Understanding your "dead spouse" is the key to bringing your relationship back to life again!
How do you "celebrate" Valentines' Day when there is that nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach that your partner somewhere back on the road of the relationship has died? One of the most difficult marriage counseling cases is the one where one of the spouses is dead. Marriages where parties are fighting are still engaging, there is still passion on some level. It is the spouse who is “dead on arrival” when it comes to relating in the marriage that brings a very challenging situation to the counseling room. If your spouse has recently suggested you look in the obituaries to find your marriage, read on for some great pointers to give you help and hope.
Sex toys, lube and more that will make your Valentine's Day even more steamy.
Looking to liven up your sex life this Valentine's Day? Whether you're married or have been dating for a little while, certain accessories can take your intimate pleasure to the next level.
Does Katy Perry and Russell Brand's divorce show that lifetime commitment is simply outdated?
Today we learned that another celebrity marriage is ending; Katy Perry & Russell Brand will be filing for divorce. It's big news because they're young and famous, because the marriage only lasted 14 months and because they always seemed an unlikely couple. But marriages are ending every day among us, especially as the new year begins. As someone who's never been married, it makes me wonder. Do people get so caught up in the whirlwind romance that they don't think about the idea of lifetime commitment? Or do they go into the marriage thinking, "I hope this works, but good thing for 'irreconcilable differences' in California"?
Both pain and passion reside in your heart. You can’t cut off pain without cutting off passion.
We all learned many way of avoiding our pain when we were growing up, because we could not manage feeling it when we were little. Now, as adults, most people continue to protect in the ways they learned, not knowing that they are now capable of managing their pain and moving back into their joy.
There are two kinds of painful feelings:
Make 2012 the most passionate and blissful year yet for you and your spouse!
As you make your New Year's Resolutions this time around, you might consider including “improving my marriage” to your list. Sure, you and your spouse might get along pretty well. You two may have fun together and even make time for occasional date nights, but...
Is your marriage blissful?
Social Entrepreneurs are in the business of touching lives; are you a society change maker?
Our lives are made up of several different elements, but we spend the majority of our time focused on work, career and those pieces that provide an income for our family. And for some of us, we actually spend more time with our business associates and co-workers than with our immediate family members. We work crazy hours, long days and even weekends.
Forget about what age you are and how you are supposed to act - defy maturity and seize the moment!
Maturity can be a good thing, especially when it comes to fine wine, aged cheese or ripe, delicious fruit. But as a state of mind, maturity can sometimes be prudish, lifeless and boring – exactly the reason why Peter Pan never wanted to grow up.
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
Dr. Marianne Brandon dishes on the illusions and facts that could make or break your sex life
1. Illusion: Out of lust means out of love.
Fact: You can love someone in a romantic way even if lust wanes.
Humans have a drive to feel lust, and we also have a drive to feel companionate love. Although these feeling states can co-occur at the beginning of a romantic relationship, they are ultimately separate sensations. That means you can feel lust without love, or as a relationship ages, you can feel love without lust. If you are like most people, you want to feel both at the same time.
Compatibility should come before common assets and interests.
Once upon a time, I received a phone call from an entrepreneur who told me that she was going to build the best online dating site ever: Fuego Connect. The problem with dating sites, she said, was that you have to sift through so many people who are nothing like you. Wouldn't it be great to have a website where everyone on the site shared your same passions?
That first kiss — oh, sometimes so magical! Other times it's completely evident that it will be the last. There are the passionate, let's-rip-each-other's-clothes-off type kisses, and then there are the perfunctory, seemingly meaningless pecks on the cheek. Some folks just want to bypass the kissing and get to the more physical activities. And, once they get there, kissing can serve to either enhance or interrupt. What's in a kiss for you?
What is fantasy football? Why do guys obsess over it so much? Tomfoolery gives us the 101.
Our series on guys and football kicked off this week with insights that our resident guy's guy, Tomfoolery, provided the women in our office. See, we were starting to think that NFL stood for "No Freaking Love" and that for the next five months in our lives, we'd never see our significant others during weekend daylight hours. Tomfoolery schooled us on the important psychosocial role football plays in guys' lives.
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