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Acts of Love

Acts Of Love

Myrna, 38 and a successful physician, sought my help because she often felt inadequate. While she really valued herself as a doctor, she did not value herself in her important relationships with friends and family. In addition, she said she wanted to be in a loving relationship but she took no actions to meet available men. In the course of our work together, it became apparent that Myrna rarely took loving action on her own behalf with her friends and family. For example, Jessica, one of Myrna’s friends, would often get angry and blame Myrna when Myrna was not available …
signs of love

5 Undeniable Signs You’re in Love

It is love that initiated the union between a man and a woman when they finally decided to get married. Before they went through this very important decision of their lives, everything seemed to be on a reverie, with all the goodness and the sweetness that any couple could experience. When the couple gets married, it is that same love that would keep them together, their bond stronger than ever, and their life transformed from a reverie to pure realism. The love that keeps two people together is now an issue. This is because some people no longer believe that …
Busy

10 Tips to Help Your Relationships When You Feel Like You Don’t Even Have 10 Minutes To Spare.

Do you ever feel like you catch up with your partner infrequently, often late at night when you’re too tired to speak?  Or when your timetables happen to collide?  There are work dinners, school outings, sporting practice, dinners with friends, homework to supervise, household chores and so the list goes on.  Do you feel like you need to make a date night just to spend some one on one time with your other half?  Time when you’re not sleeping?   If this sounds like you then I’m sure you will enjoy these tips for keeping each other close at heart, even …
kids

Get The Tissues Ready. Hear From A Group Of Kids On The Meaning Of Love

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?”  The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think…  _____  “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”  Rebecca – age 8  _____  “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”  Billy …
Dating Online

Dating Online: Is It Your Cup of Tea?

Mary’s quest in finding a suitable partner for romance seemed impossible. She found the singles scene at clubs to be uncomfortable and her social circle seemed to consist of more married friends with a shrinking amount of singles.  Although she had heard of internet dating and saw the ads, she had hesitated to take what she imagined was a rather drastic step. What would her experiences be like? How would she find someone online? What were the risks? If you are in this situation then quite likely you’ve considered venturing into online dating to meet someone.  Our lives are increasingly …
Listen Up Dude

Listen Up Dudes: Now That You’ve Got Her KEEP HER With These Dope Date Ideas!

Now that a sorry geek such as you has finally landed the girl of your dreams and everyone else’s dreams, let’s get to the hard part. The part where you keep the girl interested in you. This can also be described as the part where you end up selling your family fortunes and end up penniless, but that doesn’t matter as long as you’ve managed to keep your girl right. Now let us analyze the concept of a date. The origins of the word ‘Date’ lie in ancient Arabia, where the summers, the springs, the girls and the winters are …
Long Distance call

Long Distance is Hard Enough. Let Us Help

Let’s suppose that you are meeting someone online and that person seems to be the match of your life, but is living far away from you. Is it worth spending your time in a long distance relationship with this person?  What if this person is really your soulmate? You may be surprised how much a relationship can grow if you work at it. If you know and apply some simple rules, your relationship can turn out to be one of the most successful and happy relationships that ever existed. Distance, combined with phone calls and writing, electronically or through regular …
To Rikindle or Not?

What If The One That Got Away Came Back?

Some of the hottest and most passionate relationships usually take place between couples of teenage years. Nothing is more lustful than two teenagers in love. It also hurts the most when it ends. Many times, if the ending happens for reasons other than the couple is just tired of each other and ready to move on, the love becomes unrequited. Even though these two individuals may move forward in life and even go on to marry other people, they never forget their first love. This love is something that may never leave them no matter how far they travel.  That’s …
sexy

The Sex Files

Even though you may be passionately in love with your partner, there will usually come a time when sex becomes a bit dull or routine. If all relationships were the same as they are in those bodice ripper novels, then couples would always be ready to enjoy a spontaneous and hot encounter every time they had sex. Reality, however, just doesn’t seem to work that way except on very rare exceptions.  Now, you probably already have some special things that you like to try with your partner. These most likely work quite well for the two of you most of …
Single and Loving It

Yes I’m Single and You’ll Have to Be Amazing To Change That

It seems that ever since there have been males and females walking the earth that they all try to find their perfect mates and pair up. Even in the time of cave men and women, there were couples that hooked up and became mates. As time went on, girls were married off as young as 13 or 14 years old, usually because of the short life expectancy of the era. That gradually turned the ages for getting married into later ones. Now, it seems that even 25 year olds may not be mature enough for that type of a commitment.  …