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Moving in together is a financial commitment, and so is marriage, so it’s important to consider the tough issues you’ll face as a cohabiting or married couple. Dr. Romance presents seven things you should consider before entwining yourselves financially as well as ... Views: 1409
Why is it important to your own growth and peace of mind that you are ok with where you are?
Being OK with where you are accomplishes two things.
First of all, it gives you a clear picture of where you are. Second, it gives you piece of mind, and an honest foundation from which you can ... Views: 1403
This arrived in Dr. Romance 's e-mail:
“There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over ... Views: 1399
Dr. Romance writes: Early in our marriage, after a difficult struggle between us, I gave my husband Richard a card. All over the front it said, "I love you," and inside it said, "It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it." That phrase has carried us through many ... Views: 1396
At times people wonder how a stranger – i.e. a psychotherapist or a counselor – can help them with their problems as they feel they are so different from other struggling couples.
“How do they – i. e. marriage counselors and couple psychotherapists - know why we are at this point in our ... Views: 1391
I read somewhere that if there is a way of living that you would like to accomplish, a goal that you have set for yourself and haven't gotten there yet, the best way to magnetize it would be to pretend you are already there. So in essence you would create a circumstance that has you doing (even ... Views: 1387
Dear Dr. Romance Recently, I have gone back to online dating but have some very strong concerns. I just severed a 5-year relationship with a man who seems to have an internet addiction. He worked from home and was constantly on the porn and personals (by looking ... Views: 1383
Dear Dr. Romance:
I have been married for nearly 20 years and thought we had a great marriage. 10 years ago I got hurt and have had 6 back surgeries. At one point I would double up on meds and drink to ignore life. During this time my husband was an angel; until he discovered I ... Views: 1383
The Shopping and Food Connection: An Examination of Hunger Diseases
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread”
~ George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
Have you ever found yourself in a shopping mall, searching, with a slightly pounding heart, for ... Views: 1379
So what’s the politically correct word for handicap? Disabled? Or physically challenged? I say, “what does it matter?”
The real question is what do you do when you’re part of this group. As one myself, I wanted to sprinkle a bit of insight to those who are tiptoeing their way, riding their ... Views: 1378
Truth and Dare
All the secrets you hold inside are an enormous weight, a needless burden. This exercise offers an excellent opportunity for you to revisit and let go of things from your past that still bother you. All of us have experiences that have left us wounded: times when we felt ... Views: 1375
This is my first web based article. I feel joy as I write it, simply because many of my cob webs are gone and I feel like I CAN... do many of the things my prior life said were not possible. It is my goal to offer you inspiration, hope, and a desire to truly clean up and be free... in other ... Views: 1374
Q: What exactly is an emotional affair?
A: An emotional affair is difficult to define since it happens mostly in the minds of people without being defined by specific actions like normal cheating. But essentially an emotional affair is any kind of inappropriate relationship between two ... Views: 1374
I Want to Believe Him, But……….
In today’s world, we like to think of ourselves as worldly and open-minded in our love relationships, but what happens when our instincts are telling us that something is not quite right? Listen to your Gut Feelings!!!!!
It wasn’t too long ago that family ... Views: 1369
Dear Dr. Romance:
I am a woman in my thirties. It's been over a month since I last spoke with my ex-boyfriend of one year. He gave me the silent treatment because I hurt him. Or it might be his way of breaking up with me. I lied to my girlfriend about him and he found out. I actually ... Views: 1358
Trust lies at the core of all our relationships. And yet, if you ask 100 people exactly what trust is, you will likely get 100 different answers. The reason is that the concept of trust is not so easy to comprehend when it comes to relationships. So can you build more trust? That depends. ... Views: 1358
What’s Perfect To Focus On Right Now:
Right now I’m doing a survey to help get clear for a book I’m writing to help people in moving forward in achieving their dreams. I’m getting great and honest responses to my inquiry. If you’d like to help send me a quick email response; the question is: ... Views: 1358
Dear Dr. Romance:
My boyfriend and I have been having problems in our relationship lately because of of the time I spend in chat rooms. I estimate that in a 48 hour period I spend 8 hours chatting with my friends. He estimates that I spend 15 hours there. One ... Views: 1357
Who and what you trust will have a great impact on the results of your intimate relationship and life. You can look at the quality of trust in your life from four different perspectives: How well you trust in your divine Source, how well you trust yourself, how well others trust you, and how ... Views: 1357
You’ve made your New Year’s resolutions, and this year you’re sticking to them, by gum! You’ve set new diet goals, fitness goals and spending – oops, make that budgeting - goals. You even have a new relationship this year, or one that solidified as the New Year began. Oh happy day, all is well. ... Views: 1355
We all know that trust is a basic requirement in an intimate relationship. How can you open up to someone you don't trust? You can't!
Let's assume that you have been in a relationship and the trust level is good. What do you have to do to maintain, or better yet, to increase, that trust ... Views: 1349
I recently read an excerpt from Lee Iacocca’s most recent book, Where Have All The Leaders Gone? It is clear that he is not happy about the current condition of the U.S. economy and with our foreign affairs. Iacocca says that we should be outraged and screaming bloody murder for the mess we ... Views: 1347
In my last blog I wrote about my plans to travel with my father. By now, we have launched ourselves into the trip and I am in Turkey attempting to remember a language I spoke about 4 decades ago. The point of last week’s post was acceptance. Accepting yourself and others for who they are and how ... Views: 1346
How to avoid being cheated on by Beth Shepherd psychic . Whether it is in a private matter, an emotional or a financial one there is always someone out there waiting to hopefully con you. With emotional issues it can hurt a lot more if they succeed.
But there is a fool proof way to make sure ... Views: 1345
When it comes to building trust and rapport, there are seven basic principles that we have found to be key. The first of those is as follows:
Avoid Criticizing and Complaining
Any behavior that is negative will inherently go against the spirit of building trust and rapport with someone. ... Views: 1342
When a Constellation is “set up,” we always try to start as small as possible. After you state your issue to the group, which generally consists of 15-20 people, I then check in with you about how you are doing. When you are ready, I tell you who needs to be represented in your Constellation. We ... Views: 1342
"Never make yourself feel like nothing, to make someone else feel like everything!"
Rationalizing has to be prevalent when there is Domestic Abuse because how else could you convince yourself to stay. First you have to recognize that you are being emotionally, physically and or sexually ... Views: 1340
Aloha!
Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Here we are. Deal with it. Love it up, even! The way to deal with and appreciate it, especially for more spiritually-based women, is to realize that while we’re all from the same planet, our spiritual growth processes occur differently. ... Views: 1337
If you've decided to step back into the world of relationships, dating can feel pretty awkward at first, if not downright terrifying. After being married, having kids and getting divorced, we can't say we always enjoyed the experience, but we sure did learn a lot. In fact, it was a time of ... Views: 1337
Sometimes when I use the word Truth I can see people
fidgeting or looking a little uncomfortable. They seem to
think that it means that they will be caught at something,
something difficult will happen, that whatever joy they have
carved out will somehow be damaged, that their business ... Views: 1335
Marital life is, actually, a lawful conference of 2 spirits and wedding ceremony insurance coverage fortifies this knot superbly. This really is so simply because your marital life is sort of a clean aroma of roses while wedding ceremony insurance coverage is its bow. Insurance coverage plan is ... Views: 1333
You have probably entered relationships madly in love, convinced that your feelings for each other were so strong your dream would carry you through the tough times, but wound up feeling more like you were living in a nightmare than a dream, struggling with conflicting wants and needs. If you ... Views: 1331
We are creating problems in our relationships, with ourselves and with God when we choose to hide something. We are hurting relationships because we are not building trust and honesty. We are hurting ourselves because we are more than likely going to live in a world of guilt and distraction ... Views: 1328
I just saw “you don’t know Jack” which is the televised biography of Dr Jack Kervorkian., sometimes called Dr. Death. It is a difficult movie to watch but the subject matter, the right to die, is very important. Why is it that a family can be allowed to decide to “pull the plug” on a comatose ... Views: 1326
You are going out, you constantly need an opinion on how you look, whether it is okay to go, what you should say if you are to talk, whether you fit in with the crowd or just whether you are an embarrassment. If you experience such self conscious behavior, you probably suffer from social phobia ... Views: 1318
Sometimes it seems as if communicating effectively with one’s partner is an impossible task – overshadowed only by their ability (or lack thereof) to communicate with us.
What gets in the way? Why is it so hard to talk to the one you love and be really, deeply understood? That’s what we all ... Views: 1315
Truth or Dare is mainly a party game played with teenagers and adults. In this informative article, you will find the fantastic truth or dare questions to your sport. So that you are able to make a note of them and perform without the pressure of awfulness, and escape from humiliations.
Great ... Views: 1313
If I held out my hand to trust you,
Could you give yours back in kind?
Could we begin once more with just us two?
And then allow our past mistakes to fade so quietly behind?
Perchance, there's someone you once placed your trust in, who hurt you last.
But when you look at me, could you leave ... Views: 1311
As we live in life we are bound to encounter problems in any venture, therefore it is important to understand that problems are just like fear they will never leave you and me alone. Life changes when one discovers that the biggest problem is not to have any problem because you will be living a ... Views: 1311
“Gossip,” as defined by Wikipedia, is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. It derives from the bedroom at the time of childbirth when the pregnant female’s relatives and neighbors (an all female event) would gather and chatter about others outside the ... Views: 1308
There are times when others come to us with something they are trying to do and sometimes we tell them we just don’t know or we don’t have time. However, we should stop and try to help them any way we can. It will benefit them and us if we take an extra step to try and help. We need to help them ... Views: 1303
When the essence of your life, which is consciousness, connects to something like another person or your work, a commitment is formed. A superficial level of commitment happens when your consciousness connects to the thoughts of something and you are just left committed to your own mind. The ... Views: 1299
I've truly browse 100 self help books and certainly I could utter with confidence that The 3rd Q is regarded as the effective and inspiring self help book that I have ever scan.
Still another excellent question we collected is whether or not the Third Q is actually an additional in a lengthy ... Views: 1295
On average, every household in America carries over $137,000 in debt. That totals in the vicinity of 1.02 trillion dollars of collective debt.
Debt can be something that is a necessity when you run a family and have important expenses that need to be addressed. Debt can also be a byproduct of ... Views: 1293
When we speak of faith, we tend to speak of it as something absolute. I have heard many people say they have to build their faith, and often I have heard people say they have no faith is this or that, in him or her. In this way faith is either there or it is not, or so it seems. On the other ... Views: 1292
Dear Dr. Romance:
My wife has developed a connection with someone at work. Can I ask her to give up her job? If the guy she works with is the source of her attention, would it not be better to ... Views: 1291
“Empowerment's in Trusting… God doesn't give you the people you want... God gives you the people you NEED... To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you... and to make you into the person you were meant to be.” (Taken from one of the many emails I receive)
Have you ever noticed that ... Views: 1291
Family Constellation therapy or better said Family Constellation work (as it is properly named) is a therapeutic process that was developed in the second half of the 20st century, by a man named Bert Hellinger.
Today Hellinger is known as the father of phenomenological psychotherapy. ... Views: 1290
"Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet, and two others at first speech are old friends."
~ Author Unknown
Very few quoted have resonated with me quite so much as this in recent months, a time during which God has truly blessed me with those that he ... Views: 1288
Upsides to the Current Downturn:
Finding Hope, Simplicity and Fulfillment in Challenging Times
By
(with Barbara Taylor, B.A., MMFT)
Who among us hasn’t been shaken up to some degree by the current economic and financial upheaval? The list seems endless: ... Views: 1281