Almost all of us go through a period where there is a feeling of relationship boredom. These feelings may occur during the different stages of the relationship and they may come and go. When your relationship is new, you and your partner are enjoying spending time together. You have so many firsts to look forward to such as buying a house, …
Where to meet a single girl
The hectic rhythm of current life leaves little room for dating. When you have a full-time job and often work late, weekends are the only option to make new connections. Of course, you could still meet through mutual connections, but luck is unpredictable. So, where should a modern gentleman look for his lady? For most working people and those suffering …
How to Get Your Ex Back As A friend
After a breakup, it may be a hard time. The person that you used to call during tough times may be the person you now are upset about. It can be hard to know what to do. Many people invested so much time and energy in their relationship and it ends up feeling like a person that knows so much …
Things To Learn From Emotionally Resilient People
Have you ever noticed that some people become stressed during a transition while others go with the flow? It all boils down to one’s emotional resilience. While some of it is biological, there are seven traits that you can start nurturing today to live an easier life with lesser resistance. Here is a look at seven traits emotionally resilient people …
Why Do Some People Have the Need to be Right?
Children need food and water. Their survival depends on that. But they also need recognition, acceptance, and love. Their emotional health depends on that. Just as plants that are insufficiently watered wither and die or have their growth stunted, children who are denied sufficient love grow up wounded. Their wounds are painful. Unless they learn how to heal themselves, they …
It is more shameful to…
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.” (─Confucius) A Reader, whom I’ll call “Tom” writes, “In my 45 years of living on this planet life experience and living has much more frequently than not taught me that people are not to be trusted and that sooner or later you will be hurt by whomever …
Miscommunicating and Making Assumptions
Isn’t life a series of interactions with others? That being so, it makes getting along with people of primary importance. After all, if our interactions are pleasant, we’ll have a happy life, but if they are filled with conflict, rancor, and resentment we’ll be unhappy. Why do so many people struggle with getting along with others? Two of the many …
Gaining Control over Your Life
I’m all in favor of kindness and service to others, but not when it means allowing others to manipulate us. Refusing to allow others to walk all over us is not about being selfish or self-centered, but of being self-aware. It’s about understanding that we are responsible for our own lives. If we GIVE IN to others, we GIVE UP on …
Handling Infidelity – Friendship, Intimacy, Love, and Breakup
Nature is a great teacher. A walk in a forest can teach us about life and help us to experience something far greater than ourselves. Suppose you came upon a colony of mushrooms decorating the forest floor, what would you see? At first, you may believe the hundreds of mushrooms are individual plants, but actually they are all parts of …
When a Good Relationship Turns Bad
What do you do when a good relationship turns bad? Do you work hard to save the relationship? Do you ignore the problems? Or do you separate? What follows is a dialog between two people: myself and a fellow I’ll call James, who, even though he is suffering in a bad relationship, has been doing everything he can to avoid …