More often than not clients wanting to improve their relationship skills at some point had to realize the importance of personal and interpersonal forgiveness to their well-being and overall happiness. The truth is that all of us have transgressed or acted in a way that brought about a negative impact on our self or someone else. So from this perspective, none of us is without the need for forgiveness, and each of us will encounter the opportunity to grant forgiveness. With that in mind, here are some important benefits associated with practicing forgiveness.

1. Good physical health. If you aren't … Read More

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"My husband had an affair. It's over, and we want to move on, but how can I ever trust him again?" Susan, Colorado

Want more? Read our article "How To Heal A Relationship After An Affair".

Hello. The staff of the World Wide Website YourTango dot com have graciously given me the opportunity to tell my side of the story about Alice Johnson fake-out. Watch: Facebook Manners And You

I have already apologized to Alice and all of her cronies on the Facebook electronic friendship generator. I admitted to being a goof and totally gooping up the works. When a fella admits to being a real nosebleed, everyone is supposed to say, "Hey buddy, you're OK in my book, we all make mistakes." I have not heard much of that, especially not from Alice … Read More

It looks like Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ego's may have finally written a check his ass can't cash. It's been a good run though. First off, there was that business about him being a member of some Masonic group that allegedly wanted to make Italy more authoritarian. Then there was that bribery business with some UK solicitors. After which, he was recorded on wiretap orchestrating the political downfall of a rival (possibly using a honey pot). And on top of all that has been supposed links to nefarious figures (the Mafia doesn't really exist, does it?) and myriads … Read More

Perfectly timed to coordinate with his upcoming wedding and assorted staged sightings, Spencer Pratt is finally apologizing for spreading a rumor that his Hills costar, Lauren Conrad, and her ex-boyfriend, Jason Wahler, made a sex tape.

"We actually have it on tape," Lauren said at a recent MTV celebration. "He takes responsibility and apologizes for it." The New York Post also reported that Spencer and Heidi, Lauren's ex-best friend and Spencer's soon-to-be wife, were missing from the festivities on account of their nuptial to-do list.

The sex tape rumor, which started in between seasons … Read More

A little news on Robin Fenty, AKA Rihanna. First of all, according to Bossip, she has not bought Chris Brown's apology wholeheartedly. As you may recall, Brown was arrested and awaits arraignment on charges of domestically abusing young Rihanna back on February 8th (the morning of the Grammys).

Since this debacle began, Chris Brown issued an apology, stating, "Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a … Read More

Sorry, I can't promise it won't happen again, I recognize that it upsets you, but I'm still stuck CBS's decision to run three primetime sit-coms on Monday evening revolving around the consequences of treating women shabbily. Barney, Charlie and Russell (the fun-loving womanizers from How I Met Your Mother, Two And A Half Men and Rules Of Engagement, respectively, played by Neil Patrick Harris, Charlies Sheen and David Spade, also respectively) were eyeball-to-eyeball (figuratively) with a Don Juan's scariest adversary*: the wrong, pissed-off woman. (I'm all out of love for the term "scorned woman" at the moment; let's … Read More

I edited Maxim for four years, and let me tell you, we knew everything there was to know about guys. Like this: All guys really care about is girls. Our sex and relationship pieces tried to break down the great female mystery, and they were consistently the highest-rated articles in the magazine aside from, well, the pictorials. And we learned a lot ourselves. Here are nine interesting nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from my job presenting women to men. 1. Women like when you play with their hair. Not while she's in the front seat reasoning with … Read More

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Interracial marriages are on the rise in the U.S., but Hispanic and Asian immigrants are increasingly marrying within their race. [Washington Post]

The generation that is coming of age is the most open-minded in history and living in the Obama era -- where hues mingle in classrooms, nightclubs and the White House. Conventional wisdom has it that they will begin choosing spouses of other ethnicities as the number of interracial marriages rises.

But scholars delving into the U.S. Census have found a surprising converse trend. Although interracial marriages overall have increased, the rate … Read More

Junior year of high school, my first serious boyfriend cheated on me -- with a soccer referee who was also named "Jessica," if I remember correctly.  

I should have seen it coming -- he was a soccer playing jock, a "bad boy," and so handsome that even my father said he looked like a "Greek god. But I was in loooooooove and so I did what any other 17-year-old girl would have done in this situation:

I found out that girls's AIM screenname and confronted her over the Internets.

But things didn't exactly go as … Read More