Snag the jackpot each time you communicate

Basketball has gone a long way since its discovery in the year 1891 by James Naismith. Its discovery encouraged several basketball matches and the first official basketball match was at Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School.

When we are children we do not yet have an identity. We learn about who we are through the mirroring that we get from our parents. It is called mirroring to describe the ability of good parents to gently hold up an imaginary mirror in front of the child until they learn to see themselves clearly without harsh judgments. If we do not get enough realistic mirroring during the years we live with them, we remain pretty clueless about who we really are.

Listen - do you really listen to your partner. Here listening to your partner does not mean listening to your spouse at the dinning table or when you are just sitting together and talking. Listening here really means listening with care. Listening to what has been unsaid.

Some men take advantage of the 'men-are-as-old-as-they-think; women-are-as-old-as-they-look' saying. They 'know' that looks to women are like shells to snails – they will go to great lengths to preserve their youth (at least for their 'prince charming'!).

Here are 11 warnings. They are not meant to encourage judgment, moreover, they are meant to help you to respect where people are at. The last person to know where they are at is the person them self, because their lust, emotion, and need to be rescued from their hell will make you the idol they will worship. They will be so attached, yet, complain and struggle, often blaming you for all their problems, when really it was their reality before you met.

All our stories of the past are actually a balance of pleasure and pain. But that is not how we remember them. We want to protect ourselves, because we don’t want to admit how much we loved a person, and still do. We hold onto those stories and try to crease a life around them.

A great relationship requires intimate moments. And those moments need your full attention and compassion. If something else is engrossing your mind, then your spouse will not get the attention they deserve. Your spouse deserves to be treated with kindness and forgiveness everyday, not just when you feel like it.

Relationships are like new shoes - they look great in the store but once you get them home they become really uncomfortable! As a success coach, I work in many areas of life; career desire, fitness and weight management, goal clarity, emotional mastery and relationship balance. I find relationships the most interesting and yet the most complex. Everything we in life we engage in IS a relationship. There's a direct correlation as to how we react in an intimate relationship and how we respond to our friends, family, and social or work environments. With relationships the challenge is never the other person, it's your choice of that person in the relationship! And because we've all had an opportunity to engage in good and bad ones, everyone can relate to the intention of this article.

To discover who broke your heart, how to heal it & where to find the courage to start over, look within ...

Those early days in a relationship are the easy ones when everything about your partner is seen through rose tinted glasses and any character flaws are overlooked in favour of those adorable features that make everything so perfect. Needless to say, not a thought goes to how you keep that perfect catch or what it takes to make a long term relationship work.

Men like their women to be happy, Women like their men to be strong.

Anyone who knows the military would advise, if you fear and resist change - don't become a military spouse. Tell that to my daughter.

Nurturing an intimate bond with your partner starts with fully knowing and accepting yourself first. Here's how.

He may be as sweet as sugar, but he's not your type. Can you ever let him down gently?

The fact of continually hearing so many stories of love and relationships, including all those breakdowns make us wonder if love really exists anymore in this world.

Here are just a few quotes from people that honored their mothers with these wonderful and memorable words about motherhood.

Learn to understand why it is an illusion, say more of an appearance than a substance.

Wish to brighten up someone’s day with flowers, but having difficulty in doing so? To help add that extra sunshine to someone’s life, virtual flowers exist. Without the hassles of flower selection, payment, and delivery, such flowers can be sent free of charge on the Internet. With one click on the mouse, you can choose from hundreds of different pictures of beautiful, enchanting flowers and send it with your own personal message accompanying it. With a valid email address and Internet access, the recipient is sure to receive the virtual flowers.

A look at some strategies to help you leave a bad relationship, including tips on communication, affirmations, decision-making and finding a support group.

Did you know that self pity was a form of abuse, both to the individual who finds themselves in it and for their partner? If not then you may find this article relevant and informative.

Not many people know about the hidden power struggles that can occur in a relationship or marriage. This article is about a hidden powerstruggle known as rhythms. Every person has their own unique rhythm whether that is how they eat, sleep, work, relax, or even think and breathe.

Why, in a family, do bad people, hurt good people? Although shocking, this is really the way many people think when relationships develop problems! This depicts a useless way of thinking.