Relationships: Relationship Building & Management

Workplace Bullies - How to Spot an Abuser in the Workplace

Have you ever noticed that some people have a knack for ending a dispute one way and others seem to end their disputes in just the opposite way?

Specifically, some individuals will invariably orchestrate their closing chapter coming out "looking" as though they are on top. And much of the time, they will only end the feud once they have satisfied this very important criteria--at least in their mind.

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

Women Entrepreneurs 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.

The entrepreneurial woman is unstoppable. She does it all. She creates. She markets. She promotes.

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Bonnie Ross-Parker, our official Networking Expert

Four Tips for a Blended Family

I often meet wonderful people at my seminars who ask excellent questions. Here's one of the questions, and four solutions I shared with Karen and Jim. "Do you have any tips to help us with our blended family?"

Here's the scene: For Karen it was the best of times, and the worst of times. She was newly married and loved Jim with all of her heart, yet he had two teenage daughters who were challenging, to say the least. Karen understood why the girls were insecure - after all they had been through - however they were so disobedient! As the new "Stepmom" it seemed she could do nothing right. The teenagers were always upset. What are some solutions for this new couple with new challenges?

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Paula Fellingham, our official Strengthening Women and Families Expert

Stop Dragging Your Past into Present Relationships

Expressed as a two-way bridge between childhood and adulthood, magical thinking is a developmental stage during childhood that serves a very important function in the process of creativity and imagination. Like so many of our developmental constructs, when magical thinking is held onto and not revised in the light of reality it becomes maladaptive.

The Perfect Other

Many of our illusions about relationships are childhood fairy tales exported into adulthood fairy tales in the form of myths about relationships. The myth of the “perfect other,” usually represented in fairy tales by the prince or the princess, sends many dreamers on a lifelong path of searching and rejecting serial candidates. The rapturous “falling in love” stage of relationship leads them to believe in the possibility of perpetual bliss with a perfect other.

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

What Is Energy Healing Psychology?

Alternative medicine is very popular right now. In the world of psychology there is also an alternative medicine. This is using energy healing called Energy Psychology.

Energy psychology, simply put, is a broad spectrum of psychological approaches involving the human energy system in healing.

You are already familiar with the human energy system:* Someone enters your space and you sense their presence. They have penetrated your bio-field, your aura.

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Dr. Neill Neill, our official Overcoming Alcoholism Expert

Understanding Abusive Relationships - 5 Benefits of Learning to Identify Intimate Partner Abuse

If you have read my writing, you may know me as someone who encourages people to recognize intimate partner violence. But, I wonder if you know why I'm so steadfast about this.

Learn to Meditate Is Like Learn to Mate

I'm reminded of the days when I taught biofeedback and meditation to individuals in my psychotherapy practice. It seemed like no matter who walked through that door, whether they had high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraines, insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks or depression, I always opened the door for a discussion that ultimately led to three little words: Learn to Meditate!

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

Bored With The Same Old Networking Chatter?

Bored with the same old networking chatter? Feel you're wasting your time -- again? Dread going? Rather is somewhere else?

Read on. In the time it takes you to read this article, it's my intention to provide you with enough "new ideas" to incorporate in your networking efforts to change your experiences from "mediocre" to great. Are you with me?

Let's face it. It doesn't matter where you live or what company or service you represent, every market place is competitive and crowded. The majority of people are eager to throw a card at you and actually believe that having their business card is enough of a connection to foster business. Well, this may work for some networkers; however, I believe there's a better way!

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Bonnie Ross-Parker, our official Networking Expert

Top 10 Signs of An Abusive Man

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.

Abusive relationships are characterized by control games, violence, jealousy and withholding sex and emotional contact. An emotionally abusive man is harder to pin-point and a skilled, abusive man can easily make you think you aren't good enough or that everything is your fault. It is just as difficult to recover from emotional abuse as it is from physical abuse.

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Stephany Alexander, our official Dating Expert

Returning home loaded with bags of groceries, Suzanne winced as she walked in and heard all three of her children quarreling at the top of their lungs. Suzanne, instantly angry, yelled, "Why can't you kids go one hour without fighting? You don't deserve what I do for you! Go to your rooms - NOW!"

As she set the groceries down, Suzanne knew she hadn't handled that well, but didn't know what to do about it, and wasn't in the mood to fix it anyway.

Parenting is tricky business. Even on our best days we wonder if we're "doing it right."

Read Paula's entire article Six Solutions for Practically Perfect Parenting

Paula Fellingham, our official Strengthening Women and Families Expert