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Why Respecting Boundaries Is Crucial, Part 4 [EXPERT]

Why Respecting Boundaries Is Crucial, Part 4 [EXPERT]

Recognizing the value of you and your body by taking control of your choices and relationships

In this final chapter on identifying boundaries we continue to explore how our boundaries and limits stem from our views about ourselves and how they impact our lives and relationships. Recognizing your value and making choices to support that value is an integral part of relationship building and maintenance. Boundaries can show your level of respect for yourself and your body through how you act and what people you allow to have influence over you. Learning that you have value can help you to understand that the way in which you treat yourself is how others will treat you.

Why Respecting Boundaries Is Crucial, Part 3 [EXPERT]

Why Respecting Boundaries Is Crucial, Part 3 [EXPERT]

Learning to pay attention to the little things we can do to create healthier relationships

This series is designed to address personal boundaries and help you to identify those that you or someone you know may be having some difficulties with. By identifying boundaries and knowing when they get crossed, we stand a greater chance of protecting ourselves and gaining more fulfilling relationships. Sometimes we focus on meeting someone else’s needs and end up sacrificing our own. By putting limits in place you will find that not only do you feel healthier, but you have also surrounded yourself with others who feel the same!

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Poll: Would You Ever Date A Guy Who's Slept With A Prostitute?

Is sleeping with a hooker something you could overlook in a relationship?

Would you ever date a man who'd slept with a prostitute? Or could you even? It's a question of morals and values, or maybe only what we can overlook in a relationship and what just simply can't. It's different for everyone. When The Gloss recently surveyed a handful of women on the topic, they got a wide variety of answers.

Breaking up shouldn't be the end

Breaking up shouldn't be the end

We are each too valuable to be broken apart and depressed by the end of a relationship. Be strong.

This is the story of a young woman who met a man and fell in love. They were perfect for each other. In a month he confessed to her that he had never met anyone like her before and she made him feeling things he had never felt for a person before. Naturally, she felt the same way. Sounds like a typical love story, no? Sure, except it didn’t exactly end that way.

Check yourself out in the mirror...

Check yourself out in the mirror...

Face The Mirror With Confidence Face The Mirror With Confidence By Just Being You… The mirror is not your BFF but it could very well be. If it’s any consolation set up your full-length mirror in the most flattering way possible. Rest it on the floor and lean it against a wall, tilted away from you. The angle will make you look taller & your physique slimmer. That’s your beauty cheat sheet for the day! Why are we so uncomfortable looking in the mirror? For most of us the mirror has a negative connotation. Experts say, women are rarely satisfied with their appearance - and are always seeking a better body image. There’s no such thing as perfect but I believe no matter what size you are, you can absolutely “Perfect Your Potential™”. 7 Simple Ways to Perfect Your Potential

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What Happy Couples Have In Common [VIDEO]

Is physical attraction enough to make a relationship work?

We asked the top love experts to give the final word on the most-asked relationship and dating questions. In this episode of "The Final Word," we asked them what qualities a couple should have in common—similar interests, physical attraction, values or a combination of all three?

Is The Recession Changing Men's Values?

Is The Recession Changing Men's Values?

How the economy may make your man more family-oriented.

"I feel like in the time that I've been laid off, I've become a family man," he continued as I listened while stuffing my mouth with sustenance from the hen. "Maybe I've been growing that way anyway, but being laid off has given me another level of awareness. It makes me want to be somewhere where you can hear the roosters crow—like back in Puerto Rico."