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Building Healthy Marriages -- About fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Obviously, many marriages are not healthy. Having a healthy marriage is not a "normal" phenomenon. However, it is something to strive for. All marriages have difficulties, and all couples fight.
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Arguments In Our Relationships - How To Resolve Them -- One of the hardest things to handle in a relationship is conflict. While a good and fair fight can clear the air and help you to feel closer to your lover, many fights are just hurtful and destructive. Fights that never go anywhere, that are repeated year after year, or that leave you feeling awful about yourself are not going to help your relationship. Those are the kinds of fights we need to take another look at, and find out what is going on underneath. This is true for any conflict that doesn't feel right, not just those you have with your lover.
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Putting Family First -- I once knew a man who spent his life working and trying to provide for his family. More than anything, he wanted to be successful. In his mind, that meant making a lot of money and having material things to show for it - nice house, new car, expensive suits, cash in hand.
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28 Things That Really Do Matter In Marriage -- Just what the title says! 28 good things to keep in mind for developing and maintaining a beautiful relationship with your spouse.
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Are you speaking the same language? -- In his book "The 5 Love Languages", author Gary Chapman tells of 5 distinct languages of love that we speak as individuals. His premise is that to effectively love our partner we need to learn the language they speak. This is perhaps an oversimplification, but with marriages across the country falling apart in alarming numbers maybe it will take a step back and a simplified look at our own love languages.
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He Loves Me, She Loves Me Not -- If you were lucky enough to grow up with healthy parents, you have experienced the feeling of having someone who has always looked at your good qualities. Many of us missed that experience. You will be a lucky person if you have found a mate who is always looking at your 'silver lining'. Too often today people are more than willing to judge you by your errors, not by your potential.
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This Magic Moment -- Remember when you began dating your wife or girlfriend? Those moments when the touch of her hair, the wisp of a kiss or the electricity you felt when holding hands? Do you still feel the same way or do you feel that you are missing some of those feelings?
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Are You Taking Baggage To Bed? -- If you are obsessed with parts of your body, this can have a negative impact on the quality of your sex life – for you AND your partner.
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3 Keys to Effective Communication in Relationships -- One of the biggest problems in broken relationships is a breakdown of communication. It's essential that you keep the communication flowing in your relationship to keep it fresh and on fire.
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A Recipe For Romance -- So, tonight's the night. You want to have a Romantic evening with your Lady. What's this, hesitation? O.K. your nervous, what if you can't pull this off? Well, let me help! I'll walk you through a complete Romantic Day fit for a Queen.
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6 Tips to Maintaining a Healthy Relationship -- Yesterday was my marriage anniversary and my husband and I were reflecting about the day we got married, and what has kept us together. So, I will like to share with you some of the things that keeps our relationship running.
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Top 10 Secrets to Avoiding "Marital Money Chaos" -- Money can wreck a relationship. In fact, how they spend, save, and account for money is one of the leading sources of disagreements between couples. In almost every study, money ranks as the first or second most argued-about topic for couples and partners.
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