Relationship Advice For Lasting Love
Nine Ways to Help You Believe in Yourself
Today’s blog is written by my friend and colleague, Jim Delpino, MSW. Jim is a gifted dating and relationship coach. We wanted to share his best strategies to help you believe in yourself. Believe in Yourself Although these are simple words, actually to really believe in yourself is extremely difficult for many of us to…
Read MoreLasting Love: How to Have an Affair with Your Partner
How to Have an Affair with Your Partner There are Seven Natural Laws of Attraction that keep a relationship full of passion and romance for many, many years. One of those seven Laws is this: Decide that you are having an affair with your partner. Forever. You’re wondering, what am I talking about? Well, if you…
Read MoreKate Middleton’s Four Secrets for Marrying a Prince
Marrying A Prince Public scrutiny at every step that would be enough to drive anyone batty. Eight years of on again, off-again dating. And yet Kate Middleton hung in there with her real life prince. Finally, while the couple is on an exotic trip in Kenya, P. William pops the question. I wondered, just how…
Read MoreThe New Cougars
Dating Advice for Women Series Welcome to the era of the new cougars. The census data tells us that only 1% of all marriages in 2008 were cougar marriages, that is, between a woman who was 10-14 years older than her husband—while only 2.6% of the brides were 6 to 9 years older. But even…
Read MoreTop Seven Urban Love Legends
When it comes to dating and love relationships there are certain “love facts” that most everyone believes. But, surprisingly, research about these “love facts” shows they are not facts at all. They are only urban love legends. So separating love fiction from love fact makes you an informed “consumer” when it comes to your dating…
Read MoreOnce a Cheater, Always a Cheater? Five Signs to Know
So you discovered the cheater. It was devastating–like being kicked in the gut and thrown into the gutter. You couldn’t eat or function at work. Or maybe you were up all night watching old movies, crying and eating pints of dulce la leche. The cheater and the affair have created such heartache and pain that…
Read MoreHarness the Power of Positive Self-Affirmations
Research on Affirmations Research has repeatedly shown the power of positive self-talk, which is what most of us call affirmations. Positive affirmations have been used to: change behavior in underachieving students; increase nurses’ and doctors’ well-being and lower their stress levels; reduce breast cancer patients’ cortisol levels; and heighten athletic performance. People cope more easily…
Read MoreBest Five Tips for Coping with a Breakup
Coping with a Breakup Coping with a breakup is a true challenge. Especially if you try to do it alone. Divorce or separation after a long relationship is the number two top life stressor following right behind being widowed. A severe loss can plunge you into depression and health problems. So do not let yourself…
Read MoreMother’s Day Tips for Moms & Adult Children
Why Mothers & Daughters Grow Apart In this relationship advice for women Series I wanted to address the key relationship that is the mother-child bond. Mother’s Day is coming up and if there is turmoil or stress in this key relationship, it can interfere with your dating life big time. So here are some Mother’s…
Read MoreBeware of Frenemies: Six Relationship Tips
Beware of Frenemies: These So-Called Friends Might Be Your Biggest Roadblocks to a Lasting Love Relationship. In the Sex & the City movie, Miranda functions as a friend-turned-Frenemy and helps derail her friend’s dream wedding. At a strategic point in the upcoming nuptials she opens her mouth and actually puts down the idea of marriage…
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