. It was so relentlessly painful for her, she was having trouble sleeping and it was beginning to affect her work. If you’ve ever caught yourself acting in ways you don’t fully understand or aren’t proud of, maybe you need to figure out your romantic attachment style and its implications for long term relationships.ARTArticleHow Loving Couples BehaveNorman and Norma Burmah, at 102 and 99, have the longest marriage—82 years—on record in the United States. Imagine if they were unhappily married. What a long and dismal sentence that would be. While I don’t know how happily married they are, I do know what they and others do when they are in a happy relationship. Certain behavioral patterns are shared by happy couples, whether recently united or going for the longevity record. Friends ARTArticleHow Much Do You Owe Your Abusive Parents?Abraham Lincoln did not attend his father’s funeral. When Abe was nine years old, his father, Thomas, left him and his sister for six months in their backwoods cabin in the charge of their 20-year-old cousin, Dennis Hanks. During that time, they often went hungry and barely scraped by. Later, when Abe became interested in learning, Thomas ridiculed his studies. When Abe sometimes neglected farm work to read, his father beat him. He also beat him for other minor infractions, although it’s useful to remember that kind of punishment was common back then.ARTArticleHow to *Successfully* handle Extended Family Relationships during the Holiday SeasonWith summer vacation recently over and the Fall holidays just beginning, there may be more family time than you can handle! Along with lots of family time can come conflict. Whether you and your spouse disagree as to how to deal with the in-laws or whether you are having an issue with a sibling, the Imago dialogue process is a great tool to process these issues, understand each others' points of view, and work better together to devise a mutually beneficial solution.ARTArticleHow to Ground Your Fear of FlyingImagine you've just won a dream vacation to an island in the Caribbean. You can almost smell the fresh, salt air. White sand and turquoise ocean spread out for miles in front of you, sprinkled with coconut and palm trees. You're staying in a small cottage on the beach, listening to the soft hoot of grebes. There's just one small catch... You're afraid to fly. Usually it's not a problem. You can drive most places, or take a train in a pinch. And you're happy enough to vacation at home...or so you've told yourself.ARTArticleHow to Live with and *Understand* an Angry SpouseOne of the most common yet challenging issues I see when working with couples is anger. Anger is one of the most powerful and most destructive human emotions. The long-term damage it can have on a marriage can be irreparable as it tears apart the trust and safety in a relationship. Here are a few points to demystify anger and help deal with its presence in your relationship: 1) What is anger really?ARTArticleInsomnia: What to do When Pills Don't Work“I can't get enough sleep,” James told me. “I had some medication, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.” It's a common problem. About 30% of the U.S. population reports having trouble sleeping in a given year. About 12% of those turn to pills, and fill about 60 million prescriptions annually. And for many people, they seem to work...for awhile. * The problem with pills ARTArticleIs Your Partner Depressed?If your partner is depressed, your relationship suffers, and may even cause you to feel a bit depressed yourself. If you have trouble determining whether your partner is depressed, take heart. You’re not alone. The word ‘depression’ has been used to describe everything from being in a bad mood to having a depressive illness. A bad mood will pass, but a depressive illness is not something you can pull yourself out of at will. Is your partner - withdrawn, - lacking energy, - losing interest in normal activities liking eating or having sex,ARTArticleKeeping the Friendship Alive.10 WAYS TO KEEP & SUSTAIN A MARRIAGE 3.) KEEPING THE FRIENDSHIP ALIVE. In every love story, it always starts with friendship. You get to know a person through the establishment of this. In the verge of friendship, having fun has always been a key element to its success. Hanging out, doing crazy stuff together, and showing the real person you are is easily done during friendship stage. Having a good foundation of friendship in a relationship is the strongest pillar to support a partnership. Loving relationships will never bloom without being friends.ARTArticleListen, ThenSpouses are our better half. They complete us. They supplement us what we lack. They are our best friends. They know everything about us. They are the wall that we could lean back and shoulder to cry. They are our frontline critics. So as we are to them. However, they would not be our better half if we were not selfless. If we do not extend ourselves and seek interest on them, we would not be one with our spouse. Essential to marriage is becoming one. If we fail on it, we separate or live a stressful married life. Active listening is one best way to extend oneself to your spouse.ARTArticleLower Your Cholesterol Naturally! 10 More Ways.Ok, how about we look at 10 more ways we can lower our cholesterol naturally? Slow down on the egg yokes Studies have shown that you should no more than four egg yokes a week. Each egg yoke that you eat contains over 200 milligrams of cholesterol! Even if you don’t think that you have to worry about your cholesterol, there is no reason not to play it safe. Eliminate Alcoholr While these studies can go both ways, moderate amounts of alcohol are your best bet.ARTArticleMackenzie Phillips’ reveals much about divorce & victims of child abuse!It’s disturbing, sad and shocking to learn about the physical and emotional abuse Mackenzie Phillips experienced as an adolescent and young woman. How many other children and adults are hiding and trying to cope with unspeakable “family secrets” that get left unspoken and unacknowledged? What are the effects on young people who are trying to make sense of abusive behavior at the hands of the very adults they are supposed to trust? One thing’s for sure. Children are easy victims of all kinds of abuse.ARTArticleMaking The Connection With Your ChildrenThere are many different levels of connecting. When you call out to your child from another room you are not yet connected, you are just putting out what I will term a location finder signal. By the second and third times when you don't get a response, your frustration is rising. You are in reaction mode. Why weren't you getting a response? Possibly your child's music or television are too loud for you to be heard. Perhaps your child is on the phone, on the computer, watching a video or totally absorbed in some activity. The reality is that you are not connected yet.ARTArticleMarriage Issues - Self CenterednessDoes your spouse think "Its all about him/her"? Philippians 2:3-4 ~ Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out for not his own interest, but also for interest of others. If your marriage isn't working exactly how you would like it to, consider the above scripture. Doing more for your spouse than for yourself, will create a happier marriage. Does your spouse think its all about him or her? Do you feel they are always thinking only of themself?ARTArticleMasked Depression, Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction, Pt 1The holiday season often brings unwelcome visitors in the form of stress and depression. There are three primary areas that can invite these unwanted killers into your life. The first is relationships! According to the researchers at the Mayo clinic, “Relationships can cause turmoil, conflict or stress at any time, but tensions are often heightened during the holidays. Family misunderstandings and conflicts can intensify — especially if you're thrust together for several days.ARTArticleMother Love / FEMALE ABUSERS“A Social Problem Does Not Exist For A Society Until It Is Recognized By That Society To Exist” – H. Blumer The following is the first of a three-part series of articles:

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