Dr. Laura Schlessinger has been featured on a wide variety of television pro-grams, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, A&E Biography, and Lifetime’s Intimate Portrait. She has also been highlighted in such publications as Time, People, and USA Today and has been a featured speaker on PBS and at the Museum of Radio and Television.

• Victimization status is the modern promised land of absolution from personal responsibility.

• Because it’s possible to do, and you have the right to do it, doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.

• Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.

From Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships:

• Stupid Secrets

Withholding important information for fear of rejection.

• Stupid Egotism

Asking not what you can do for the relationship but only what the rela-tionship can do for you.

• Stupid Pettiness

Making a big deal out of the small stuff.

• Stupid Power

Always trying to be in control.

• Stupid Priorities

Consuming all your time and energies with work, hobbies, errands, and chores instead of focusing on your relationship.

• Stupid Happiness

Seeking stimulation and assurance from all the wrong places to satisfy the immature need to feel good.

• Stupid Excuses

Not being accountable for bad behavior.

• Stupid Liaisons

Not letting go of negative attachments to friends and relatives who are damaging to your relationship.

• Stupid Mismatch

Not knowing when to leave and cut your losses.

• Stupid Breakups

Disconnection for all the wrong reasons.

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If you prefer to read, Dr. Laura has a wide variety of successful books on rela-tionships and living a successful life. The “Quotes and Thoughts” section above will give you a taste of her book, Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships.

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