How to turn self-help into self-acceptance and finally get results you want in love.
When I was single I used to spend a lot of time in the self-help relationships section of the bookstore. After years of searching, every book started to look the same and the advice was just a regurgitation of some other dating expert’s theories I have heard a million times in the past. My mind numb from all the reading and workshops that promised to change my love life, I was starting to suffer from self-help love fatigue.
Just got your heart broken? Here are some tips that will help you through the worst of it.
This guest article from Psych Central was written by Therese J. Borchard.
Bess Myerson once wrote that “to fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” Especially if you are the one who wanted the relationship to last.
Mending a broken heart is never easy. There is no quick way to stop your heart from hurting so much.
When you have children, you have to deal with the X factor for a long time. Here are some tips.
The X factor. We can't live with them, which is why we divorced them, but we still have to deal with them for a long time, especially if we have children with them. That is literally a lifetime of having contact with someone you might not like and probably don't love anymore. How do you maintain your sanity while dealing with the X factor?
Do you eat rather than love your partner? Do you need a bowl of ice cream more than a hug?
I run several support groups for the morbidly obese in the Houston area. Two of the groups specifically deal with food addictions. The members in this group participate in a 12 step program that helps them learn new coping mechanisms besides turning to food. It is very difficult; they have been using food as their lover for years. Their relationship with food is different from mine or others. They actually have a relationship with their food. Just as an alcoholic or a drug addict turns to their vice before they turn to their partner, food addicts turn to food.
I read a disturbing article in several newspapers, and I am hearing about it from other Psychotherapists, Psychologists and Pediatricians. Our girls are acting out, filming it and putting it up on YouTube. The girls are punching, hitting, cursing, pinching and slapping each other to the ground. The crowd is cheering them on and unfortunately, it's getting a lot of attention.
How to avoid throwing away the good stuff just because it came a little late. Get the rhythm back.
Marcus was starving for affection and physical contact. His partner Angelina had not been in the mood for physical intimacy since she had the baby.
Patience is Running Out
They had talked about it, and Marcus had agreed to be patient. Now his patience was running out. It had been almost seven months since they had made out with each other.
The Feminine Grace is the foundation of everything I teach.
The Feminine Grace is the foundation of everything I teach. It is what causes a woman to be truly happy. It’s actually the key to enjoying more fully every aspect of your life.
We think we’re our own person, able to choose how we live our lives. But a lot of how and why we make the choices we do has to do with our culture. The culture of our family is the strongest influence because it’s our whole world during those first formative years.
There's a big difference between male and female orgasms, but the experts aren't telling.
There's a big difference between male and female orgasms, but the experts aren't telling.
Many (if not most) women have known the disheartening frustration of being with a lover who somehow falls out of sync with them close to the approach of their orgasm. The lover may change his or her stroke, pressure, rhythm, or in some cases may even remove the intimate touch that is working so well, thinking that the inevitable is about to happen - indeed, that it will happen, no matter what that lover does from that moment on.
You would think that every woman would know how to get ready for a date. And there are many who have perfected this task. But you would be surprised, many women don’t put all that much effort into looking good, especially on a first date. Many have given up and just don’t feel like it, even when they have a date! Others are so entrenched in their negative self talk that they don’t even notice that they are not putting their best self forward.
Why do you feel so backward compared to your friends? Why do you get depressed when you look at what they’re doing that you’re not?
“Are you going to the barbecue this weekend?” a girlfriend asks. “No,” you reply, not really knowing which barbecue she’s referring to, but since you weren’t invited to any, you’re not going anyway. “Oh, well that’s too bad,” your friend says, “We’ve been having barbecues all summer.
