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Relationships and Dating
4 Winds to Work Your Love Partnership
In this blog, I propose to you that hard work will help to make your love partnership vibrant and strong. But it takes a specific kind of work – work of the four winds – approaching from all four directions: North, South, East, and West. Work and You Ask yourself, what is your concept of “work”? Do you […]
Remarriage After a Divorce: 12 Things to Keep in Mind
Over the years, I have represented many clients who are going through a second or third divorce. My record is representing a woman for her sixth and seventh divorces. One would think that someone would learn from one or two mistakes and not repeat them, but that is not always the case. Some people never […]
Overcoming Social Anxiety
Labor Day is coming up and it is all about parties, bbq, concerts in the park, beach days, etc. Families and friends will be inviting you to schmooze, laugh, and gossip. If this is your first holiday being single you might be worried about re-entering the world of dinner parties and luaus. Quite frequently people […]
6 Ways to Get Ready for Commitment or Marriage
Over the last 50 years, there has been a quiet shift in the landscape of family life in America. Approximately 50% of adults over age 18 marry; this number is compared to 72% in 1960, according to The Pew Research Center. The medium age at first marriage has never been higher for brides (26.5 years) and […]
A Couples’ Mutual Gaze Is Crucial In A Relationship
A mutual gaze between you and your partner helps you learn to read and to know one another better, ultimately allowing you build a stronger relationship.
Is Your Emotional IQ Tank Running on Empty?
What is emotional IQ? And is your “emotional tank” is closer to empty than to full?
7 Signs Your Partner Is Totally Wrong for You
Unfortunately, it’s easy to overlook someone’s faults in the early stage of a relationship. Infatuation and chemistry can prevent us from seeing red flags even if they seem obvious to others. We might fall in love quickly because it feels good to be desired and fail to ask crucial questions about a person’s values, interests, […]
My Ex’s Girlfriend Is Having His Baby, and I Got Stuck with Her Dog
It was a Sunday afternoon and I got a call from the Ex. He had to rush his girlfriend to the hospital because she was having some serious contractions, and it is two weeks early. Since my two tween-aged boys were there, I went and picked them up. My oldest then said to me, “What […]
Celebrate Lovers’ Interdependence Day
We all know that Independence Day on July 4th is a national holiday celebrating the fledgling American colonies’ declaration that they were no longer Britain’s satellite territory. The 13 colonies were “independent” and no longer connected to the mother ship, so to speak. Such clear boundaries can be made between national states (with or without […]
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