Emotion, Intelligence, or Intelligent Emotions – Which is best?
As promised in our last post, we are about to begin a book study of Intelligently Emotional. I hope you’ll join us to discover how intelligent our emotions really are!
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Want a better new year? Add up all the little things.
Are you struggling like I am to “simplify” your traditional holiday frenzy? It seems like the effort to find balance during the holidays often creates even more anxiety than the
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Forgiveness Begins with Listening to Ourselves
Forgiving ourselves or others can be more difficult when we aren’t listening to ourselves. Inner voices talk to us all the time, telling us if we are well or hurting, happy
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Forgiveness Is Meant to Remodel the Forgiver’s Life
Forgiveness means “forth-give-ness” or giving something away. It is meant to bless everyone — you and others. View it as a gift. Wrap it up in the soft colors of love and
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Why Is Forgiving Others So Difficult?
Have you seen the benefit of recalling the times we need forgiveness? Were you, like me, silently impressed with our need to have forgiveness? Failure to find forgiveness and to
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So… INVEST in Understanding Your Child!
Most parents are the experts on their children’s behavior. They know if little Megan is acting normally or acting up. But what they don’t know is how she feels when she
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How to Choose a Mate: Get a Look at Both Feet!
How many recommendations have you had on how to choose a mate? Did they include using Match, E-Harmony or some other online dating service? Blind dates used to be a
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Where Are Your Thoughts Leading Your Marriage?
Where are your thoughts leading your marriage? Love has expectations. Fail to meet them and you can expect disappointment that settles into resentment and then develops into the precursor to
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Begin Your Marriage at the End
Bobby Fischer astounded the world of chess. When playing for the World Championship in 1971, he achieved the first shutout in Grand Master play. He finally beat Boris Spassky for
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Can Your Intimate Relationship Pass this Test?
Intimate relationships are not just about love. But without love, why would we even get involved? However, love needs constant nourishment to build its muscles. One of the ‘nutrients’ it needs
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Relationship Is About Knowing Your Partner
How can one have a meaningful relationship without really knowing their partner? I submit that you can’t. A relationship requires commitment and no one commits to someone when they have no
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Relationship Conflict: When Your Mate Doesn’t “Get It”
Would you call this a relationship conflict? Consider this scenario describing an all too common relationship conflict: “You’re not the person I married!” he yelled. “You used to take it
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