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Archive for Relationships – Page 4

Widowed or Divorced, The Grief is Incredible – 5 Do’s, 5 Don’ts, 5 Realities

By Daniel
Friday, August 6th, 2010

By Patricia Hubbard

My friend Mary, shook with emotion as she tried to explain how after 25 years of marriage, her husband decided that he couldn’t continue in the relationship any longer. He had to be free!

It seemed she would explode with shock and incredible unbelief. She was in severe, inconsolable pain. This was pure grief! It was as if she had run until she could not run anymore and now was facing a gigantic brick wall in front of her. She was helpless to take another step. Her pain was a visual reality. She was experiencing, incredible grief. Read More→

Categories : Personal Growth
Tags : death and dying, divorced, grief, Patricia Hubbard, Relationships, widowed

Are You Entitled Or Worthy?

By Arlene
Friday, July 9th, 2010

By Staci Backauskas

When I was a kid, I remember a friend of my brother’s getting diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease. His bones were growing too fast for his body and it caused excruciating pain in his knees. Recently, the growth I’ve experienced feels too big for my heart, like Osgood-Schlatter of the soul.

When my girlfriend called me selfish for always driving 20 miles to pick her up so we could spend time together, my default was to defend myself. I was being kind, caring, considerate. Didn’t I lend her my car on Saturdays to do her errands? Selfish? What in the world was she talking about? Read More→

Categories : Relationships
Tags : ego, forgiveness, inner peace, Relationships, self improvement, spiritual growth

Self-Knowledge – Does it Give You a Better Life?

By Arlene
Sunday, June 27th, 2010

By Sam Borrett

What Are Your Thoughts?

One very accurate and organic observation methodology is The Enneagram. It can be used with incredible accuracy to describe nine essential personality types or operating styles, within which there are a myriad number of ways people demonstrate the basic patterns. These core types define the way people’s chief characteristics inhibit their choices, life options and connection to what we call their essence or true nature.

At its most simplistic, it is a study of the nine chief personality types with the understanding that each type in its most fluid form moves to two of the other types under differing circumstances and is flavoured usually by the type or point adjacent to it on this mysterious diagram. This triangulated version of personality is also referred to as “The Law of Three.”

Once we become aware of our basic operating type we can unravel questions such as: Read More→

Categories : Personal Growth
Tags : career, characteristics, enneagram, personal development, Relationships, self-knowledge, virtues

The Characteristics of True Friends

By Daniel
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

By Christine Crotts

What are the characteristics of true friends? How do we know when someone is a true friend, and when they are just yes men who want something from you? It is a question which a lot of people ask themselves.

Of course there is no cut and dried answer to this question; what one person may feel is a sign of a loving and caring friend, may appear to be the sign of someone false to another.

Telling the truth

This is a contentious point; do true friends always tell the truth, regardless of how much it will hurt you? Read More→

Categories : Relationships
Tags : Christine Crotts, good friend, Relationships, true friend, true friends

Marital Harmony Despite Financial Woes

By Arlene
Sunday, May 16th, 2010

By Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.

A perfect marriage would be free of financial controversy. But during this economic crisis, the reality is that couples need to learn new money management skills and face tough financial decisions – while at the same time making their relationship work. Not an easy task. When you use these five practical tips, you’ll give yourself and your marriage a better chance:
 
1. Keep the lines of communication with your partner wide open. In stressful times, incidences of anxiety, depression and suicide ideation increase and rates of marital satisfaction decrease. Research indicates that Read More→

Categories : Relationships
Tags : budget, communication, economic crisis, financial problems, marriage, money management, Relationships
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