Relationships: Relationship Building & Management

Relationship Expert, Stephany Alexander, Reveals Top Ways to Determine a Match

As a online relationship expert who gives relationship advice on a daily basis, I have determined there are 10 basic key factors that determine whether or not a person is right for you. Relationships are a tricky business and getting involved with the wrong person can be destroy your life. How do you know when a person is right for you?

I have broken down the top 10 ways to determine if you may be with Mr. or Misses Right so you may live happily every after.

1. You both have common interests and goals.

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Stephany Alexander, our official Dating Expert

Eight Keys to Heat-up a Cool Relationship

1. Celebrate Valentines Day Every Day: Love is a practice. Say I love you in the morning and at night....more is better. Share with one another the things that give you the greatest pleasure and help one another's dream come true. For example if you partner loves music, bring home CDs or tickets to concerts often. If your partner loves football, watch with them on a regular basis. Remember these are GIFTS, done without resentment. You are dream-makers. A good relationship is like good sex---both partners give and receive what they want.

2. Heat-up The Bedroom: Since most men are visual, they appreciate lingerie. Women tend to need to be "talked up" during the day. However, everyone is different so you need a love map to one another.

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Dr. Linda Miles, our official Marriage & Family Therapist Expert

Thrivers, Survivors and People in Recovery

We meet people everyday who have recovered or are in recovery from a major life changing event. Some deem themselves as survivors, and some just positively live their lives looking forward to the future (a thriver). What are the differences between a thriver, a survivor and a person in recovery?

A thriver is someone who grows vigorously, flourishes, or realizes goals despite circumstances. Thrivers are active agents in creating their futures. They look forward to an ever better future. They have a knowing that when setbacks come, they will land on their feet.

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Dr. Neill Neill, our official Overcoming Alcoholism Expert

Abusive Relationship - The Power of a Diagnosis in Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse

The value of the diagnostic label has more to do with the way it impacts the person with the condition than anything else.

Can you remember a time in your life when you had a medical condition and you received a diagnosis that immediately lifted the weight off your shoulders and sent you to remedy your condition. My sense is the "propelling one into remedy" can happen no matter what the diagnosis. This is what I call the power of the label.

Before we give a specific condition a name, it is a vague cluster of symptoms that may or may not seem related.

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Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationship Expert

The New Marriage - Part Four of Four

When we are children we do not yet have an identity. We learn about who we are through the mirroring that we get from our parents. It is called mirroring to describe the ability of good parents to gently hold up an imaginary mirror in front of the child until they learn to see themselves clearly without harsh judgments. If we do not get enough realistic mirroring during the years we live with them, we remain pretty clueless about who we really are.

I am always so pleased to see parents who appropriately mirror their children. By providing them feedback about their behavior without shame or blame, parents help children grow up with a realistic self-image and the ability to operate from a strong sense of self.

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Dr. Linda Miles, our official Marriage & Family Therapist Expert

The Entrepreneurial Woman In The Marketplace

The Entrepreneurial Woman In The Marketplace

Who is she? She is empowered, enlightened and enterprising. She exudes energy, enthusiasm and confidence. She has embarked on a journey and created a mission only she can fulfill. She’s a risk taker. She connects. She collaborates. She gives back. The entrepreneurial woman will not be denied. She deserves success and takes pride in her accomplishments. She sets the standard of excellence in all that she does and in all that she is. She endures.

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Bonnie Ross-Parker, our official Networking Expert

How Adultery Statistics Affect Divorce

Adultery statistics are hard to come by, especially honest and controlled statistics. According to the electronic article "Adultery: Statistics on Cheating Spouses," published by Eagle's Nest Publications, "60-70 percent of adultery victims are women" while "30-40 percent of adultery victims are men." Adultery is usually one of the top reasons cited for divorce and with modern technology and readily available sex partners, it doesn't seem like this trend will slow any time soon.

The definition of adultery is consensual sexual intercourse with a partner that is not your husband or wife.

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Stepany Alexander, our official Dating Expert

Trust in your Parenting—Let your Teen Grow

Raising young children can be tiring physically but very rewarding emotionally as you watch them become independent. However, it's when they grow up, or turn into teenagers that your parenting is really tested.

Parents with young children spend a majority of their time caring for and protecting them. They are completely devoted to keeping their children safe, well and happy. That deep level of codependency, between parent and child, ensures the survival of the children.

However, change tends to come very quickly.

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Dr. Neill Neill, our official Overcoming Alcoholism Expert

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

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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Lisa Preston, out official Homeschooling Expert

Affluent Spousal Abuse - Battered Queens: When the Rich Are Entangled in Abusive Relationships

Common thinking is that domestic violence is a misfortune that befalls the lower class. We hear about them more, we see more of them, we have public services to care for their needs...but that doesn't make them in the majority when it comes to domestic abuse.

I would venture to say that we are looking at a relative representation of the population; not a socio-economic indicator of domestic abuse.

Would you know a battered queen if you saw one? Moreover, would you recognize yourself as one if that were indeed the case?

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Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert