Married Women In Search of Balance
Any marriage will suffer if you spend all your attention on any one thing — including your children. There are two tricks to marriage:
1. balance
2. expectations
Balance is important because as you and your spouse grow individually and as a couple, you will have different interests. Some interests you will drop […]
Your appearance sends a message about who you are before you even open your mouth to speak. That’s why your appearance is so important. Likewise, your e-mail screen name sends just as strong a message — and in fact, even stronger than a physical appearance — because not only can the other person who is […]
Relationships don’t get “suddenly” shaky. They build to shaky. They only seem suddenly shaky because people in the relationship aren’t paying attention. Below are some tips to keep your relationship from getting “suddenly” shaky:
1. Pay attention. Listen. Watch. Learn to understand people’s behavior, their motivations and their reactions. Nothing happens in a vaccuum.
2. Notice patterns. […]
THE FIRST WORDS A BABY HEARS
The first thing that mothers and fathers say to their babies, usually at birth, is “I love you”. For the next year those are probably the most repeated words that any baby hears, and sees the cooing, loving faces of adoring adults saying it to him or her. It’s […]
It’s no wonder divorce rates for second and third marriages are so much higher than for first marriages — they’re harder! Especially when there are stepfamilies involved. So many people and dynamics come into play, it’s no wonder these families need guidance and support.
The biggest problem we, as Americans, have in marriage and divorce […]
One of the most obvious ways that I see women sabotaging themselves is not knowing what it is they want when it comes to a man. Oh, sure. They THINK that they know what they want, but more often than not, they don’t know what their deal-breakers are, and what they are willing to compromise […]
The biggest news in wedding gifts has to do with divorce! Because the divorce rate is so high, there are increasingly more and more second and third weddings. These second and third weddings are different from traditional first weddings, and so, too, are the wedding gifts.
Registering for gifts is fine — for first weddings. […]
We all know that there are inborn differences between men and women because scientists have studied and documented the myriad differences. What women seem to forget, when it comes to relationships, is just how different men and women are. Below, an excerpt from my book, Think & Date Like A Man, written for women, […]
Why are so many single women — either divorced, widowed or never married — in the middle section of their lives, wondering how they got this way?
The Widowed Woman
Women alone in middle age because they are widowed, are just circumstantial singles. There was nothing that they did or didn’t do to make them single at […]
The wedding colors a bride chooses are one of the most important decisions to be made. The colors will affect pretty much every other decision regarding the wedding. Here are some tips and advice for considering and choosing colors:
* If you have a favorite color, use it.
* Consider what colors are flattering next to your […]
