Recognizing you're in a Codependent Relationship is the first step There is nothing easy about relationships, ever. Let’s face it if they were easy and required no work then there wouldn’t be any single or divorced people anywhere. In every relationship, there are going to be high points and low points, figuring out exactly what sort of relationship you are in and knowing when it’s over or when it is time to work on things is the key to a happy life. If you feel as if you are always on the low points, and there are no high points, and your … [Read more...]
Developing Parenting Skills
"Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped." Parenting Skills I. FOREWORD Has parenting changed all that much in the past millennium? Along with many other advances in society, it certainly has. Now is a good time to look at the past, the present, and decide on a direction for the future. The practice of parenting needs some attention. What have we missed and how should we proceed? The past thousand years have not been kind to children. For most of the past … [Read more...]
Relationship Quiz
Would you like to know just how intimate your relationship really is? By answering the following questions in this relationship quiz honestly, you will be able to evaluate what sort of relationship you have. Part One Does your bond with your partner satisfy your need for connecting? Yes___No___ Do you feel love, warm affection or passion when thinking of your partner? Yes___No___ Do you feel you are significant to your partner in some important way? Yes___No___ Do you feel your partner admires you in some … [Read more...]
Parenting
Has PARENTING changed all that much over the past 50 years? Along with many other advances in society, it certainly has. Now is a good time to look at the past, the present, and decide on a direction for the future. The practice of parenting needs some attention. What have we missed and how should we proceed? The past thousand years has not been kind to children. Additionally, all child-rearing practices prior to this century included regular beating of children. Children were thought to be born evil and needed the devil beaten out of them – … [Read more...]
A Dangerous Condition Called LONELINESS
Over the years I’ve worked with thousands of people in counseling and coaching sessions as well as workshops and seminars, and one thing I gradually came to understand is that those who were suffering the most were almost always the ones who were lonely. Not just lonely for an hour or two or a day or two; no, I’m talking about those for whom lonely became a way of life. For the past 10 years, I’ve communicated with other counselors, therapists, and other keen observers of the human condition (mostly nurses and care aides) and they confirmed my … [Read more...]
About Affairs
It seems to be “common knowledge” that affairs are the refuge of the discontented, that only people in unhappy marriages cheat. But “happy,” it turns out, is not necessarily an antidote to affair(s). There are those who believe (or want to believe) that we currently live in an age of transparency – some believe so because of the instant transmission of information from anywhere in the world, some because of the CCTV cameras that seem to be on every street in the world, and others because they believe they are smarter than anyone from any … [Read more...]
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