I'd defy anyone to turn down the opportunity to learn more about the other sex, and be able to use relationship advice with ease, as well as provide it to their close friends and relatives to good effect.

This would be possible with a hypothetical 'relationship degree' at a university – but what would this imaginary degree look like? If professors were to teach people how to manage relationships, how to make up with their ex's, how to attract a partner into their life – what lessons would they teach in their restricted number of lectures?

This is an interesting question, and one I'd like to explore in the following article. Obviously, relationship advice is a very subjective topic and as such, the results here are only my own opinion. I'm sure everyone else's relationship leadership degree would look slightly different!

It doesn't matter if you are dating or in a marriage or just in love, it can either make us feel better or worse about ourselves. We strive to find the one who will love us and make us feel like we are on top of the world, unfortunately that doesn't always happen.

One thing that many will try to do is find out if the reason for your difficulties in your relationships is because of the problems between the two of you or is it because of problems that originated early on in either your life or the other persons life. It can be exhausting trying to find the original root of the matter but one thing is obvious, you have problems now.

I love you! These three words mean so much…some of the time. At other times, they can merely be hollow words with nothing evident in sight to back them up. To see how our love stacks up in terms of action, we can ask ourselves these questions.

I love you! These three words mean so much…some of the time. At other times, they can merely be hollow words with nothing evident in sight to back them up.

What they often mean is “I love you as long as I get that warm fuzzy feeling inside when I’m around you or when I think of you. Just don’t ask me to demonstrate my love by asking too much of me.”

When we equate love with internal feelings of bliss, it becomes dependent on our “loved” ones pleasing us on a consistent basis and asking very little in return. It’s easy to feel “love” when it does not make many demands on us or our time.

Do you spend more time than you like feeling disconnected and stuck in your mind? In action mode and disconnected even from how you feel? This article will help you see why this might be happening so you can allow yourself to truly be present and connected in your daily life.

Copyright (c) 2008 Fia Crandall

How much of your day is spent in “go, go, go” mode? Where your mind is in charge and has completely let behind your emotions and body… Where you feel a sort of tiredness all over. Where everything seems to be without life and joy.

How often do you spend in this disconnected state?

In my experience, it is this state that holds us back from the wonderful joy that lies all around us, waiting to be discovered. It is the state that leads to struggle.

You already know that feeling in love is not the same as true love.  But do you know what to do to give and get true love?  Psychologist and Relationship Coach Jack Ito PhD shares with us practical ways to have true love in our relationships.

True love is not to be found at a certain place, at a certain age, or with a certain person.  True love is something that is under our control on the giving end, while at the receiving end we must risk everything for the chance of true love.

True love is not the same as feeling in love.  Feelings come and go Sleepiness in the morning gives way to hunger in the afternoon.  Both feelings disappear with the administration of a coffee and some food.  Feeling in love comes and goes as we get what we want (or are deprived of it).  It is important for it serves to connect us to another person long enough for us to explore our relationship further.  Feeling in love can vanish as quickly as a thief in the night.

No doubt verbal abusers are a mass of insecurities. But their purpose is in essence to give you more insecurities than they themselves already have.

You still recall the first time you and your significant other argued. It wasn’t really over anything important. You didn’t think so then and you still don’t.  That’s not how the other person took it. It wasn’t that they felt they had to win the argument but to win, it was necessary to humiliate you.  

You raised this point to them after things had cooled down but they dismissed it by saying it was no big deal (didn’t seem that way at the time) or that you were wrong so they had to set you straight.

Play is powerful. Discover how it can improve your prosperity!!! Improve your manifesting, enjoy synchronicities, dramatically improve your luck!

How many of you believe that pushing and hard work is the path to prosperity? How many of you are open to discovering a better way that might include something as preposterous as play???

All push, no play, made it all go away, anyway. I was a self-made millionaire. I worked very hard for years at Microsoft Corporation. It led to a hefty bundle of cash, of which I was very proud. However, there was a huge price to pay. I paid with grueling long hours, little time to play or for relationships. When I left the company I didn’t even know who I was, so sacrificing was the experience.

Ironically, the money did not last! The stock market crashed. I made some bad investment decisions. Before I knew it my millions became a memory. I was lost. I certainly didn’t want to go back to that grueling work anymore.

Call them free dating sites, or social sites or online dating sites–they all mean a location where single people can meet and mix with an intention to find others with like interests and philosophy. The concept has become popular with the increased use of the internet and the idea is even more appealing when the site is free.

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Many people go to free dating sites, simply because they are free.  If you are just trying out a dating site, you probably want to see what it is like before committing a lot of your disposable income to something that you are not sure about. Because of the lack of financial commitment, many people register for membership in the free sites just because they ARE free.  This means that the number of people in the database at any one time is greater, assuming that the web site is a good one. The more people who are there, the more likely you are to find a match for yourself.

There has been a myth floating around for a number of years that’s says, “if you act enthusiastic you will be come enthusiastic”. Yes and no.

If you tend to be enthusiastic when things age going well let me ask you – do you act just as enthusiastic when you are going down in flames and life is filled with problem after problem?

Optimism, enthusiasm, being positive and hopeful are not acts, they are either a part of your belief system, who you are, or they are not. Can you smile in the midst of trauma, problems, adversity and failure? Can you laugh at life’s tribulations and challenges? Do you bring the same passion to life and it’s activities when life throws you nothing but curves, disappointment and frustration as when everything is working and “life is good”?

Clear boundaries.

A few years ago, I discovered that my good friend stole some money from her ex-husband to purchase my car. She also took in my boyfriend and his children when we separated. I was upset, angry and hurt. Needless to say, I stopped being this woman’s friend. That is a boundary which I have stuck with.

Setting boundaries, also means not doing something when I don’t feel like it. This took me some time to get used to it, because I wanted people to like me. Now, if I need or want to say no to someone, I feel good about my decision because it’s what I truly want.

In the past, I’ve had to set a boundary with my X husband, the father of my children. He had recently separated and wanted to make up for lost time. He invited my brother and his family out to his place over the Christmas holidays and we all accepted to go. It had been over 20 years since my brother had seen him and we gratefully agreed to spend the night together.