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  • Important Things To Keep In Mind In Making Your Marriage Work
    By: Carolyn Anderson | - There is indeed more to marriage than a lavish and happy wedding celebration. Of course, most of us love the joys of weddings and the celebration of great relationships but in making your marriage work, it is important to keep in mind some important factors that can make your marriage long lasting. Here are some of them.

    - Practice effective communication and learn to listen. You and your partner grew up in different families and environment, and though you both find each other a ...

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  • Celebrate The Intensity Of Marital Love With Anniversary Gifts That Don"€™t Wane With Time
    By: Roger | - Only once in a whole life, a person binds with another in an invisible bond of love, intimacy, trust, affection, commitment and togetherness. The occasion is wedding. Celebrated on earth but decided in the heavens, wedding calls for celebrating it with all the grandeur.

    The wedding gifts thus create a deep impact in the minds and hearts of the couple who has chosen each other as their life partners. It doesnt matter what items are being given to the couple, it matters what message ...

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  • Recovering From An Affair And Making A Fresh Start
    By: Carolyn Anderson | - After your spouse has admitted his extramarital affair and after he ended it, what comes next is another challenge in recovering from an affair.

    After you discovered your partner's affair, it is not surprising that your first reaction is to end your relationship right away. But extramarital affairs do not always end up in divorce or separation. Surprisingly, most couples try to get back together and become successful in recovering from an affair.

    If you and your spo ...

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  • Are Your Communication Habits Saving Or Sinking Your Marriage?
    By: Peggy Ferguson | - Being in a committed relationship is something that most people prize. The majority of Americans people believe that they will marry and stay married. When you ask people what they want from their marriage, they list trust, love, respect, honesty, faithfulness. The bottom line is that they just want "to be happy" in their marriage.

    But what does that really mean? Many couples that come in for counseling say they have love, respect, honesty, commitment, and faithfulness (as wel ...

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  • Perhaps A New Technique For Child Therapists
    By: Andrew Guthrie | -  I came across this technique out of pure coincidence and a bit of lazyness. Child therapists are rarely able to write their notes about what occurs in a therapy session during the session itself, as child therapy often involves playing and physical action which does not permit this distraction. Instead, we usually write our notes following the sessions, in the five or ten minute gap between patients. In my job at the Children’s Aid Society, I often see up to ten children in one ...
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  • Suggestions For Staying Married Your First Years As Empty Nesters
    By: Peggy Ferguson | - Many people experience a tremendous sense of let down around the time of the last child leaving home. One or both parents can feel a loss of identity, a loss of structure or focus, and sense of the family breaking down. One or both can feel lonely and depressed.

    Each spouse may be trying to unilaterally deal with this novel experience. They may have long ago stopped confiding in each other about their inner experiences and may feel foolish or fearful of sharing what they are goin ...

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  • What You Don't Know About Conflict Communication Can Kill Your Marriage
    By: Peggy Ferguson | - Marital happiness is something that most people expect to achieve in their lives. Love, respect, honesty, and faithfulness are some attributes that many people believe will lead to a happy marriage.

    But what does that really mean? Many couples that come in for counseling say they have love, respect, honesty, commitment, and faithfulness (as well as other positive characteristics), but that one or both are just not happy. What makes for a happy marriage?

    A missing ing ...

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  • How To Improve Marital Communication By Simply Using "the Honey Jar"
    By: Peggy Ferguson | - Is your relationship lacking the romance that you are yearning for? There are some simple things you can do today to revitalize the energy and intimacy of your relationship.

    Are the two of you drifting apart? Is your marriage lifeless? Is it on automatic pilot. Don't resign yourself to the idea that it's "normal" to not have anything to talk about, or that it was only a matter of time before you stopped having fun together. You can rekindle the spark.

    Structured an ...

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  • What Are Four Major Marriage Issues
    By: Janine Gillip | - Every year it seems that the experts are compiling lists of marriage issues that are the most common. While top 10 lists regularly appear, it seemed easier to focus on the top four issues that show up most. Each one should be pretty obvious when you've had a chance to read through them. More importantly, you will likely agree that these issues deserve top billing on any list.

    Yes, money makes the first place on a top four list. Most married couples will argue over finances and money ...

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  • You Can Halt A Marriage Crisis
    By: Dwaune Dejvule | - Very likely, you would rather deal with any marital difficulties long before they've become an actual marriage crisis. You'd rather wake up with a happy spouse than one who is angry or frustrated with you. The more important thought may be the desire to protect your marriage from conflicts that have the power to undermine your relationship. Perhaps, there are some valid reasons to be worried. It could be that you don't really know why a crisis is happening. It's a good thing that there are some ...
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  • Some Common Reasons For Seeking Couples Counseling
    By: Art Gib | - There are many reasons why couples may wish to seek out the help of a marital counselor. Chances are good that one or both members of the relationship are unhappy or know that something is wrong: they just don't have the tools to fix the problems themselves. There is nothing really unusual in this phenomenon: most long-term relationships that are roaring right along may hit road blocks along the way and there is nothing wrong with seeking help. In fact, it's the healthiest, most positive action ...
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  • Pre Marriage Counseling: Why?
    By: Philip West | - Since you are reading this article on pre marriage counseling, it is probably because you are in a serious relationship. Now you and your significant other are considering ramping it up a bit on the committment scale. You love each other. Isn't that enough? Why would you desire to bare your souls before some stranger in pre marriage counseling sessions?

    Well, perhaps injecting a bit of 3rd-party objectivity into the situation would be helpful. Professional counselors are well trai ...

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  • Saving Your Marriage, Marital Help Is Available Today!
    By: MARRIAGE MAX | - Nothing is more disheartening than finding the love of your life and feeling as if you're failing at achieving the life that you dreamt of. While you know that your spouse loves you, you don't know how to stop your marriage from demise. You have tried to talk about it; however it seems that it never gets anywhere. They always feel neglected, abused, ignored or unappreciated. Whatever it is, marital help is available.

    A marriage family counselor works directly with a couple to wor ...

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  • Book Review: "don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" Why Women Need Financial Intimacy
    By: Bonnie Jo Davis | - Title: "Don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" Why Women Need Financial Intimacy
    Author: Helga Hayse
    Publisher: Primelife Publishing, San Mateo, CA, USA
    ISBN: 0-9778368-2-7
    Price: $14.95, Date: 2006, Page Count: 195
    Purchase at: http://www.financialintimacy.com

    "Don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" is a softcover book geared towards women contemplating marriage or those who are already married. The cover image is an appropriate illustration by Edwa ...

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  • Second Marriage Pitfall: Help! Suddenly It's My First Marriage All Over Again!
    By: Richard Nicastro | - Getting married is a celebration of love and commitment. That holds true for a second marriage as well as a first. It's a way of saying, "It's just you and me, from here on out." But second marriages can have different meanings for different people. An unacknowledged pressure to "get it right this time" may sit coiled beneath the celebration.

    When you remarry there is the unspoken reality that you've unsuccessfully traveled this road before. It's no secret that this is your secon ...

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  • Your Future In-laws: How Many People Are You Marrying?
    By: Alison Sardelli | - When a couple begins their journey toward falling in love and that long walk to the altar, they seldom stop to think of the negative aspects that too often come with uniting families. Growing to greatly admire and respect your partner may help you to over look some of the less appealing aspects of a relative's personality, but even love can only get you so far.

    The tradition of meeting your future spouse's parent is often an enormous step in the relationship; this is not only ...

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  • Do You Have Intimacy In Your Relationship?
    By: laptop8 | - Do You have Intimacy in your relationship?
    www.marriageintimacyis4u.com
    What Is Marital Intimacy ?
    Intimacy is the feeling of closeness within your relationship with your spouse --spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, sexually, and many other ways. Intimacy is the journey that should last throughout your marriage. Marriage and family researchers Schaefer and Olson (1981) tell us that attaining intimacy is "a process that occurs over time and is never completed or full ...

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  • Marriage Counseling Won't Create Intimacy In Your Marriage
    By: Paul Friedman | - If your marriage is lacking intimacy and you go to a psychologist for marriage counseling, you will be very disappointed. A quick look at divorce statistics will show you the reality that marriage counseling usually leads to an appointment with either a mediator or a divorce lawyer.
    The "Art" of Marriage Counseling is Primitive and Dangerous
    Before 1940, a person was statistically better off not going to a doctor if they suffered from any one of countless maladies. Doctors didn' ...

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  • Research Shows Marriage Increases Cancer Survivor Rates
    By: Nina Roesner | - Serious Illness? Better stay married if you want to live longer! Regardless of your gender, if you are married with heart disease or cancer, you can expect to live a minimum of four years longer than an unmarried individual with a healthy heart, says researcher Linda Waite of the University of Chicago. As long ago as 1987, The Journal of the American Medical Association published research on marriage which demonstrates that when it comes to cancer, marital status significantly impacts treatment ...
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  • The Magic Of Making Up - The Deep Dark Secret To A Long Lasting Relationship
    By: Kane Toh | - The title of the book caught my attention because I recently became engaged. I must admit that today's staggering divorce rate and marital break up has caused me to be somewhat skeptical about marriage. Yet, it is uplifting to read a book that positively effect and motivate any married couple, lovers facing rejection and break up in their relationship to strategically get together again even after a break up. The book also explained the secrets to make your Ex return your calls and text messages ...
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  • Marriage Counseling Won't Help Your Sexless Marriage
    By: Paul Friedman | - It is an interesting phenomenon that most of the complaints about sexless marriage come from women rather than men. It could be of course that when men get resistance to their desires for sex they either retire into a shell or look elsewhere. If you're looking for healthy intimacy in your marital relationship that includes sex I think I can be of service.

    The Greatest Sex Possible is a Shallow Replacement for Intimacy of Any Kind

    OK, be honest; how many times di ...

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  • Extra-marital Affairs - The Facts
    By: Pierre Basson | - Marital Affairs - The Facts
    The facts about Married Cheating(sexual unfaithfulness to a spouse) are frightening. Polls show that although 90% of married people disapprove of extramarital relationships, statistics from a national survey indicate that 15% of wives and 25% of husbands have experienced extramarital intercourse. These numbers increase by 20% when emotional affairs and sexual relationships without intercourse are included. Another source, The Monogamy Myth, produced by Peggy Vau ...

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  • Is Pre Marital Counseling Right For You?
    By: Matt Chang | - Marital counseling although often misunderstood, is an excellent way to enrich your relationship and help it grow into a satisfying and stable marriage. Marital counseling help is somewhat different from that of premarital counseling. Whereas pre-marital counseling is designed to help insure that your love grows and flourishes, marital counseling is more geared towards married couples that are experiencing marital difficulties and have a willingness to work things out.

    When you en ...

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  • Are Your Friends Hurting Your Relationship?
    By: Richard Nicastro | - You exist within a web of relationships. For instance, if your friend is going through tough times, you may find yourself feeling an emotional heaviness throughout the day, thinking and worrying about your friend. As this colors your mood, your partner may start to notice that lately you've been preoccupied and down. Since emotions are contagious, this will impact your partner in some way and her/his interactions with others may now be different as a result of what your friend shared with you. ...
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  • Why Marriage Counseling Is Good For You
    By: Francis K Githinji | - Marriage counselling has always been there. In traditional cultures, it was undertaken by elders of a village and people who could command respect. The sole purpose of marriage counselling is to bring people together and help them overcome their marital difficulties. It is very helpful in society and today, marriages are in dire need of counselling. Often times, marriage proves difficult, couples are mired with trouble and they feel helpless. Marriage couselling comes in to help them see a diffe ...
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  • 21 Questions To Ask A Guy
    By: Delta Fi | - Can you imagine a world without questions? How would relationships be without them? The answer: less comprehension and more misunderstanding.

    Understanding and comprehension is needed in every relationship because they are the fuel that keep trust alive. In a romantic relationship, no trust means no intimacy and without intimacy the relationship is definitely not romantic.

    Couples who have understanding and comprehension also have trust and therefore, have more inti ...

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  • Dating Before Marriage
    By: Delta Fi | - In today's world, when we mention the word dating, the first thing that comes up to the mind of many people is kissing and getting physical.

    The word dating generally refers to a social activity were two or more people in a romantic relationship decide to spend more time with each other because of general purposes. This would include building the relationship, and dating to get to know each other better.

    When two people are interested in starting a new romantic re ...

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  • Smart Tips To Stop Snoring And Get Your Marriage On Track.
    By: Renee A. Moller | - The dilemma of sleeping with someone that nightly snores, may well easily seem to be such as a small deal to those that have never personally experienced the night after night regime of never ever getting fully uninterrupted sleep. But for those with the first hand experience are very willing to tell you how awful it truly is to have a spouse that is of the habitual snoring type. For so many spouses that are married to the one that they dearly love, but cannot physically sleep with them in th ...
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  • How Snoring Is Affects Your Marital Enjoyment
    By: Renee A Moller | - There presently seems to be few things that can knock the intimacy right out of a marriage the way the continuous problem of snoring does.

    It does not matter how very much that you love your spouse; the snoring will sooner or later take a toll upon you, by the means of sleep deprivation. After prolonged sleepless nights, you will find yourself sleeping alone in some other area of the home, just so you can finally get a very much needed good night's rest. One or two nights will ...

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  • Easy Tips To Stop Snoring And Get Your Marriage On Track.
    By: Renee A. Moller | - The problem of sleeping with someone that nightly snores, may well easily seem to be such as a small deal to those that have never personally experienced the night after night regime of never ever getting fully uninterrupted sleep. But for those with the first hand experience are very willing to tell you how awful it truly is to have a spouse that is of the habitual snoring type. For so many spouses that are married to the one that they dearly love, but cannot physically sleep with them in th ...
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  • Coping With Marital Conflict
    By: Blended-Families.com | - In any marriage, even the most supportive and harmonious, there are disagreements, and the way the couple resolves conflict affects the welfare, quality and longevity of the marriage. Many couples mistakenly believe their marriage has no chance of success if they experience disputes, which could be due to the old-school belief that conflict is best avoided to ensure family unity. The result of conflict avoidance is often simmering anger and deep-seated resentment about unresolved issues.

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  • Marital Conflict: Expect It And Cope With It.
    By: Blended-Families.com | - In any marriage, even the most supportive and agreeable, there are disagreements, and the manner that couple resolves conflict determines the welfare, quality and longevity of the marriage. Some couples mistakenly believe their marriage has no chance of success if they experience conflict, which may be due to the age-old belief that conflict is best avoided to ensure family unity. The result of conflict avoidance is often simmering anger and deep-seated resentment about unresolved issues.

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  • Reducing Marital Conflict
    By: Blended-Families.com | - In any marriage, even the most loving and harmonious, there will be disagreements, and the way the couple resolves conflict affects the health, vibrancy and longevity of the marriage. Some couples mistakenly believe their marriage has no chance of success if they have conflict, which may be due to the common belief that conflict is best avoided to ensure family harmony. The result of conflict avoidance is often simmering anger and deep-seated resentment about unresolved issues.

    I ...

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  • Is Snoring Leading To Your Divorce?
    By: Renee A. Moller | - The difficulty of sleeping with someone that nightly snores, may well easily seem to be such as a small deal to those that have never personally experienced the night after night regime of never ever getting fully uninterrupted sleep. But for those with the first hand experience are very willing to tell you how awful it truly is to have a spouse that is of the habitual snoring type. For so many spouses that are married to the one that they dearly love, but cannot physically sleep with them in ...
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  • Advice On Infidelity
    By: Alex Archer | - There is a lot to consider if you believe your spouse or significant other is being unfaithful. Infidelity brings up a lot of strong emotions, and may change your relationship permanently. It is key that careful reasoning and sound judgement guide your decision-making as you decide how to best act on your suspicions.

    Counseling, whether for yourself or for you as a couple, can help work through issues related to your marriage. You may decide that the infidelity mandates the end of ...

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  • How Snoring Can Affects Your Marital Bliss
    By: Renee A Moller | - There presently seems to be few things that can knock the intimacy right out of a marriage the way the continuous trouble of snoring does.

    It does not matter how very much that you love your partner; the snoring will finally take a toll upon you, by the means of sleep deprivation. After prolonged sleepless nights, you will find yourself sleeping alone in some other area of the home, just so you can finally get a very much needed good night's rest. One or two nights will most al ...

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  • Christian Sex: What New Moms Wish Their Husbands Knew
    By: Terre Grable | - "Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover. I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful..."- - Song of Solomon 3:1 (The Message)

    Believe it or not, this verse describes the heart's desire for a lot of new moms. Yet, as her husband you may be wondering if you and your spouse will ever engage in a healthy sexual relationship again. You really want to enjoy some time together as a couple, but are you uncertain how to approach her, especially since ...

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  • Top 6 Things Christians Can Do To Keep Martial Bliss
    By: Terre Grable | - Excitement. Passion. Giddy with laughter. Anticipation. Intimacy

    These are just some of the feelings associated with the newlywed marital bliss. Those feelings we were sure would never go away; especially since ours was a Christian marriage.

    Yet, often these feelings are replaced with Fatigue. Boredom. Apathy. Frustration. and Distance. Those long nights filled with endless discussion, have been replaced with falling asleep in front of the television wat ...

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  • Hope For Troubled Christian Marriages - 5 Tips For Stability And Sanity
    By: Terre Grable | - Being a Christian does not insulate your marriage from times of trouble. Like every other person walking around and breathing, Christian relationships can be ransacked with the pain of infidelity, the cold distance resulting from bitterness, and the loneliness of conflict. Here are 5 things you can do to bring a sense of stability and sanity to a troubled Christian marriage:

    1. Recognize there is a problem

    As a counselor, I am always amazed at the energy that is sp ...

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  • Common Marriage Problems
    By: Abe Moy | - No one gets married expecting to have marriage problems and get divorced. People are filled with hope when they say "I Do" to the person they love. However, the cold reality is that the divorce rate is very high and is rising every day. Dissatisfaction in a marriage happens early because couples become more disillusioned with their dreams when they do not become reality. Men and women used to think that they have to watch out for the infamous seven-year itch that comes after seven years of marri ...
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  • Depression: The Silent Killer Of Marital Intimacy
    By: Todd E. Linaman, Ph.D. | - Everyone longs for - and needs - intimacy. Intimacy in marriage exists when a husband and wife allow each other to experience everything they have to offer physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and spiritually without fear of criticism, judgement or rejection. In the absence of intimacy a marriage can not thrive and will struggle even to survive.

    Prior to marriage, few couples give a great deal of thought to how they might prevent or deal with the potential roadblocks ...

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  • Effective Fathering When You Are Frequently Away
    By: Kalman Heller | - In today's world of family life, it is not just men who may be working exceptionally long hours outside the home. However, it is men who have historically found it more difficult to build strong relationships with each of their family members. For many husbands and fathers, being dedicated to creating a successful career is still what they consider to be the main way of expressing their caring. But in these times of shifting marital roles and new realizations that relationship intimacy is a sign ...
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  • All The Secrets Behind Pre Marriage Counseling
    By: Helen Leman | - Almost all therapists are strongly recommending pre marital counseling. Getting married without pre marriage counseling can be risky; the couple's goal is to be really happy in the long run. Professional, skill based pre marriage counseling reduce the risk of divorce and lead to a happy marriage; it can also reduce the stress of the pre wedding period and ensure the partners that their dreams of a happy marriage can be realized.

    Pre marriage counseling is preparing the partners to ...

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  • Does Your Sexless Marriage Have To End In Divorce?
    By: Anthony Bradley | - If your sexless marriage is giving you great worry, you may think that the problem is just too much to bear and going to a divorce lawyer seems the only thing to do but this is not always the case. Sexless marriages are the source of a lot of marital distress and solving the problem can be difficult and will need a lot of of thought before you take the step of getting a divorce lawyer.

    Your sexless marriage can:

    Make you feel very lonely.

    Harm your s ...

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  • Improving Marital Intimacy
    By: Kalman Heller | - It has become too common a refrain: There isn't enough time. This is the excuse put forth by so many couples that I speak to in workshops and in my office. Wives and husbands are pleading that they are so overwhelmed with the demands of work and children that they simply can't create any space to share intimate moments with their partner. The result is often an increasing sense of disconnection that gets expressed as problems with communication, disagreements over finances, parenting conflicts, ...
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  • The Health Risks Of Snoring
    By: Dulce Azogue | - Maybe you can still recall the first time your kids and your spouse heard you snore. There was a bit of humor and some jokes here and there when the night approached. But things changed after a month, when they realized it was not funny; rather it was disturbing.

    "Thou dost snore distinctly," William Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest, "there's meaning in thy snores." It was not long ago when modern medicine started to dig more into what the Father of English Literature wrote hundr ...

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  • Marital Problems - People Rarely Change
    By: Terry Ross | - If you're relationship is struggling and marital problems are beginning to intrude into your everyday life then now is the time to put a stop to it, decide if what you perceive to be marital problems are really that much of an issue and if so do something about it.

    Relationships are never perfect and some appear less perfect than others but just because you don't always see eye to eye and just because you have let the relationship slide it doesn't mean to say that you weren't mean ...

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  • Are You Sucking The Passion Out Of Your Relationships
    By: Submission | - If you are a Lover, your passion is connection, the intimacy of giving and receiving. Whether you are sharing your gifts and talents with the world at large, or you are having a one-on-one love relationship, marital relationship, friendship, a family member, or a relationship with a co-worker, you enjoy fusing your essential being with everything in life. Connecting with other people makes you feel grounded, secure, needed, valued, supported, happy, good about yourself, comforted, and loved.
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