Better Marriage, Better Sleep
Does that really surprise anyone? A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh says that women who have stable marriages sleep better than women wh...
Does that really surprise anyone? A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh says that women who have stable marriages sleep better than women wh...
If you need one more shred of evidence that there are gender differences in interpersonal relationships, you'll find it in a short piece by Alex Mindl...
As if there wasn't enough anxiety around the topic of love. Then you throw in money and etiquette and a first date can become about as exciting as a ...
Feeling forced to choose to be assertive or empathetic is natural. Yet you may actually feel mixed and even desire to both assert and empathize.
"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?
Where is the man or woman of my dreams?!!! Heavens to betsy, I have been doing everything right (haven't I?) to attract that elusive being that is going to make all my dreams come true! Now, where the heck are they?
Want to know when you're most likely to get the axe? Most experts agree it's somewhere in the neighborhood of the first 3-5 months if you're dating, or around the eight-year mark for married couples.
After my dinner with Sally, I buried myself in work, which helped take the focus off Billy.
How can you love another if you do not love yourself? The answer is, you can't, at least not completely. You cannot love someone unconditionally until you love yourself unconditionally,
Identify your contribution to the conflict. By accepting your part and then taking responsibility, you give yourself the best chance possible for getting out of conflict.
If you truly want to bridge the gap between you and the person across from you, sitting alongside is still the place to start.
Each relationship is an opportunity for you and your partner to help each other grow and to learn from one another. Here are three ways in which you can improve your relationship.
Some people are happily distracted by their Twitters and Tweets and would have it no other way. I, on the other hand, begin sweating and twitching as I near my computer.
See yourself doing well. Separate that from what the other person has done or will do. Picture success as it relates to you, your body language, volume, tone and words.
The idea that men love mean girls has led to a generation of divorce-fated, confused people who actually buy the bunk that stipulates we should treat each other poorly to get what we want from a relationship.
Last week I ended up having sex with my best friend, Richard. At least he used to be my best friend -- we haven't talked since. Did I mess up?
He plays the two of us off against each other, then we both dump him and become fast friends.
A "missing" man who happens to be Governor of South Carolina gets caught with his pants down in Argentina while his wife's only comment is something t...
How do we get back in touch with our human nature? The answer lies in using the genius of your instincts. Part I provided three tips; here are three more.
How amazing are the dogs that save their owner's lives by sounding the alarm or even calling 911? There are so many extraordinary stories about pets, ...
Being psychologically green means tuning into your instincts, getting back to basics, and back to our human nature.
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Forgiveness heals the one who forgives. Both benefit but the one who forgives gains the freedom of not dragging the anger and bitternesss around like an albatross around their neck. Being perpetually angry at someone is like taking poison and hoping they will die.
My husband was killed in a DWI crash just short of two years ago, leaving a 14 month old, 5 year old and 14 year old as well as myself. As hard as it is, and as much as driving drunk can be considered a selfish and unfathomable act, I've worked hard to work to forgive the other driver (who is now serving a prison sentence) Hate and rage can consume you.
Not to trash the blogger here, but lost wallets and retainers can really seem like pretty small potatoes in light of all the horrible things that can happen in this life. Be happy those are your biggest problems and try to work on being someone who does not inspire fear in their own family members for committing the human act of misplacing important items.
An inablility to forgive an accident speaks to extreme self-centeredness.
It means that you don't feel you should have to be burdened by other's mistakes.
Patting yourself on the back for doing so...reveals other things....
Wow. This is so weird. I also starting a blog about happiness. It seems like a lot of people have had the same idea at the same time - sometimes this happens when the world really needs it. I think a lot of people need to choose happiness these days. Check out my writings on happiness at http://www.fandha.com.
I was constantly berated by a now-ex for things that happened that were obviously not intentional. She had a habit of criticizing me and if things went wrong she sought to blame me constantly. I am an open person. I acknowledge my mistakes and I do my best to mitigate them. So when she was raging at me it wore on my confidence and destroyed my comfort and trust with her. She could flip out anywhere about anything. And when she was at the heart of the problem, and she often was, she didn't say a thing.
Her favorite way of making up was to call me later and blurt out a lame "sorry things were so rough" without ever confronting her behavior or actually letting me confront it.. If I still had residual feelings she was ready to fight some more.
In her life there were no mistakes, no accidents. Everything that happened was taken personally and it ALWAYS called for an attack. She went through so many friends and contacts that, by the end, I hadn't had a friendly interaction in years and worse, I didn't bother even going to the store for fear of being abused. I was isolated...
My point in this whole thing is that it is so, so important to get a handle on forgiveness. Failure to do so doesn't just ruin your life, it really messes with the lives of those around you...
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