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- Steps to Remarried Family Integration - by 10 Necessary Steps in Remarried Family Integration
The therapist returns a call in order to set up an appointment with a new client. The client, waiting anxiously for the therapist's call, responds by saying, "HELP!!! Between us we have six children, a son 21 years old, a daughter 18 years ...
Views: 5070 - Open Sexual Communication - by Jim and Mary are a typical middle-class Americna couple. They've been married for ten years, and both work at careers they enjoy. Two or three times a year they go on vacation; either a romantic cruise to the Caribean or a ski excursion to Switzerland.
Both are attractive and successful in ...
Views: 2364 - Early Marital Slippage - by Sal and Gloria were married for twenty one years. They had two sons who were presently away at college. They were married quite young and when Gloria initiated counseling, they were both in their early forties. It was already too late. Their marriage was over. Sal had informed Gloria the week ...
Views: 2050 - The Competent Divorce - by Based on a thorough review of the literature and the research on children of divorce, the following summary conclusions may be drawn and used as guidelines to assist counselors and their clients in The Competent Divorce.
1. Non-Stigmatization Of The Single Parent Status And Divorce.
The ...
Views: 1058 - Learning About Relationhips - by As a psychologist it is apparent to me that when most people marry they believe their relationship will remain rewarding and loving; they do not expect to divorce. Yet the divorce rate is about 60% for first marriages, and is even higher for second marriages. So, we have a situation where people ...
Views: 747 - SELF-HELP AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN - by Self-help and self-determintion has been a hot topic amoung African-Americans since the end of Slavery.
As a people, African-Americans have been denied self-determination by social edict. There movements, ways of dress, ways of speech, and even ways of worship have been dictated to them by ...
Views: 1607 - Ten simple steps to a life filled with joy, happines and spiritual power - by 1) DO NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS
As much as possible, have confidence in yourself and do not compare yourself to others. Try not to be in need of others' compliments to feel fulfilled. Do not mistake dependence for love. True love allows our loved ones to be free.
2) RELY ON THE HIGHER FORCE
Pursue ...
Views: 954 - Preparing For Turbulence With Business Startups - by You've probably noticed a significant change in hits since the Internet Gold rush ended in 2000. You may have gotten on the band wagon right when it seemed the wheel fell off. And you may be a bit bruised in the backside from kicking yourself for having waited too late. Here is some soothing ...
Views: 810 - Finding The Right Financial Resources Online - by As U.S. interest rates have begun climbing 7 basis points over the past two days many are scampering to find the lowest rates, lowest fees and bargain loan programs available. The questions are when, where and how? When should you begin shopping low rates? Where should you go to find the best ...
Views: 827 - Weaving the Web of Life - by In the beginning, in the darkness of the deep, the Creator God, perceived aloneness and understood the needing of one for an other. In His aloneness, the Creator God conceived all Oneness. You are never alone, for even the word alone (all one), reminds you, of the Oneness of the Universe, the ...
Views: 1763 - Emotions verses Feelings - by A Teaching about Emotions
This spiritual teaching defines the World of the Creator and the World of Man. Through understanding, you will learn why you should rid yourself of Emotions and fill your life with Feeling, for yourself and all living things, for what you hold in your mind and heart ...
Views: 2769 - Designing Your Ultimate Game With Power, Perspective, and Precision - by In a moment, I’ll share with you an exciting strategy for designing your ultimate game, you know the one that makes your life truly meaningful and delicious. The one where you see yourself now creating the results that you need and want in your life—excelling in whatever you focus on both at ...
Views: 802 - Five Essential Factors For Female Sexual Frenzy - by Gentleman, if you want to make your lady scream and scratch and proclaim you the greatest lover in the history of man, you’ve got to realize it’s not about sexual positions, it’s about sexual perceptions.
Synonyms for perception are:
Insight
Awareness
Discernment
Observation
Sensitivity
You ...
Views: 7022 - 1-2-3 Success! Build Your Personal Brand and Expand Your Success - by Since pre-industrial times, branding has been used to develop strong, enduring relationships with customers. Customers of Mr. Jones's pie shop knew that his pies came with more real fruit and were always given to you with a smile. It made it worth the long walk and extra two cents. Today, albeit ...
Views: 854 - Personal Branding: Speak For Yourself: 10 Ways To Communicate Your Personal Brand - by Your personal Brand is your promise of value. It separates you from your peers, your colleagues, and your competitors. And it allows you to expand your success. Personal Branding is not about building a special image for the outside world; it is about understanding what is truly unique about you ...
Views: 950 - Overcoming Stage Fright - by Public speaking is a great way to express your personal Brand to your target audience. Yet, people rank fear of public speaking above the fear of death. So, if stage fright has been keeping you from using public speaking to express your Brand, use these ten tips to be more comfortable in front ...
Views: 756 - Speak For Yourself: 10 Ways To Communicate Your Personal Brand - by Your personal Brand is your promise of value. It separates you from your peers, your colleagues, and your competitors. And it allows you to expand your success. Personal Branding is not about building a special image for the outside world; it is about understanding what is truly unique about you ...
Views: 5508 - Island Time and Your Internet Success - by Several years ago, I had a real "eye-opener" from one of my patients.
He was from an island "somewhere in the Pacific" and when I asked him about his homeland, he made the comment that he really missed living by "island time".
Not knowing exactly what he meant, I asked what this was, and his ...
Views: 721 - Online Trading Forum for Innovators Gets Global Attention - by An online trading forum developed by Minnesota-based Global Commerce & Communication (GCC), has attracted the attention of national and international news media. CNN, Computer World Magazine, and other leading news media have given the online innovation coverage during the past several months. A ...
Views: 2162 - Parody of Tragedy - by Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot, But the Binch, who lived Far East of Uville, did not. The Binch hated U.S! the whole U.S. way!
Now don't ask me why, for nobody can say, It could be his turban was screwed on too tight. Or the sun from the desert had beaten too bright But I think that ...
Views: 1135 - Fifteen Questions to Help Determine If You Are a Compulsive Overeater - by 1. Do you eat when you're not hungry?
2. Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
3. Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
4. Do you give too much time and thought to food?
5. Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time when you can eat ...
Views: 4584(1 vote) - Your Agreements Show Your Integrity - by Except for disease and climatic disasters, I believe that over 90 percent of the world’s problems result from people not keeping their agreements.
Think about it. From countries to corporations to families and friends, most every upset--little or large--can be traced back to someone not ...
Views: 767 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 678 - GET WHAT YOU WANT! - by I've probably learned as much from my kids as I've taught them--maybe more. I learned this particular lesson from my oldest son, Mike.
The year was 1994. Mike was in the Marine Corp and home on a short leave. I was in the throws of buying my first "real" computer. I'd been using personal ...
Views: 849 - Innovation: Ideas Are Cheap--But Extremely Valuable - by At the turn of the last century there was serious discussion about disbanding the US Patent Office because many believed there were few inventions left to be patented. The common wisdom was that all the great inventions had already been taken. No doubt there are people today who feel the same ...
Views: 1014 - Living Full Out, 100% No Matter What - by My teenage son and I were watching the video of Braveheart, starring and directed by Mel Gibson. It's one of my favorites. Brad told me that he and his buddies used to watch it often at his school in Maine. It had been a couple of years since I'd seen it.
It's the story of the legendary ...
Views: 635 - Live Your Dream - by I’ve always been fascinated by dreamers. And making dreams come true for myself and others is what my life is about.
When I was in my teens, I started to think seriously about where I wanted my life to go. Like many young people, I had visions of doing something significant. I also knew that ...
Views: 828 - GAINING A NEW PERSPECTIVE - by Have you ever watched an artist paint a picture? He or she works close to the canvas--painting small sections at a time in the process of bringing the whole creation into being.
But every once in awhile, the artist must step back from their work and look at the whole picture. Only by stepping ...
Views: 1265 - The A-C-T Formula for Positive Change - by "You can't change what you don't acknowledge and it's hard to change what you don't measure." Few people would say they don't want to make changes in their life. No matter how good things might be going, we want to make them better.
And yet, we resist change—sometimes consciously and often ...
Views: 661 - Getting Down in the Dirt - by Have you ever had a house built? If not, surely you've watched one go up.
For a long time, it seems that nothing's happening. The site preparation, excavation and foundation-building seem to take a long time with little noticeable progress.
Then the framing starts--and things take on a ...
Views: 758 - The Lost Art of Thinking - by Auguste Rodin’s classic statue "The Thinker" is one of my favorites. It’s hard to look at it (or one of its many replicas) without being moved by it. The innocent display of someone deeply in thought causes most of us to ponder a bit ourselves. Why is this image so captivating? What’s he ...
Views: 814 - 16 TIPS FOR BECOMING A BETTER WRITER - by Whether you're writing a memo, a letter, an article or a full-length novel, there are a few basic rules to keep in mind that will help your message first to be read and then to be better understood and accepted.
1. Never Be Boring
Your reader will forgive almost anything except you being ...
Views: 926 - FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH - by The world changed on September 11, 2001.
It’s not that the world is any more dangerous than it was before; it’s just that we’re intimately more aware of the evil and danger that exists.
What can we make of all this? Opinions abound, but we all hope that this horrible tragedy will provide ...
Views: 673 - What Went Into Poppy's Head? - by Many have asked me what prompted me to write and produce the video "Poppy's Head" ?it is such a departure from my usual writing which concentrates on commercial screenplays and stage plays. "Poppy's Head" is made for the information of teenagers who may have a parent or grandparent in the ...
Views: 2143 - Your Life The Leaf - by You brush by it every day on your way to the car or the store. It sits mutely, unnoticed and unobstrusive. Perhaps sometimes you give it a glance, and if it’s done something notable, like change color or sprout a new leaf, you give it a closer look. But even these feats are commonplace, so more ...
Views: 745 - The Toddler's Guide To Perseverance - by My two year old daughter asks me for ice cream about one hundred times a day. You think I'm exaggerating for effect, but I am really not. She starts when she first gets up in the morning, requesting it as her breakfast. (I say no). She asks mid-morning, several times. She asks for it as an ...
Views: 820 - Hold Yourself Up To The Highest Standard - by This life can seem so real it’s difficult to understand at times that it is only an illusion. But in fact, that’s what it is. All the things you know for a fact, all the immutable laws, everything that seems to comprise reality, is only something you’ve constructed.
Now, this can seem ...
Views: 1756 - Live Like A Caveman - by In our search for wellness and health, we increasingly look for science and technology to bring us the balance we crave. We are all susceptible to wanting the latest miracle pill, the new sleek workout machine, the latest "Improved Eating Plan." But in truth, health and wellness are about ...
Views: 4276 - Success Means Weathering The Storms - by In today's climate, many people are concerned that it's harder to succeed and move ahead. The stock market is in the tank. The job market it tough. People are holding on to their money, making retailing and any kind of selling just that much tougher.
So is it true that it is harder to move ...
Views: 964 - Wealth Is In The Details - by My husband Theo always takes the change out of his pockets and puts it in a big jug in the corner. It used to be that I'd look at that jug longingly any time I had to do laundry or needed change for some other reason, and I'd get tempted to take some money out. "Just some quarters," I'd tell ...
Views: 1651 - Wealth Is In The Details - by My husband Theo always takes the change out of his pockets and puts it in a big jug in the corner. It used to be that I'd look at that jug longingly any time I had to do laundry or needed change for some other reason, and I'd get tempted to take some money out. "Just some quarters," I'd tell ...
Views: 752 - Whispering Souls - by I have often wondered about the idea that war serves a purpose. It is true that humankind cannot escape aggression. The measure of our cultural legacy is measured in history and accomplishment. Many wars have been fought and won – for many varying reasons. Freedom, religion, economy and race ...
Views: 837 - Grattitude - by The world is a myriad of situations and events. The path of humankind often wanders the hills and valleys of contemplation. In love, we find newness rewarding. We desire gifts of the heart and the material representation of our feelings. Yet, in our desires we get lost and fail to humbly look at ...
Views: 1842 - Spiritual Nutrition - by In the age of fad diets, we all think a lot about shedding those ten pounds for summer. But underneath the waist size and the reflection in the mirror is an emotional component to how we view ourselves. Many people find that shedding those ten pounds makes them feel better and yet, they still ...
Views: 733 - The Rut Race - by One of the most valuable truths in love is that you never know what you will find around the next corner. Try as we may to understand the peaks and valleys of romance, it seems that as humans, we inevitably end up scratching our heads. Fortunately, there is always hope and a deeper truth to be ...
Views: 946 - Soul Mates - by One of the most valuable truths in love is that you never know what you will find around the next corner. Try as we may to understand the peaks and valleys of romance, it seems that as humans, we inevitably end up scratching our heads. Fortunately, there is always hope and a deeper truth to be ...
Views: 1033 - 10 Best Ways To Rescue A Missed Business Appointment - by As I sat at my computer last week furiously getting out business letters, I looked at my clock and realized I missed a very important appointment! The fact that I teach Business Etiquette made this mistake even worse. Since I get many letters regarding how do you “save” a business relationship ...
Views: 2184 - Paradigm Shifts - by This publication, Paradigm Shifts, may be the most efficient, easiest manual for self-improvement available. But beyond that, it is the ultimate mind tool for identifying and overcoming all unnatural problems, destructions and conflicts on a personal scale for oneself, and ultimately on a global ...
Views: 622 - Freedom, now or never - by Introduction
Throughout the past thirty years, a few atheist/libertarian/objectivist individuals in the United States and worldwide, have gained the yet best, factual understandings of the dynamics of human civilization and the main reasons for its worst problems.
For almost thirty years, ...
Views: 882 - Creating A Memory Album - by First of all, regarding the September 11, 2001, attacks on the American people, we at The Seasons of My Life® wish to say that we are deeply sorry that so many of you are hurting and we extend our deepest sympathies to those of you who have lost a loved one, or are suffering.
Not only are some ...
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