Relationships: Relationship Building & Management

It's Time to Take Control of Your Life!

Kim Fulcher, Our official Coaching for Women Expert says:

In my work with clients, I'm often asked to help women balance the many demands of their work, home, and personal responsibilities. In each instance, my clients are looking for a sense of control and balance in their life. Whether I'm talking to a corporate executive or a stay-at-home mother, my advice about life balance is always the same. You will balance your life, your work, and your personal aspirations when you stop managing your time, and start managing your priorities.

Time is finite. You get only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Once you've used a moment, it is gone forever.

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Will the Real Ms. Proverbs 31 Please Stand Up?

Lisa Preston, Our official Homeschooling Expert says:

Ever felt so overwhelmed and out of control that you just collapsed, hanging to a thread of hope that God's arms would be there to catch you? Then after spending time with the Father you discovered all the pressures and worries were placed on you by you and not Him?

Why do we feel we have to meet every need of every person in our family? Who said we have to be and do it all?

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After the Abusive Relationship - 7 Tips for Knowing You're Doing What Is Right for You

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

Domestic violence survivors often wonder what next? Now, that I'm no longer defined by my role in my "other life," then what next... Who is this person? What is this person? What ought this person be doing with her life?

In some respects this pondering is typical of battered women. However, it's also true that women at large have similar thoughts when what was once their assumed identity no longer exists.

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Facing Financial Hard Times Together -- Twenty Two Keys for Couples

Dr. Linda Miles, Our official Marriage & Family Therapist Expert says:

SURVIVORS AND THRIVERS: Couples may tend to have a short frame and lose sight of the big picture. Many couples may be tempted to throw in the towel rather than see that marriage is a growing machine . Couples who have been married for decades often take pride in how they have faced hardships together.

BITTER OR BETTER: Ask yourselves how economic challenges can make you better instead of bitter.

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How To Find and Attract Your Perfect Customers

Nancy Gerber, Our official Relationship Expert says:

Marketing is all about locating, consistently connecting with and attracting the ideal customers who need, want and are willing to pay for our products and services.

All the clever activities available to us -- from articles and e-zines to the more complex strategies like social networking -- bring far better results when we first identify and focus on these people as specifically as possible.

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Is There a Key to Longevity?

Dr. Neill Neill, Our official Overcoming Alcoholism Expert says:

There comes a time in life when we all begin to realize that we are not immortal. However, some people seem to live longer. Is there a key to longevity?

On the day before November 11, I attended the memorial service for my friend David. He died in his 87th year. David was a war hero and veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War. He lived a long and productive life, the last 40 years of it with his wife Arlene.

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Anticipating Obstacles

Kim Fulcher, Our official Coaching for Women Expert says:

Have you ever embarked on a personal improvement program only to fall off the wagon within a few weeks of getting started? What caused you to fail?

Did you have trouble making the time to apply the program's material? Did you try to do too much at once? Were you talking to yourself in a disempowering way, saying things such as, "I never finish what I start" or "It won't matter anyway"? We fail to succeed because we fail to anticipate the forces in our lives that have the potential to derail our focus.

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Home School Preschool : Help! I Need Ten Minutes to Myself!

Lisa Preston, Our official Homeschooling Expert says:

Some days you just need your child to work on something by himself. Usually when you're really stressed it's hard to think of activities for him to do.

Here's a list that might be helpful to print out for those occasions!

# Give your child two rolls of pennies and let her put the coins into a piggy bank.

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Online Dating Expert Stephany Alexander Reveals Tips to Succeed at Dating

Stephany Alexander, Our official Dating Expert says:

As an online dating expert who gives dating advice on a daily basis, I have determined there are 10 basic key factors that will help you to succeed at online dating. Online dating can be dangerous and getting involved with the wrong person can be destroy your life.
How do you put the odds in your favor when screening an online date?

I have broken down the top 10 online dating advice tips to increase your success in the online dating world so you can date better, safer and smarter to find that special person.

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8 Keys to Improving Self-esteem for Teenage Girls

Dr. Linda Miles, Our official Marriage & Family Therapist Expert says:

Experts on facial expressions are not fooled by the big smiles of teen-age girls. It is evident when a girl is truly happy inside, because she has a "Duchienne smile." With this smile the involuntary muscles around the eyes are wrinkled. And those muscles do not lie.

On the other hand, fake, superficial smiles reveal a smiling mouth only, there is no twinkle and not a wrinkle. Looking at many of the photos in today's magazines where the models often reveal fake smiles with sad eyes. BUT, this is not what teen girls notice. They focus on the perfect figure, airbrushed skin, hair and slick image. Then, unfortunately, they want to emulate that MYTH of happiness.

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