Archive for December, 2011

Dealing with Controlling People

The worse thing in the world is to feel controlled and manipulated. Each waking day, our minds are challenged by forces that try to identify and dictates to us what we need to do. Whether we know it or not, the forces of manipulation and control are always at work even before we get out [...]

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Understanding Authoritative Parenting Style

Everyone has their own different style of parenting that fits their family and their situation. It all depends on background, tradition and culture or how an individual goes about in dealing with the personality of the child or children. One thing is for sure and that is the fact that there is no instruction manual [...]

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Building Healthy Boundaries: How To Create Healthy, Lasting Fulfilling Relationships

When we are clear and focused within ourselves, boundaries automatically emerge and begin to move into place. In other words, boundaries are to some extent established subconsciously, as a result of mature self-love. Another dimension of boundaries requires our consciously focused attention and effort. We will look at these two levels in terms of our [...]

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Effects of Single Parent Families

In America, single parent families are really frowned upon. The family is supposed to have a mother and a father and anything less is unacceptable in the eyes of most people. Young mothers who head single family homes are looked at as being in another class level in America. Many children are born out of [...]

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Anger Management Strategies for Children

Most would say that it is an understatement when someone says that children are difficult to raise. There is a continuous struggle to define and re-define boundaries, as well as to discover what appropriate behavior is and what is more difficult. One of the problems that many parents have is with children exploring and taking [...]

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Transform Yourself from Introvert to Extrovert

Were you the type of individual that would sit in the back of the room, hoping that no one would bother to talk to you? Maybe you have stopped yourself from going to social gatherings, just because you would rather stay at home and focus on your developing hobbies. If you want to move to [...]

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The Art of Approaching Women

If you are interested in someone, you may be thinking that it would be easier for them to just approach you, get over the first steps and move on into a beautiful relationship. However, the first steps are the most important ones. If you can learn how to overcome your fears and approach women appropriately, [...]

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Finding the Right Bandages: Empathy versus Sympathy in Relationship Communication

Life was much easier when you were a child. You would fall and scrape your knee, and you would get a band-aid. Maybe you felt bad about something that happened at school, your mom would sit you down with chocolate chip cookies and milk and listen while you told about your bad grade or time [...]

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Judging People by the Way They Look

Most everyone remembers from high school the nicknames given to those who stood out a little bit. There may have been a girl with braces, a guy with clothes that didn’t fit just right, or the freshman who was overweight. The judgments and perceptions that are developed at this time often don’t go away, leading [...]

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Being Afraid of and Fearing Intimacy

Finally, you have met someone that is interested in having a relationship with you. So far, you have noted that they have a great personality and seem to have everything together. But, in conversation with your other friends, you also note that there is something strange about this new person. They don’t want to be [...]

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