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Relationships

What the Company You Keep Says About You

People skills

“If you want to soar, why surround yourself with people who’ve clipped their wings? Make a choice: Stay stuck in the mud with those who aren’t going in the direction you want to go. Or take flight with those who are determined to fly.” –Nea Joy Justice You Are the Company You Keep I want [...]

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Inspirational Thoughts: Your Life Is As Good As Your Relationships

Relationships

What better reflects the quality of our lives than the quality of our relationships? There’s not much I can think of to answer that question.  Think of two people you know who are genuinely satisfied with their lives.  Chances are good they’re not engaged in a bunch of toxic, broken or otherwise unfulfilling relationships.  In [...]

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Teach People How to Treat You – 6 Ways That Work

People skills

What do all of these people have in common: Your mother, father, siblings, partner or spouse, child(ren), teachers, bosses, friends, classmates, colleagues, customers, associates, doctors, therapists?  The tie that binds is their relationship with you. From the moment of your birth until the moment you leave this world, relationships will greatly influence the way you [...]

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Can Setting Healthy Boundaries Improve Your Relationships?

People skills

Healthy Boundaries = A Healthier, Happier You Although I sincerely believe that we are all one on a spiritual level, I am completely aware of the need to set healthy personal boundaries in our every day lives.  I’m equally aware of how many people needlessly struggle due to unhealthy boundaries or living without boundaries altogether. [...]

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Inspirational Thoughts: When Love is Absent on Valentine’s Day

Inspiration & Motivation

Happy (or Not So Happy) Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day, Lover’s Day, Sweetheart’s Day—no matter what name you use to reference February 14, it’s a day associated with celebrations of love.  Couples regard this day as an opportunity to express gratitude for the bond between them. Stores are filled with lovey-dovey gifts you can buy for [...]

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Top 3 Ways to Maintain a Meaningful Relationship

Relationships

The progression of a relationship comes in many phases, but by far the one that couples tend to enjoy the most is the notorious “honeymoon phase.” And who can blame them? This is when everything is new, exciting and blissfully perfect.  In fact, most wish this phase would last forever.  While this is impossible because [...]

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6 Atypical Truths about Friendship: A New Perspective on True Friends

People skills

What is a friend?  As recent as 2009, my answer to this question was far more limited than it is today. I only regarded my most intimate friendships as true friendships.  Much to my surprise, that belief about friendship has evolved over the last year.  I am overjoyed with my renewed perspective on what is [...]

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75 Ways to Show Love in Relationships

Relationships

If you’re married or in a serious relationship, you’re no stranger to the phrase, “I love you.” You can say those 3 little words to your partner one million times, but we all know that it has to be followed up with action. Showing love isn’t an exact science. We all speak different love languages, [...]

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40 Signs You’re In A Healthy Relationship

Relationships

If you’re in a healthy relationship, you know it.  In fact, you and your mate likely worked hard to get to that point.  However, it’s not always a clear when we’re NOT in a healthy love relationship. Why? Well, we usually carry on relationships in ways that we learned from others—and to us it seems [...]

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The 5 Love Languages – Your Key to a Healthy Relationship

People skills

In a country where lovers are more familiar with breakups than they are with romance, and divorce is more common than marriage, successful relationships seem as realistic as a castle in the sky. Is that because we don’t want to make relationships last?  Is it because we just don’t care?  Maybe it is because we [...]

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