Your “To-Do” List When Going Back To School

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This weekend, while shopping for some household items, I ended up in the midst of some serious back to school shopping, moms and daughters/sons getting ready for college dorm life. Listening in on their conversations about whether or not they needed a toaster, what color rug goes with the lamp, the size of fan, reminded [...]

10 Ways To Create A Strong, Intimate Relationship

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“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” -Sam Keen Before I married my wonderful husband, I dated a lot of men. For most of my 20s (and even my early 30s) I had a perfect fairy-ideal of what romantic love was, probably because [...]

Why Women Cheat vs Why Men Cheat – They Cheat For Different Reasons

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Why do men cheat? Why do women cheat? Are the reasons different? Or are they the same? These are the questions explored today on CNN Health by sex therapist, Ian Kerner in his latest column entitled Female infidelity: It’s different from the guys. The answers in Kerner’s article parallel many of the findings from my [...]

Ways To Have A Beautiful Mother’s Day

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This Mother’s Day, treat your mother and grandmother to a special day – they deserve it! We brought you a list of gifts you can buy your momma, now make plans to take her someplace nice. 1. Get all the ladies in your family together and enjoy a nice brunch on Mother’s Day. Include all [...]

“What’s For Fitness Today?” Tip #26 – Recognize What Is Abuse And Assault To Help Yourself & Others

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April , 2011 Abuse. Domestic violence. Sexual assault. Rape. These are all very scary words to be aware of. Everyone knows them, yet many are surprised to find they didn’t know the true meaning of each. Today’s tip is serious: learn more about what is abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and rape-related post traumatic stress [...]

Are You Listening? 10 Common Mistakes That Get in The Way of DEEP LISTENING

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“Most of us were taught to be quiet, but few have perfected the art of true listening with care and discernment.”  Pamela Ziemann 8 out of 10 sales proposals fail. According to Susan Scott, author of Fierce Conversations, 50% of these fail because we spent too much time talking about ourselves and our features and [...]

What Advice Would You Give to Divorcing Parties With Children?

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Why does the legal system take parents, who were partners in the most intimate human relationship, and turn them into adversaries? Why, it makes NO SENSE? Nonetheless, Michigan divorce laws favor both parents having a healthy relationship with their children, such as there is a strong presumption for joint custody in every divorce or custody [...]

Reinventing Intimacy

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Is it possible to have great sex at midlife and beyond? Absolutely. But it’s not necessary to have the unbridled drive or wildness of your younger years to experience sexual fulfillment at this stage of life. It’s the “being with” more so than “doing to” that sustains us over time, the way we connect in [...]

Domestic Violence – Dissecting “Love The Way You Lie” Eminem And Rhianna

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The following article is written by guest blogger, Cara Lynch for “Haven” As many of you reading this may already know, Eminem has a new song out now entitled, “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna. For the sake of those not familiar with the song, here is a basic summary: The narrator of the [...]

Take A Stand For The Ones You Love

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When things fall apart do you have people in your life that are willing to take a stand for you? When you see a family member or friend spiraling out of control are you willing to take a stand for them? It is not always easy to hear someone’s perception of what we look like [...]