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“Dr. Fiore,” my 42 year old married patient (Mary) began, “once again my family expects me to host Christmas dinner and I am simply too exhausted; what should I do?” “Why not tell them how you feel?” I asked. “Because I don’t want to hurt their feelings – I always feel guilty if I don’t [...]

If you believe problems and disillusionment are inevitable, you’re right. Curiously, it is not the problems that create so much distress. Your relationship satisfaction will actually depend on: How you think about your difficulties How you manage your feelings Where you focus your attention How you act and communicate under stress If you can change [...]

Negs, or “negative hits”, go hand in hand with cocky and funny. What is a neg hit? All a neg hit is, is a humorous (hopefully) comment you make to a girl to make her feel slightly self conscious. Its purpose is to knock her off her pedestal, and turn off her stuck-up attitude. “Oh [...]

“Get off the surface and deepen your relationships. Go after the buried treasures and reap the rewards.” Beth Tabak Get past the “how are you doing? how’s the wife and kids?” with the response being “good, not so good, or fine” to the story behind each person. This is when you develop connection, and people [...]

Guiding your child to behave in a positive manner is as easy as 1,2,3. Two business practices have been adapted for family use. The first one is compelling in its simplicity. 1. Set a Goal The first step is to meet with your children, and have them “buy in” to a mutually-developed goal. Explain to [...]

Up until a few months ago, I always looked at “alpha males” in completely negative terms. I saw them as pretentious, obnoxious, cocky and arrogant. The only reason they got women, I thought, was because women are lame, dense, and go for pricks. The alpha males success has nothing to do with them, I said, [...]

Nonstop talkers surround us. They appear to have no concept of time, as they ramble on endlessly–following their request to “talk to you for a minute.” You want to treat them courteously, yet demonstrate that you need privacy to finish your work. During my twenty-three years in management, I dealt with blabbermouths frequently, so for [...]

Indisputably, the biggest problem that faces the new pick-up artist is anxiety that comes from approaching a woman he desires. There have been quite a few explanations for this, ranging from tribal history that has been implanted in our genes, to societal programming on what is right and wrong for us to do. Put simply, [...]

When people are told that they need to communicate more they often think that that is an open invitation to talk but there is a complete difference between talking and communicating. Communicating is an art, and art of combining the ability to express your opinions and feelings in such a way as to ensure that [...]

What have you struggled to forgive in your marriage? Do you wish you could forgive and move on, but you don’t know how? When two people live together in an intimate relationship, there are always going to be things that happen to cause hurt feelings and anger. These things may range from minor incidents involving [...]