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- Be a Fan and a Critic - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Mike RobbinsI saw Rev. Michael Beckwith perform a re-commitment ceremony for a married couple a few years back and it blew me away. He looked at the husband and said, “Your job is to be her biggest fan and her greatest critic for the purpose of her spiritual development.” He then turned to the wife and ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - Behavior contracts to get the right response from the child: - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2013 from Jade RobinsonParent-child conflict is a common problem these days. The children break the rules and misbehave with the elders. If you find it difficult to make your child obey you, behavior contracts can help you. You can easily create a discipline plan which your child would have to follow. The ...
Views: 1454(2 votes) - Better Community Equals a Better Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Ray Kadkhodaian,CAC,LCPC,CADC,PsyD & Jean Kadkhodaian,MA,CH,Rev.With divorce being at epidemic proportions, couples today are seeking ways to have a better relationship and prevent becoming part of the statistics. Reports have shown that over a 40 year period, 6-7 out of 10 marriages will end up in divorce. These numbers also do not represent divorce ...
Views: 1445(1 vote) - Bipolar Disorder Sometimes Without Mania - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Les LinetSome patients hear “bipolar disorder” and immediately protest: “Oh, no Doc, I know what bipolar disorder is. That’s mania, right? I’ve never had that.” However, bipolar disorder can be complex and subtle. Some forms are predominantly depression with only ...
Views: 8889(9 votes) - Boomerang Kids Can Affect Retirement Needs of Aging Parent - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Cathy SeversonThe term boomerang kid emerged during the tough economic cycle that forced grown children back in with their parents. The boomerang, an instrument used by aboriginal people in Australia is thrown in the air only to return back to the sender. While grown children returning home can be a ...
Views: 2579(3 votes) - Boundaries a Necessity to Sustain Family Businesses - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Young KimLilly and her boyfriend work together. It's really his business, and she's his marketing manager. One of the ways they are able to maintain a healthy relationship and run a successful business is because they establish clear boundaries. They try not to talk about work after-hours, especially ...
Views: 1096(4 votes) - Building Self Esteem in Children: Tackling Teenage Stress - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Elizabeth MorrisTeenage Stress Management Stress can affect anyone from children to adults. In between this age gap are the adolescents who also suffer greatly from stress – but for different reasons to those of adults. The symptoms remain the same but we need a different strategy to tackle teenage ...
Views: 1773(1 vote) - Building Self Esteem in Chilren: 10 Days to Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Elizabeth MorrisLet's be right up front about this. There is no way that can happen! Anyone who says they have a course and a 10 day plan to give you sound self esteem is just plain wrong. Self esteem development is a process. You have to do it with someone else because it is too hard to see yourself truly ...
Views: 1329(1 vote) - Building Self Esteem in Chilren: Help Raise Low Self Esteem - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Elizabeth MorrisHelp raise low self esteem through encouraging your child to take up a hobby or sport they find appealing. Hobbies, sports and interests benefit children in many ways. It gives a child an opportunity to express themselves, and it allows them to discover themselves and build their self-esteem as ...
Views: 1145(1 vote) - Building Self Esteem in Chilren: Self Image and Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Elizabeth MorrisBuilding a Healthy Self Image in Your Child Your child's self image is their mental foundation of who they are. A self-assured child is confident, secure, happy, well-adjusted and successful and when they think of themselves that is what they believe about themselves. They can solve problems ...
Views: 1058(3 votes) - Building Self Esteem in Your Children: Actively Listening to Your Child - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2009 from Elizabeth MorrisCommunicating with our children can be a difficult task at times. We feel like they're not listening to us; they feel like we're not listening to them. Good listening and communications skills are essential to successful parenting. Your child's feelings, views and opinions have a lot of value ...
Views: 1109(3 votes) - Can An At-Home DNA Test Be Legally Binding? - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2012 from Maura LCan An At-Home DNA Test Be Legally Binding? Having a legally binding, or court admissible DNA test done can be an expensive process. Choosing an at-home, or self collected test can bothn save you money and speed up the process. An at home DNA test can be legally binding as long as the proper ...
Views: 3310(2 votes) - Can Kayak Rules Keep You Successfully On Top? 3 success principles for work and play - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Dan OhlerMy brother, Emil, is a genius as well as being an exceptionally talented kayak paddler. Since one of my goals this summer was to learn how to pilot a kayak, it made sense to ask Emil for his help. Picture this: A sunny, warm day on Crimson Lake in West-central Alberta. There were six ...
Views: 1377(1 vote) - Caring For Aging Parents - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Please can you give me your advice----I am very troubled. Last December my mother became very ill with a stroke. It was a huge shock ans she is now in a nursing home after massive organization on my husband and my part. My father is 86 and wants to stay in the old family house . He ...
Views: 537(1 vote) - Celebrate Mardi Gras! Ideas To Create A Mardi Gras Party - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Carol EisemanCelebrate Mardi Gras! This history rich festival makes for the perfect mid-winter party! The dead of winter is upon us all here in the Northern states and it’s time to gather friends and family just in time to get everyone over the winter doldrums. Mardi Gras provides a fun and festive reason ...
Views: 2036(2 votes) - Child and Spousal Support - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2011 from Tom StutzmanDivorce can never be easy on a man and a woman, but it is even harder for children to deal with. When it comes to marriage, around 35 percent of couples will file for divorce. Many of those people have children, and child support arrangements must be made based on the father's and mother's ...
Views: 854(2 votes) - CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2012 from Robert CrutchfieldI was attending a men's bible study class years ago when I said one of the most insightful things I have probably ever said. We were discussing parenthood when I remarked that parenthood was a big game of monkey see, monkey do. There erupted quite a conversation among the fathers in the group ...
Views: 3088(2 votes) - Christmas hampers - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2009 from Markus CivicThere are many decadent tasty treats that can be put into hampers at Christmas time. Choosing hampers at Christmas time is far easier than choosing any other gift for your loved ones, as everyone has his favorite Christmas fare he would love to receive from you. What makes a hamper of ...
Views: 938(1 vote) - Christmas Has A Knob. Use It! - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2002 from Susan DunnChristmas has a knob. Use It! What does this mean? It means you have choices. It's your holiday and you can have it just the way you like it. Turn it on, turn it off. Turn it up, turn it down. Adjust the dial. Get rid of the static. It means you're free to celebrate or not, in exactly the ...
Views: 1748(1 vote) - Communicating with Children and Family - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Marie BarrettCommunicating with our children and family is about relating in love, one on one, with each individual member of that family. From one point of view, we don’t choose our family of origin. From a higher perspective, we do. We choose our parents and our family; we choose those who will help us ...
Views: 1618(1 vote) - Coping When Someone You Love is Deployed - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2003 from Susan DunnHaving someone you love deployed, whether child, partner, relative or close friend, is extremely stressful. As on military spouse told me, “Why am I acting like this? STRESS When we must separate from a loved one we have reactions that are physiological and emotional that are beyond our ...
Views: 2324(1 vote) - Creating Family Acceptance - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2015 from Tina TessinaLately, I’ve gotten so many anguished questions from people who are being criticized and rejected by family for making relationship choices the families don’t like, usually for cultural or religious reasons, that I changed my mind about what I was going to write this month. ...
Views: 1175(2 votes) - Dear Dr. Romance: How Can I Make My Family Understand I Love Him? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Ok so I am 19 and am kinda falling for a guy who is 20 years old than me. I am not asking your opinion on if it's wrong and nor do I want to hear "that's disgusting" my mother and father were 23 years apart in age. I like older guys cause I can relate to them better than ...
Views: 1695(2 votes) - Dear Dr. Romance: I Feel Like We Have to Sneak Around and Hide - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am in a relationship with a man who twenty years younger. He is black, and I am white. We are very much in love. The problem is that my parents are very much against my dating a black man. They do not like the age difference either, but the being black is worse. This is ...
Views: 1956(2 votes) - Dear Dr. Romance: I have always been a good mom - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I am writing to you for your professional opinion regarding my teenage son. His behavior overall is good but when he gets angry he throws things swears a lot and just a few minutes ago destroyed my vacuum cleaner in one blow to the floor. I am a single parent about 9 ...
Views: 1193(2 votes) - Disappointed Stepdad - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Diana Weiss-WisdomDear Dr. Weiss-Wisdom, My wife and I have been married for two years. She has children from a previous marriage. Since, I don’t have any children, I was hoping to be a father figure to her kids. But it just hasn’t worked out that way. They reject any of my attempts to discipline them and ...
Views: 4150(2 votes) - Discover 7 Different Ways To Declutter Your Home - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2010 from Marilyn BohnI heard a commercial on television asking “how will you be remembered”. I started thinking about that and things I remember about certain people in my life. From the time I was about 6 years old until I was 12 we would pick raspberries every hot summer in my uncle’s berry patch. The adults ...
Views: 1357(2 votes) - Do You Recognize the Priceless Gifts in Your Life? - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2009 from Kimberley CohenThe priceless gifts I’m talking about are so valuable that they go far beyond a price tag. They are the blessings and miracles that occur in our lives each and every day! They are often taken for granted and frequently overlooked unless you are paying attention to these precious gems ...
Views: 1291(3 votes) - Do You Understand - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2012 from Joseph GandolfoThat YOU are AMAZING? That YOU are UNIQUE? That YOU are SPECIAL? That YOU are WONDERFUL? That YOU are a Champion? That YOU are meant to do incredible things with your life? Each and every one of you that are reading this article have vast, vast unlimited amounts of potential inside of you ...
Views: 800(2 votes) - Don't Speak To Me Like That! - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Cheryl HitchcockSo your children are all grown up with children of their own, the dynamics of your relationship with your grown child has changed but no one told you! Here you are continuing in your role as mother when your adult child speaks to you in a disrespectful way. You're upset and start to chastise ...
Views: 1522(1 vote) - Dr. Romance Video: Holidays with Family and In-laws - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2013 from Tina TessinaClick Here for Video Dr. Romance on Holidays with Family and In-laws Marriage means relating to in-laws and extended family. This is what "cleave to each other, forsaking all others" in the old marriage vows meant: Once married, you are now each other's primary ...
Views: 1841(1 vote) - Dr. Romance Video: On Having a New Baby When You Have Stepchildren - by Submitted on May 14, 2012 from Tina Tessina(To view the video, go here: http://youtu.be/OlC24alx1Gs.) You and your new spouse are over the moon about having a baby, but the children from your previous marriage are acting strange and upset or distant. What's wrong, and how do you fix it? Tina B. Tessina, PhD, "Dr. Romance" licensed ...
Views: 3096(2 votes) - Dr. Romance Video: Resolving Mother & Sister Fights - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2012 from Tina Tessina(To see the accompanying video, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCxndtpt0s) Often, the same quirks, reactions and behaviors that create problems between you and the female members of your famiy wouldn't be a problem if they was someone else's family. If your best friend's mom or ...
Views: 1815(3 votes) - Essential Tools to Achieve Strong Family Relationships - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteFamily relationships are some of the most important in your life. There are many families that you may be relating to: • the family you grew up in • your extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, and all their husbands and wives • your current family • perhaps the ...
Views: 6766(1 vote) - Experiencing a Spanish Holiday Lifestyle with a Difference - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Porsche KlingerFor something different why not book your HOLIDAY VILLAS IN SPAIN and sample a truly unique lifestyle not to be found anywhere else. This change in a lifestyle will offer you the opportunity to be as flexible as possible when making choices. These choices include the freedom to make them while ...
Views: 992(1 vote) - Family Constellations - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEver know a family that seemed “cursed?” Patterns of bad fortune sometimes go back several generations, due to forces that act as an energetic, rather than a genetic legacy. Alison Rose Levy, another intent.com voice, has written about this in her blog, calling it your “psycho-energetic ...
Views: 1223(1 vote) - Family Energetics: It's not your fault you aren't getting better; finding hidden causes of our problems using EFT. - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Deborah Donndelinger(This article assumes the reader is familiar with EFT. It was originally published in Gary Craig's newsletter in 2009.) I have come up with an approach for using EFT to resolve deep-seated problems rooted in our family history. (I call it Family Energetics). I am getting outstanding results ...
Views: 1977(2 votes) - Family Money Management - Advice for Borrowing and Lending Within Families - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Beverly OMalleyArticles on family money management advice usually dispense information about spending, saving, and investing. But there is another part of money management in families that is important and that is lending and borrowing. If you have ever loaned money to a family member and they failed to ...
Views: 2014(1 vote) - Family Relationship - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Carrie FlehartyIf we were to dissect the superficial front of families we would find, strife, jealousy, fear and hatred and no holiday within the family feels like a blessing. Love brought families together. Love that binds the family together is often taken for granted, by the parents and the siblings. ...
Views: 1896(1 vote) - Family Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Keith BrayGot this great reading today from Hazelden, and boy did it hit home! I only wish that I had “got it” as it relates to my mother by the time I was 35. Man, she, and a few select other very close to me, knew exactly what buttons to push. I’ve learned that it was I who allowed them to be pushed, ...
Views: 1137(1 vote) - Father Issues - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I seem to have father issues..I am sure its set some limits on my life.....my dad is 80 I am 56....I’ve asked my dad to "connect and relate" with me, to hear me correctly, to allow common ground and understanding and to join the vision..........he seems unwilling or unable to do ...
Views: 1217(2 votes) - Father's Day: 10 Memorable Fictional Fathers - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo celebrate Father's Day this Sunday (June 21st) here is a look at 10 loving and inspiring fictional fathers. Some are men, some are even women. Some are old, some are young. Some are biological and some are surrogate. Some are crazy scientists and some are super spies. But above all, all these ...
Views: 3843(1 vote) - Fathers Day - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. ~Anne Sexton From years of gentle rolling waves, the waters of Lake Michigan deposited piles of powder-white sun-bleached sand into monolithic climbable dunes. Along with the sound of the water, it’s slathered ...
Views: 798(1 vote) - First Sober Fourth of July: Surviving the Holiday Without Addiction Relapse - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2009 from Peggy FergusonThe fourth of July is significant for alcoholics and addicts in several ways. The Declaration of Independence was a statement of separation from a tyrannical ruler. With separating from the past they embarked on a new way of life. Many people come into treatment just after the Fourth of July, ...
Views: 2863(1 vote) - Generation Huh? The impact of hand-held devices on kids and teens - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Jim HagueBeing a teenager from the 1980's, I had a good life. After school, I would put away my books, change my clothes, grab a Coke and a cupcake, and then hang around watching MTV (when they were playing videos). Then the doorbell rang. I answer and see a neighbor friend of mine holding a bat and a ...
Views: 2320(1 vote) - Got the Holiday Blues - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Carolyn BatesAre your holidays filled with loneliness? Do the days just feel like a lot of work? Is the meaning of the holidays lost? Has this just happened now that your children are out of the house and maybe you have been on your own for awhile? Holidays are definitely one of the most difficult times ...
Views: 1756(3 votes) - Great Father Quotes for Dad<br>to Let Him Know You Care - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2012 from Linda LovejoyI’ve provided a wonderful collection of quotes about Dad that are great for putting in a card or letter to let him know how much you love and appreciate him. Let your father know you care, not just on his birthday or Father’s Day, but for any old reason. "Fathers are angels sent from ...
Views: 2755(2 votes) - Have a Stress-Less Holiday - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Linda PucciFor some people, the holiday season is very stressful. People stress over not having enough time to prepare the way they'd like or not having enough money to buy the presents they'd like. Social demands and expectations family members may have contribute to the stress of the season. Not only do ...
Views: 1493(1 vote) - Having The Difficult Conversation - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Carolyn L. RosenblattHaving the Difficult Conversation By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, RN., B.S.N., Attorney at Law Why is it so hard to talk to our aging parent about difficult subjects, such as getting older, needing help, or planning for being dependent? Sometimes, the elder involved just can’t face it. ...
Views: 1805(2 votes) - HAVING TROUBLE WITH A CHILD WHO IS A PICKY EATER? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2013 from Suzanne EvansOne of the commonest complaints from Mums is about children who refuse to eat the food on their plates or else have restricted their choice of foods to a limited number that they like. For Mums this can cause massive anxiety and worry as they try and navigate their children into healthy eating ...
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