Relationships

Details: Written by: Michael Glauser

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Civility cannot be legislated, mandated, or enforced by governments—it comes from internalizing civil values in our lives. In other words, as we become happier, we also become more civil, and becoming more civil reinforces our happiness.

Details: Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick

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We are the ones who make the choices and convey the lessons—by word and deed, wittingly and unwittingly—that shape a young person’s ethics and values, point of view, and priorities.

Details: Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver

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All sibling relationships have their ups and downs, good times and bad. But in a family with abuse, addiction, and mental illness, the relationships are warped by a range of dysfunctional dynamics.

Details: Written by: Joyce Vissell

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Having a true friend (or several) in your life is a true gift. Having someone who you can call and say, "I am not doing well. I need your love," is a huge blessing

Details: Written by: Nanci A. Smith, Esq.

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Your psycho-spiritual-emotional health is the key to a successful legal divorce. Collaborative divorce is a divorce process that is fully legal and downright practical. It is practiced in every state in the United States and throughout the world.

Details: Written by: Jude Bijou

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I heard an interesting theory about egoism a while back... "Egoism is the root of all conflict in the world." Intuitively that makes perfect sense.

Details: Written by: Eileen Day McKusick

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"Your relationship with your body is one of the most important relationships you’ll ever have. And since repairs are expensive and spare parts are hard to come by, it pays to make that relationship good. "

Details: Written by: Catherine Shainberg

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We live in relationship. Even if we’re hermits on the top of a mountain we cannot help but relate to the blade of grass, the brook, the sun, and the stars.

Details: Written by: Sarah Love McCoy

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Truth be told, the path of Self Love is not for the faint of heart. There's no destination or end to it.

Details: Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver

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Children raised in homes with abuse, addiction, mental illness, and other traumas typically live in a state of denial. They must continually tell themselves that the terrible things they’re seeing, hearing, and feeling aren’t really happening.

Details: Written by: Will T. Wilkinson

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It's Father's Day. What's the symbolic meaning? Could something life-changing happen today in your life and mine?

Details: Written by: Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D.

Dating with Children: Feel the Guilt and Do It Anyway

Some of you might be thinking, "I'd love to start dating, but who would want to date someone with four children, a dog, and two parakeets?" Don't assume just because you have children, you're less desirable. There are plenty of people who like children and who want to date someone with children.

Details: Written by: Karen Nikos, University of California, Davis

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New research on crushes among straight young people contradicts the hook-up culture stereotype, say researchers.

Details: Written by: Mary Coleman

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As a lawyer, I spent a large portion of time advising divorce petitioners. I found there were a number of recurring themes -- types of conduct which are virtually guaranteed to drive the spouse to drink, desperation, and divorce.

Details: Written by: Joyce Vissell

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My life was changed dramatically when someone took that second to point out my beauty.

Details: Written by: Jennifer Fraser

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The bullying paradigm has parents, teachers and coaches believing they must be tough to the point of emotional abuse in order for children to acquire grit and resilience.

Details: Written by: Michelle Samura, Chapman University

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You can see it in evolving executive titles, such as “vice president of global diversity, inclusion and belonging.” You can find it in reports about how to make employees feel they’re a more essential part of the workplace.

Details: Written by: Barbara Berger

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Writing things down is a good way to practice truth telling.

Details: Written by: Jim Dryden, Washington University in St. Louis

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New research indicates why hugs and other varieties of “pleasant touch” feel good.

Details: Written by: Kevin Kuehn and Kevin King, University of Washington

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Emotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it turns out, engage in self-harm.

Details: Written by: Erin Digitale, Stanford University

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Just as an infant knows to tune into her mother's voice, an adolescent knows to tune into novel voices. As a teen, you don't know you're doing this. You're just being you. Your mind is increasingly sensitive to and attracted to these unfamiliar voices.