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Choosing Anniversary Flowers
When we think of an anniversary flower, the first thing that comes to mind is the rose. Unless the
one you love has a preference for their own special flower, the rose is traditionally the sign of
love.
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How to Avoid a Relationship Breakdown
Is your relationship headed for a breakdown? It’s not often that a relationship runs into a brick wall without warning. More often than not, there are warning signs and signals that things aren’t running smoothly.
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Ten Ways Control Issues Can Harm a Marriage
Is your spouse too controlling? Are you too passive? Or are the roles reversed? Control issues refer to who’s in control, who’s in charge, or who’s getting their way. Significant control issues are always harmful to a relationship. Here are ten reasons you need to be concerned if you have unresolved control problems in your marriage.
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Socialization
In the nineteenth century men came to realize that all human activity ran its course within society and that nothing could withdraw itself from its influence.
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Sacred Love - The Habit of Youthfulness
One habit worth developing, is the habit of youthfulness. Avoid the collapse of old age, where the lower abdomen protrudes, the shoulders slump, the head drops forward. That is the posture of collapse into old age. Keep the neck muscles strong and your neck long, abdominal muscles firm (inner core muscles as developed in Yoga and Pilates) to support the internal organs. The potbelly on so many men is the true reflection, not of old age, but of collapse of the vitality of youth, the surrender to gravity. To overcome it, is simply a habit of youthfulness.
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A Mission of Love - Understanding Motive in Relationships
Mission of love means whoever you are with is perfect (stay)
Mission of love means that your opinions are cheap substitutes for love
Mission of love means what you do is less important than how you feel.
Mission of love means today is the most important day of love
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Action Steps for Healthy Relationships
These action steps are clear, concise and easy to understand and implement. Unfortunately, in the hustle and bustle of life, we are on automatic and often forget the steps necessary to create and maintain healthy relationships.
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Starving For Emotional Intimacy
It is a common thing that people who crave emotional closeness are the very people who consistently get emotional distance from others. We may not see ourselves as emotionally distant because emotional distancing takes different forms: manipulation, nagging, whining, seduction, fakeness, control, intrusion, avoidance, isolation, jumping to conclusions about other people's words and actions, etc..
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Some Helpful Hints For a More Exciting Relationship
I think we can all agree that most relationships are very exciting in the beginning but if you have been in your current relationship for awhile you may have already noticed that the initial excitement you had is starting to subside and you and your partner may be settling into a dull routine.
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Feeling Connected in Relationships
What can your relationships feel like? Often the most beautiful feelings we experience in relationship happen when no one is talking. There is a lot to be present with using just the power of attention on each other and what we are feeling. The beauty and intensity of connection when two people silently listen to each other transcends words.
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Should Relationships Be Reciprocal?
Have you ever had a one-sided relationship with someone? Have you ever wondered what your role with another person was? Sometimes having the friend that only speaks about themselves, their interests, or what is important leaves you to feeling drained. What do you do? What do you give up to be involved with such a person?
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Recovering from Infidelity
The first step any couple must take in recovering from infidelity is to determine if the relationship should be or can be salvaged. The following are seven critical questions you need to ask yourself and your partner to know if your relationship can survive.
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The D Word - Dating
This installment covers the phone/email stalker. You can find this article series as part of Game Chronicles
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Send Gift Flowers
Gifts are an expression of our feelings. They are a token of appreciation and love towards others. And among the multitudes of gifts available, perhaps no gift can ever be as lovely and expressive as flowers. Flowers bring joy to all who behold them and add a splash of vibrancy to any occasion or event. They have and will always remain the most wonderful gifts on this earth.
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Ending a Relationship
A look at some strategies to help you leave a bad relationship, including tips on communication, affirmations, decision-making and finding a support group.
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Setting the Scene
You’ve set a date, cleared out the kids (if you have some), and you’re getting ready for an evening of swinging. Maybe you’ve decided to meet at your place for the fun. But what can you do to get ready?
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Relationships: Giving to Get
Are you giving love to your partner for the joy of giving, or are you giving
to get love? Do you believe that your best feelings come from the getting
of love or from the sharing of love?
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