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5 Steps To A Happier Relationship [EXPERT]
You have nothing to lose and a happier relationship to gain.

5 Steps To A Happier Relationship

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Simple tips to help you and your partner feel happier and more connected with one another!

Relationships and marriage take more work than we ever imagined. They challenge us to look at our own foibles, fears, and personal struggles deep within. So whether you have been married 20 years, or divorced with a strong faith in the next chapter in your life, take a look at these 5 steps that will help bring your relationship to a much more harmonious place.

10 Ways To Help Your Kids Cope With Your Divorce [EXPERT]
You and your children will get through the heartache together.

10 Ways To Help Your Kids Cope With Your Divorce

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When you and your spouse split, you and your kids must work together.

Divorce is not easy for anyone, and it can be especially difficult for children. Kids experience the acute scrambling of their world, while their parents wrestle with their complex emotions. With both parents in distress, or one parent suddenly missing, family love is torn asunder, and the children often experience confusion, terror, pain, anger and grief.

10 Reasons to Love Your Body Just the Way It Is.

10 Reasons to Love Your Body Just the Way It Is.

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Don't body-bash! Learn to love your wonderful body as it is right now!

1. You will take action and move forward in your life instead of being paralyzed by fear.  Insecurity about your weight, your height, or your shape can keep you stuck and afraid. Instead, move forward with confidence knowing that you have much to offer the world because of the internal AND external beauty that you have defined for yourself.

5 Essential Components of a SUCCESSFUL Weight Loss Plan

5 Essential Components of a SUCCESSFUL Weight Loss Plan

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1. Have the right goal. In order for your brain to be in sync with your body, you need to clearly define what you are trying to accomplish. A goal such as “Lose weight” is rather vague, and it’s hard for your brain to latch onto. Once you set a specific goal such as “Weigh 140 lbs. by April 1,” then you can start using the appropriate mind/body techniques to get you to that place. It’s also a great idea to set goals that state what size you want to wear or what types of clothes you want to fit into.

Top 5 Misconceptions About Sex [EXPERT]
Don't be fooled! The media is full of misinformation about sex.

Top 5 Misconceptions About Sex

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When it comes to sex, do you know fact from fiction? Find out now.

In my work as a relationship coach, I read articles related to new research on all kinds of topics, including human sexuality, and some of what I've been reading about sex lately really disturbs me. It seems that that we, as a society, are increasingly adopting a clinical view of sex that reduces it to a mere bodily urge to be satisfied ... like eating.

To Eat or Not to Eat? That is the Question

To Eat or Not to Eat? That is the Question

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The little question we ask ourselves many times a day. To lose weight you need to know the answer!

1. Am I truly hungry? This is a very important first question, because so many people eat for reasons other than hunger or they don’t know what true hunger feels like. Those who are naturally thin understand the concept of hunger well and it is one of their most important secrets for staying slim.

How to Handle Age Differences in a Relationship

How to Handle Age Differences in a Relationship

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There's Hope for Cougars and Geezers Alike!

In today’s society, an older man dating a younger woman draws very little attention; if anything, a smirk, but little else. [We’re not talking Grandad with Teenager - that’s going to draw more than a glance.] On the other hand, an older woman with a much younger man still causes a few heads to turn, elbow nudges and knee jerk reaction in a number of quarters. Regardless of which sex is older, know that big age difference in relationships can be adroitly handled.

16 Things You Hate About Your Body That Men Love [EXPERT]
According to Dr. Erica Goodstone, many men secretly love women's feet.

16 Things You Hate About Your Body That Men Love

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Featuring advice from Julie Spira, Erica Goodstone, Larissa Rzemienski & Katherine Forsythe!

Hate your hips? Whether they are too flabby, too bony, too narrow, too wide or otherwise unpleasant to your eyes, chances are most men find them attractive. Women waste an immeasurable amount of time sweating about body parts that men find sexy in any number of states. Check out this list to find out why you should learn to love your so-called flaws after all.

Drunk cheating : does it count?

Drunk cheating : does it count?

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Should you be worried about your spouses drunken dalliances?

How responsible is someone for their drunken cheating? Is it possible to innocently fall into the arms of another when you’re wasted? These are the questions I’ve been pondering this week. People’s feelings about drunken cheating usually tend to depend on their own experiences.

7 Days of Sex - Episode 4 Recap

7 Days of Sex - Episode 4 Recap

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7 Days of Sex, a new Lifetime reality series, continues to amaze with lessons for love and romance.

7 Days of Sex, a new Lifetime reality series, is a mini-experiment that watches two couples per week as they commit to having sex together for seven consecutive days. On episode four, viewers again witness all-around successes. 7 Days of Sex is quite an entertaining new reality series, and it also offers viewers some helpful lessons on keeping the romance and sparks alive in the bedroom. 5 Secrets Of Happily Married Couples [EXPERT]