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10 Dumb Things People Do in Relationships

Looking for inspiration for this article, I asked my wife, Christy, to help me identify one dumb thing I do in our relationship. I should have known better. “Only one?” she asked innocently. Apart from the occasional Saint among us, the rest of us are pretty human and do our own dumb things in relationships [...]

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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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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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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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Dating Fun with Four Conversation Secrets

Do you want a date filled with awkward silence or an evening full of conversation fun? Your conversation abilities will make the difference. Four conversation secrets will put you on the path to dating fun.
Secret #1: Take 3 Minutes to prepare.
Three minutes will unlock your ability to have a great date. Take a moment and [...]

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Are You Single and Lonely? Worry No More…

Do you have a relationship you’d describe as electrifying? Do you even have a relationship? Are you single and worry about ever finding a hot lady or “Mr Right” yet alone just a lady or a guy?
I know how much it sucks. If you’re single, maybe it sucks for you because:

Your partner you once loved [...]

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Build a Strong Relationship Fast with These 3 Phone Skills

Maybe you just meant a new girlfriend, boyfriend, or client and you really want to build a relationship with them. To add another want that makes you more demanding, you want to do it fast! That’s alright. It can be done. You can successfully build a strong relationship fast over the phone using a set [...]

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Active Listening Skills for a Good Relationship

Too often the focus on healthy relationship communication exists in what each person says. The idea that one-way messages are at the heart of good relationship communication is what destroys relationships. Active listening skills are a must-have technique to anyone interested in building good relationships. There are a variety of active listening skills you can [...]

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Importance of a Best Friend

From the time of elementary school, we have all found ways to define our relationships with other people. For some, this meant telling another one that they were your best friend, or that you would be friends forever. What was the significance of this definition, not only in having to define what a best friend [...]

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