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What Can Help You Cope With Stress [EXPERT]

Tips on how to face the everyday stressors of life.

Stress is a normal and expected part of our lives, but it's not a part we always know how to deal with. We learn how to handle stressful situations by watching our parents and peers as we grow up. If you didn't have positive coping modeled for you, it may make it harder to handle even everyday stressors.

Have An Affair With Your Partner

Have An Affair With Your Partner

Make your significant other want to stay, not stray.

Whether you are married or in a committed monogamous relationship, finding out that your partner had a scandalous affair with another person is extremely painful. Any form of infidelity leads to an enormous amount of emotional pain in all areas, trust issues, and possible risk of STD’s.

My Life Is In Disarray! [EXPERT]

My Life Is In Disarray! [EXPERT]

How do I even begin to work on solving all these problems?

We all have the times in our lives when we feel like absolutely nothing is going our way.  The daily stresses we face can make us feel completely inundated with bad luck.  Perhaps we have too many problems to face, and do not even see a way out of our difficulties.  How can one even begin to start solving so many problems?  

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'Tis the season to be jolly — unless you're in a relationship!

How My Fiance & I Survived The Holiday 'Couples Fighting Season'

December is the most stressful month for couples. How did you do?

December is the most stressful month for couples, according to a study of 2,000 people by Seddons. The study found that a whopping one in five couples consider breaking up because of holiday woes, including bad tidings from financial worries, entertaining extended family members and sharing the workload around Christmas.

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Guess what most singles wished for this holiday season.

What Would You Rather Start In 2012: A New Job Or Relationship?

Plus, would you ever lie to your family about your relationship (or lack thereof) status?

Who needs a job when you have love? Granted, love isn't going to pay the bills, but if you believe every love song ever written and every romantic comedy to grace the silver screen, then love is the most important thing of all. Whatever helps you sleep at night…

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Simple cuddling can ease holiday stress.

5 Reasons NOT To Have Sex Over The Holidays [EXPERT]

Sex isn't always the best solution to cope with the craziness of the holiday season.

According to the calendar, it’s time for all of us to be of good cheer. According to the media (and peer pressure, and our own internal pressure), it’s also apparently time to have great sex, and plenty of it. However, Sexual Intelligence suggests the opposite approach: that sex during the holidays may not be such a great idea.

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Its up to you to piece your puzzle together!

Feeling Worried Or Uncertain This Holiday Season? [EXPERT]

What are you willing to do to rise above your uncertain circumstances and live the life you deserve?

With 2012 rapidly approaching, many people are talking about how uncertain they are about the future. Uncertainty about the economy, the upcoming elections, the environment....you name it. Is your mind running you ragged with worry? Is uncertainty stealing your peace this Christmas? Do you struggle to plug into your intuitive guidance when you need it most?

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Fun-filled activities like going out dancing can ease holiday stress in no time!

Tips For A Stress-Free Holiday Season [EXPERT]

How to avoid unnecessary stress to ensure joyful holidays that you will always remember.

"The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." ~Helen Keller

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Christmas 101.

Love Bytes: The Couples' Holiday Survival Guide

Plus, 27 things men say that are total turn-offs.

27 things men say that are total turn-offs. 20 gifts you absolutely don't want. Enjoying the chase of a new relationship. A new couples' holiday survival guide. Some authors are terrible at writing about sex. Some condom ads are downright scary. How to make sex more spiritual. And, can you dump him before Christmas?

How Supermom Sarah Jessica Parker Avoids Holiday Stress
This celeb mom of three can do it all!

How Supermom Sarah Jessica Parker Avoids Holiday Stress

This year, we can all learn a thing or two from the busy Mrs. SJP!

If Sarah Jessica Parker seems calmer than the rest of us this Christmas, it's because the actress – who has children James, 9, and two-year-old twins Loretta and Tabitha with husband Matthew Broderick – has a way to avoid holiday hysteria.

How Do I Survive The Holidays?!
How Do I Survive The Holidays?!

How Do I Survive The Holidays?! [VIDEO]

What you can do to reduce the stress you feel this time of year.

Are the approaching holidays leaving you stressed and frazzled? Do you want to learn how to survive them without wanting to drown in your eggnog? 6 Tips To Minimize Holiday Stress
 In this video, Life Coach & Healer and YourTango Expert, Louann Schwager Tung offers her advice for how to manage the holiday season in a cool, calm and collected manner. Learn why organizing, prioritizing and staying optimistic will make this the best year-end yet.