Relationships: Relationship Building & Management

Healing from Emotional Abuse - The Best Stress Release for Domestic Abuse Survivors

Dr. Jeanne King, Our official Abusive Relationships Expert says:

Why is wakeful rest more restorative than ordinary unconscious rest of a traditional nap? The answer to this question could change your life if you put into practice its message.

You know how sometimes a daytime nap leaves you feeling like a slug upon awakening, whereas other wakeful rest enlivens you upon your return to ordinary activity. You may have had this experience.

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Four Easy Ways to Ruin a Dog

Eleanor Scheidemann, Our official Pets Expert says:

I talk to dog owners every day. Yet I have never met one that brought a cute, loving puppy into their home with the intention of surrendering the dog 9 to 12 months later because they could not stand him. But yet, it remains a fact that more dogs are put to death because of behavior problems than accidents and disease. An out-of-control adolescent dog is hard to re-home. Nobody wants a bad dog. Many do not want the cost of fixing a dog gone bad at their own hand.

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Top 10 Signs of An Abusive Man

Stephany Alexander, Our official Dating Expert says:

Abusive men are often survivors of abuse themselves. Signs of an abusive man can range from emotional, verbal, physical, or sexual abuse. Frequently an emotionally abusive man is also a verbally abusive man or a combination of all abuse types. A sign of an abusive man can usually be found after a few dates if you pay attention, ask a lot of questions and do some investigating into his past.

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Home School Organization : Myth or Reality?

Lisa Preston, Our official Homeschooling Expert says:

If I had a nickel for every time I've mumbled, "Now where did I put that?" -- I could be home schooling on a beach in Hawaii.

Organization and "space control" challenge the best of us. It's difficult enough for me to keep all my projects organized, much less assist little ones in the process!

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You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover

Marcia McClure, Our official Romance Expert says:

I can’t even tell you when I first ‘noticed’ him, but I think it was during a dance our band played at in the Manwaring Center at Ricks College sometime around March of 1984. He was in charge of the sound mixing boards for the band and worked at the back of the room in the dark, which might account for my not seeing him much before that. But one night…for some reason…the lights were on in the back of the room and from where I stood on the stage, I could see the sound and tech guys standing at their stations.

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What Does Real Love Look Like?

Nancy Gerber, Our official Relationships Expert says:

1947: 4 cents for a daily newspaper. Three cans of Campbell's soup for 29 cents. Rice Krispies, 12 cents a box; chicken 47 cents and pound; coffee 38 cents a pound. No TV - just radio. No E-Bay or Google. No cell phones, answering machine or fax. Neither voice mail nor e-mail No Wal-Mart, no Starbucks, no malls. 60 years. World War Two, just ended. Still to come - moon landings, civil rights, feminism, hippies, Woodstock, gay rights, cloning, test tube babies, vaccines and open heart surgery, the Beatles, 24 hour news, reality shows...

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Why Do Teenagers Take Risks?

Dr. Neill Neill, Our official Functioning Alcoholic Expert says:

Every parent must wonder at one time or another why their teen is such a risk taker. Teenagers indulge in more high-risk behavior than most adults. Understanding why teens take big risks is a key to good parenting. As a parent, your job isn't over when they are seventeen, no matter how much they say they are adults. Good parenting sometimes is a matter of life or death with adolescents.

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Happy Parents? Yeah Whatever!

Sarah Newton, Our official Parenting Teens/Pre-Teens Expert says:

Positive Happy parents, is it even possible? That is the thought in my mind this week. Can you be a parent and happy? I ask the question because if you look around you, how many parents can you see that really look like the happy families we see in magazines? The reality appears more like washed-out, exhausted looking mum throwing not-so-happy looks at her children. This got me thinking, why is that? How and why are we blocking being happy with our children? What gets in the way of happy parenting?

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10 Surefire Strategies for Marketing to Generation Y

Bea Fields, Our official Leadership and Generation Y Author, Speaker, Expert says:

They're called Generation Y, Millennials, Echo Boomers, and Connecteds. By whatever name, this generation of youth born after 1977 represents more than 70 million consumers in the United States. They earn a total annual income of about $211 billion, spend approximately $172 billion per year** and considerably influence many adult consumer buying choices, so no longer are they the youth that will be seen but not heard -- and marketing professionals need to take notice!

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Domestic Abuse Perpetuated by the Courts

Far too often when you leave an abusive relationship, you go from the frying pan to the fire and don’t understand what’s going on until the damage is done. Take a peek. If you recognize yourself here, you will benefit from learning to navigate the system before it’s too late.

This really happens, just last week, I spoke to a relative who is going through this same kind of ongoing court nightmare with an abusive ex.