Archive for the ‘Family & Relationships’ Category

Do You Have the Nerve to Serve Wine with a Screw Top?

The next time you attend a fancy dinner party, I dare you to take along a bottle of wine with a screw cap. Then watch the reaction of your host, hostess and anyone nearby who has noticed your bold act. By: ...

Create a Happier Family Life

Some comments could easily start a needless argument. If we try to diffuse the situation, we could help make family life the way it should be: Happy. By: Natasha Morgan We tend to use a familiar language when interacting with family and another language which ...

Grieving For Your Spouse

Who stands up for the dead? Looks after their rights, listens to their problems, and waters their potted plants? By: Katarina Mazetti You'll have to be on your guard! An aggrieved, single woman in a distinctly abnormal emotional state. Who knows what I might get up ...

A Mother and Daughter Memoir

I grew up in 1960s suburban Los Angeles.  My mother didn't like me to smile at strangers, play outside after dusk, and most importantly, be far away from her. By: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie "Mommy, I was afraid that you died." "I didn't die. Sleeping. I was sleeping." ...

Ten Trivia Facts You Probably Used to Know

Why should I care about Johann Sebastian Bach? He was incredibly important in the development of classical music. Without him, there might have been no Haydn, no Mozart, and no Beethoven. By: Caroline Taggart You know how it is -- the kids come ...

40 Things I Know at 50 … Because 50 Is the New 40

If you plan on having your lover’s name tattooed on your arm, always leave room before it for a possible “I Hate” down the road. By: Carol Leifer #  The people who frequent nude beaches are never the people you want to see naked. #  Making ...

Does Sex Come First in Politics?

Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York pays for a prostitute with a credit card? He must be the only public figure to do so! What was Bill Clinton thinking? Okay, he wasn’t. By: Joel Block, Ph.D. Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina, when ...

Surprising Facts About Happiness

You’d be surprised how often the things we do actually make things worse, and how often things we think are unimportant have a huge impact. By: Andrew J. Rosenthal A wealth of research has been done over the past few years on happiness – why it’s so ...

How Your Children’s Divorce Affects You

When couples make the decision to divorce, their lives are in turmoil. Their emotions run high and much pain and anguish fill their days. By: Natasha Morgan It started out to be a nice visit from my son. We spent a great deal of time talking about our jobs and how our ...

Breakup Warning Signs

A change in the frequency of your arguments, is a strong indicator that your partner has started to withdraw his emotional attachment to you and the relationship. By: Jay Cataldo While a breakup can seem to come out of nowhere, the warning signs are usually all around us.  The trick lies in ...

Boomers Are Using Social Media to Make New Friends

Baby-boomers considered social media to be a tool for the younger generation. After all, didn't they already have a hard time keeping up with the activities of their existing friends and family? By: Natasha Morgan The internet was always thought to be the exclusive domain of the young. Then, the older ...

Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations" are those tough, day-to-day interactions in which the stakes are high, people have conflicting views, and emotions run strong. "Crucial Conversations" are important. Mastering them can transform businesses and careers, strengthen teams, increase productivity, and boost the bottom line. To test your Crucial Conversation skills, take the following Style ...

We Expect Each Other to “Mind Read” Our Needs

Your partner is not going to be able to read your mind, so at some point, you're going to have to get over it and talk to each other about your sex life. By: Joel D. Block, Ph.D. & Kimberly Dawn Neumann Wouldn't it be nice if your partner just knew what ...

Infidelity and Other Ways of Cheating

Trust is the bedrock of any love relationship. It’s not just about an individual letting him or herself down; in a love relationship it’s also cheating the partner. By: Joel D. Block, Ph.D. Sexual infidelity is the headline grabber when most people think about betrayals in love relationships. But there are everyday ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Jealousy can serve as an indicator of love and interest. Oftentimes people may not even realize they have romantic feelings until they get a jealousy pang. By: Joel D. Block, Ph.D. & Kimberly Dawn Neumann When it comes to jealousy, not all forms are created equal. In fact, there are definitely extremes. ...

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