The Third Killer of relationships is putting other people/things before your partner. Doing that can leave the relationship starved of the love it wants. To create the relationship of your dreams, your third task is to identify your exits and to close them. Some say that most relationships don’t work. That is because they are
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Hello, I’m Donatus Michalka. I’m a psychologist, a relationship counsellor and I’d like to talk to you about the second killer, Criticism, and how to knock it dead. When we criticize, we hurt. When we criticize, we get the other person to push back and to hurt us back. What happens in a relationship when
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If you are looking for what to give for this Christmas and holiday season, here are some ideas that everyone will appreciate and cherish…and they have the bonus of being a boomerang gift back to you. Feel free to cut, paste, and personalize into messages to the people in your life, including those you may
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Begin making every day be like the first days you were in love. One of the biggest complaints we hear is, “there’s no time to… go out on a date… have deep belly laughs together…sit down and talk together…” But there is a lot you can do in just 6o seconds a day. In one
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What could you want that forgiveness cannot give? Do you want peace? Forgiveness offers it. Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world? Do you want care and safety and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you want a quietness
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We will take our cars for a tune-up because we know it needs it to run smoothly. The same is true for our relationship. Falling in love is amazing! The excitement of meeting someone new brings out the best in all of us; the journey ahead feels like an open road full of possibility …
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