I was just about to turn 26 years old when one of my attempts at self-love (and to be loving to my wife at the time) turned into the biggest disaster of my life. What happened was, one day our next door neighbor who was […]
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When you hit a solid wall of a difference of opinion with someone, it’s very easy to lapse into old habits and ways of trying to make your point that haven’t worked in the past. You might… –Spew out a lot of words and reasons
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One of the most common problems in relationships is something so simple, yet can be so difficult at the same time. It’s the ability to say “no” without feeling like you are “hurting” the other person–and being okay with it without all the guilt that
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Why are there so many breakups and divorces in the summer? As you can imagine, break ups and divorces happen all year long… But in our experience, a couple of times a year, they happen more frequently. Although the highest sales months for our “Should
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One of the tricks to getting past the same arguments is to understand that if you’re repeating the same old arguments, you’re simply stuck in a loop of thinking and you’re not willing to consider another possibility for this situation. Sometimes the thing that you’re
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“I’m absolutely sick of it,” Jenny said. “I give and I give and I give and I never get anything in return! Why do people always seem to take advantage of me just because I’m a nice person and I really care about other people?”
When You’re Giving Too Much in Love and Life… Read More »
Sitting at a table by the restaurant window, my friend asked my opinion about what she thought the message was in our new book, Big Fat Love: The Book of Possibilities. She got the idea that one of the book’s messages was just about being
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One of our favorite songs is by the band U2 called “One.” In the song there’s a line that we just love that says this… “We’re all one but were not the same.” When it comes to our relationships, this is sometimes magnified many times
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Sometimes the kindest thing to do is to walk off… Sometimes, the kindest thing to do is ask them if they would like a hug… Sometimes the kindest thing to do is ask them how their day is going or how their life is going
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When you fall into a jealousy trap, you can feel like your emotions have been hijacked and you have absolutely no control over them. Jealousy can come up with friends, family members, co-workers and of course, intimate partners. It can blindside you over something small
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