Relationships and Family Ties

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How to have a successful Blended Family Thanksgiving

Are you combining your partner’s children with yours this Thanksgiving? His/Her/Them, mine, and ours is not always an easy thing to achieve.

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20 Tips to Keep Love Alive

Ideas for what you can do for that special someone in your life to help keep love alive.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development

Erickson's 8 Stages of psychosocial develoment with crisis, virtue and age
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Erickson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development

Erickson's theory is that at each of these 8 stages of life one will be faced with a crisis that causes one to develop virtues, and move forward. Failure to to do this can cause an unhealthy personality, and delay development. However, skills can be obtained at a later age.

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20 Great Date Night Ideas

On a first date or in along term relationship these great date night ideas will bring the romance and fun into your date night.

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Sharing Power in Marriage

Achieving a marriage based on equality is a great, worthy pursuit, but couples who want to share power equally would do well to remember the "paradox of power" where..

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How to have Better Holidays With Your In-laws

Spending time with our spouse's family is part of the marriage commitment, so we might as well learn to make the best of it. Here are five ways to improve visits with your in-laws:

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Problems in Relationships and How to Fix Them: Marriage without Criticism

Criticism erodes the loving trust that keeps couples together. Criticism weight’s us down and creates defensiveness and anger. This happens in most relationships, it’s how you deal with it can make the difference between healthy and troubled relationships. Men and women criticize their partners, but for different reasons.

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Stop Resisting Your Life and Embrace ALL of Your Life

Many in the past year have suffered severe catastrophes. One has only to think of those who have lost their homes, livelihoods, and all their possessions in Hurricane Katrina to know that these major changes require real support and intervention, not just changes of heart. But for all events that have come about from bad luck and tough circumstances, here are three ways how to wake up to yourself and embrace your whole life:

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The "Stonewalling" Man

The key to eliminate stonewalling is to recognize what is going on underneath the surface. Simply put, stonewalling comes about when ..

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How To Get Your Husband To Help With Housework

How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? Are you tired of arguing with your husband about household chores? Here's a man's take on this troublesome issue.

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