Honorable Intentions - Relationship & Marital Advice

Are You Ever Worried That Your Husband Is Having An Affair?

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:16:33 -0600

As our marriage relationship evolves through time, there may bea few bumps in the road that lead us to question whether or notour husband is having an affair. Here are some tips to help safeguard your relationship. Emotional Intimacy Keeps A Marriage Strong There may be a time when you feel more like a roommate than awife, that you are both just co-existing in the same house butnot really growing as a couple. When this happens, it is clear that there is a need to investsome time in strengthening your relationship. Time should betaken daily to talk, give loving touches, sharing feelings anddreams and cut back on activities that take away time from yourmarriage. Developing emotional intimacy builds strong bonds that are noteasily torn down. It's important to nourish an emotionalintimacy that will keep the marriage strong so that you don'thave to worry about your husband being tempted by an affair. Have Fun In Your Marriage and Remember That Variety Really IsThe Spice of...

How To Win Back The Heart Of Your Husband In 3 Easy Steps

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:18:42 -0600

"When we were dating and newly married, I KNEW that I had of my husbands heart and thoughts. Now I feel like I'm only anafterthought in his day." Unfortunately, many women canempathize with the thoughts of this wife. Read about the stepsthat can be taken to win back the heart of your husband. Step - It's All About 'Me"... Take a look at the things you can do to bring more peace andhappiness to your life. Are you taking DAILY 'me time' where youfocus on uplifting and inspirational things? As you strengthen things internal to your nature, an inner peacewill surround you that will bring joy and happiness to you andthose around you. Would your prefer to spend your time withsomeone who is always miserable or unhappy, or with someone whois happy and doing interesting and fun things to enjoy life? Enthusiasm and a sense of fun are powerful aphrodisiacs thatattract others like a magnet. When you're living a full lifewith both peaceful and adventurous activities, your spo...

The Surrogacy Option for Infertile Couples

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:22:40 -0600

For couples who decide to put an end to unsuccessful infertility treatment, surrogacy is a good option to parent a child. It's the closest to having a biological child of your own when all other options fail, with the added benefit of letting you participate closely in your baby's gestation and birth. Surrogacy, referred to as 'assisted reproduction' also benefits women who have no uterus or have a damaged one. What is Surrogacy?Surrogacy is the process wherein another woman helps to carry your child in the event that you are unable to conceive or carry a child of your own. The surrogate mother is willing to be impregnated by InVitro Fertilization IVF procedure and then carries the resulting baby for the 'Intended Parents.' After the birth of the child the surrogate mother relinquishes all her parental rights to the child. Gestational SurrogacyGestational surrogacy is also referred to as host surrogacy since the surrogate mother is not biologically related to the child, but merely...

Can This Relationship Be Helped?

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:18:28 -0600

The following article is offered for free use in your ezine,print publication or on your web site, so long as the authorresource box at the end is included. Notification of publicationwould be appreciated.Title: Can This Relationship Be Helped? Author: Margaret Paul,Ph.D. E-mail: mailto:margaretinnerbonding.com Copyright: by Margaret Paul Web Address: http:www.innerbonding.com WordCount: Category: RelationshipsCAN THIS RELATIONSHIP BE HELPED? By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.I have been counseling couples for years. Quite oftenindividuals come in for help wondering if it is really possibleto save or improve their relationship. Perhaps their partner istotally uninterested in working on the relationship. Perhapstheir partner is an alcoholic or drug addict. What are theirchances of saving their relationship?Since two people always get together at their common level ofwoundedness, here is what I say to the partner who has sought myhelp: "As long as you choose to rem...

Understanding Values in Marital Problems

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:22:22 -0600

There are a relatively few basic social factors in American life which seem always to appear in the ultimate background of our marital problems. Some of these are common American practices in mate selection; others are characteristics of the national life as a whole, while still others concern emphases with existing families. All represent life values which are peculiar in varying degrees to the American people.There has been a curious reluctance in our current thinking to face the fundamental importance of values and value judgments. Hard-boiled scientists in particular shy away from values and value judgments. One of their common cliches has been that science has nothing to do with values and value judgments. But how, one wonders, can anyone study life, individual behavior, social achievement, and the whole gamut of human activity, and avoid these obvious mainsprings of conduct? How else can one understand human behavior except in terms of human values?It is in regard to these valu...

3 Little Mistakes That Could Cost You Your Marriage

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:31:37 -0600

Just because you and your spouse pledged to love and nurtureeach other through all your days, doesn't guarantee that yourmarriage will remain vital and strong. Here are littlemistakes that left unchecked could cost you your marriage.Little Mistake Not Hearing Your Spouses Plea For AttentionWith many responsibilities pulling at us each day, it is easy tofall into a routine of life that may not include nurturing ourrelationship with our spouse. As we fulfill our responsibilities at work, in our community andwith our children, we may not always save some of our time andenergy for our spouse. When this happens, our spouse willusually make a subtle plea to be notice and nurtured. If thissubtle plea goes unnoticed, they may even make a more directplea for attention. If we assume that they know we love them and continue to spendour time and energies on these other efforts, we are sending avery clear message that these other responsibilities are moreimportant to us than o...

Breaking Your Relationship Pattern, Part 2

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:18:02 -0600

The first step toward being able to attract and create yourideal relationship is to clear the way for it by eliminatingbaggage from your past. This baggage refers to any resentments,hurts, or fears you have toward anyone who either was a rolemodel or who participated directly in a relationship with you.Lots of people carry such baggage for a long time, some even fora lifetime. The sooner you can truly let go of this baggage, theless likely you are to recreate bad situations in current andfuture relationships.Dropping this baggage is what I call "getting complete."How do you get complete? Completion is not a sense or an emotionor even a state of being, but a process. This means there aresteps and practical actions that will get you to completion.What stands between you and having a great relationship isacting on these steps.At the most basic level, completion is an exercise incommunication. Imagine you could finally say everything youneeded to say to everyone you needed...

Publish Anything: The Saga Of A Publishamerica Author

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:17:20 -0600

My story is that an author who'd done online writing for such dot gones as Themestream, Written By Me, and The Vines, someone trying hard to have fiction, poetry and nonfiction in print for real, recommended PublishAmerica. She claimed it was a traditional book publisher. I was struck with their slogan, "We treat writers the old fashioned way - we pay them." Wasn't that what publishers were supposed to do?But since my novel was just sitting on the DiskUs Publishing site and doing nothing but supplying me with enough money to buy a pair of skate laces every three months, I thought maybe it would have a better chance over at PublishAmerica where it would be available as a trade size paperback both on and off-line.So this author, Ellen Du Bois, had a big thing on her Geocities site about books being available in brick & mortar bookstores & they'd have ISBN numbers and be online and all that stuff. Also had her full size book cover up so I sat there for minutes waiting for the damn thi...

How I Improved My Marriage Ten-Fold In One Evening

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:18:06 -0600

It seems unlikely that anyone could improve his or her marriagein one evening. Well read on! Any positive step in the rightdirection is an improvement that will continue as long as theefforts continue to be made.As our recent MarriageAdvice.com poll showed, more than ofour respondents identified that the single biggestfrustration in their marriage was that their husbands "Didn'tCommunicate Enough". Below is a -step process to insure that both partners arecommunicating well. Step - Decide To CommunicateThere are really only two options when it comes tocommunicating...either you do it or your don't. It's better totry and communicate and fumble around a bit than ignore theproblem until it explodes like a pent up volcano. The wise spouse will work to resolve and discuss their feelingsbefore the lava of scalding words overflows.Part of deciding to communicate will include setting aside atime each week to discuss family needs and concerns. This wouldalso be a g...

5 Steps to Adjusting Your Expectations

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:16:02 -0600

Dateline: January th. Orange County Anger Management classparticipants review anger triggers of the week.Jane, age , engaged to be married: 'My boyfriend openly flirtswith other women in front of me.'Jim, age , an IT professional: 'a work group back East didn'tfinish their project on time, which made our progress look bad 'I blew up!'Joe, age , successful business owner and young grandfather: 'Iget so mad at everyone that my daughter won't let me see mygrandchild. Now, I'm angry at my daughter, too.'Mary, age : 'I am constantly yelling at my two teenagersbecause they won't do what I tell them to.'Nancy, married year old successful writer who goes intoperiod rages toward her equally successful husband: 'I can'tstand that he never picks up his clothes and he doesn't dothings around the house that he says he will do.'Alex, a year old salesman in class because of road rage: ' Ican't stand it when people cut in front of me on the freeway' itmakes me crazy.'...

Advantages of Family Relationship Counselors in Oklahoma

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:32:42 -0600

It is true that divorce marks the end of marriage it also called as a beginning of a new life. It is not easy task as there are lots of difficulties come when any couples want to live separate from each other. These divorce process mostly affect the career and life of kids. As it is not easy tasks so the consequences and challenges can be faced with courage, hope, and peace. If people reduce the stresses of divorce problems can help with divorce counseling as these counseling provide the support and guidance you need to make a healthy adjustment during this difficult time. There are lots of counselors present in these centers. Main works of Oklahoma counselors are to provide the needed advice to the kids and explain the entire situation to them in a way so as to make the entire incident less stressful for them. These people firstly try understanding the point of view of the kids and take up the needed steps accordingly. Main qualities of these counselors are that they deal wit...

Relationship Counseling - How to Live Through a Tough Relationship Break Up

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:23:52 -0600

Every time a relationship breaks up, be it a dating or marriage relationship, there is loss. The biggest challenge is often not the loss itself, but our ability to accept the loss for what it is...a loss. We are creatures of habit, so even if ending the relationship was the right decision, it can still generate feelings of uncertainty and fear. These feelings of fear and uncertainty can cause us to feel like we may have made a mistake. These feelings are normal when a relationship break up happens and should not be mistaken for being signs of a poor decision.People find themselves asking many of the following questions. Did I do the right thing? What chance do I have of being happily married? Why did heshe end it? Am I cursed or something? That's a big one. How come everybody else seems so happy and I'm so blue? How will our children be impacted by our break up?There isn't necessarily a problem with a person having any of these thoughts and feelings. The most common cha...

Can Counseling Really Help Save Our Marriage After Cheating?

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:24:35 -0600

Many people believe that cheating is the fatal blow for marriages. Oddly enough, when you compare the statistics about cheating and statistics about causes for divorce this is not the case. With that in mind there has to be something that will work to help you pull your marriage together and save your family the horror of divorce. Marriage counseling is a great start.Should we get individual counseling or couples counseling?Depending on the seriousness of the situation there is no reason why you shouldn't consider both. Yes, counseling is not the least expensive method for saving your marriage though there are low cost options available. If you are really committed to saving your marriage though it might be the only effective option that is available to the average couple. Before you bit the bullet though keep these things in mind. Counseling works because it helps you both dig down deep to find the root of the problems. Figuring out what went wrong is one o...

Marriage Family Counseling Isn’t The Answer

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:05:21 -0500

While many couples spend countless hours together and individually on their marriage counselors couches trying to resolve their personal issues as well as their marital issues, their marriage continues to slip to a point of no return. Yes, marriage family counseling has helped couples restore their marriage, but the fact is marriage counseling is less often the correct course of action. In counseling the couple has to open up completely in front of stranger, revealing feelings and thoughts that they have never even shared with their spouses, and their therapist is supposed to sit their unbiased and receptive to what is being said. Unfortunately, all though the therapist is supposed to be neutral on all matters, they are human after all and can end up favoring one spouse over the other. This is not only unfair to the other spouse; it is unproductive to fixing an already tumultuous marriage. With Marriage Fitness you won't have to sit there and discuss the things that embarrass you or m...

Importance Of Couples Counseling Techniques In Modern Society

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:33:27 -0500

It is a well believed thought that life is comprised of many physical and emotional challenges. But unlike the previous conservative societies and civilizations, couples counseling techniques provide the modern society to be so open that we can share our personal or other problems with others to seek help and find various solutions to deal with our adult life problems.The latest and innovative couples counseling techniques assure the couples to solve each and every problem expected in a relationship. Due to a varying lifestyle, different professions and mindsets, most of the couples lack the proper and clear communication, which results into a disturbed relationship and loss of intimacy. Not just this, couples these days are so busy in their occupations that they hardly spend quality time with other and this makes them distances apart.Many people suffer from bad experiences in their past life ranging from divorce to assaults and pursue wrong conceptions in minds which can seve...

How A New Discovery Can Make A Luke-Warm Marriage HOT

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:19:03 -0500

Creating passion that is not luke-warm but HOT requires morethan whispering sweet nothings into your partner's ear. Passionis actually built through communicating your needs to your wifeor husband. They can be the lover you need if you teach them how to satisfyyou and tell them what you like and need. The only way to have asatisfying relationship is to communicate your needs. Passion is built through understanding, so as you construct newways to please each other, your creativity sparks a whole newpassion that will provide deep fulfillment.If you decide to check out 'how to' books, keep in mind that thetechniques should help you spark ideas and experiment with eachothers needs, don't expect specific results, just have fun. Giving and receiving both physical and emotional pleasure shouldbe the goal of your experiments as you discover the ways to bestplease your spouse.Keeping passion in your marriage is a continual effort. Not onlyis it candlelight dinners, and walks on...

Are online dating services the solution to meet the life mate?

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:24:59 -0500

It is somewhat difficult to say whether the online dating services are the solution to meet the life mate or not. This is because in the recent years thousands of people have found their life and soul mates whereas some people have not been successful in their search. Of course the best feature of the online dating services is that you can understand and know about the person in a good way prior meeting them on a personal and physical date. All sorts of people can join these dating sites and go through as many profiles as they want to. I think in thousands of profiles, you will definitely be available to find the perfect match for your self.In this busy and hectic life, no one has enough time to go into bars and clubs to find a partner for them selves. They have to job after which it is almost impossible to feel fresh and active. There are household works and family works, after the to job. Do you think they can arrange to go for parties and outings in search of ...

How Inspired Action Life Coaching Leads to Bliss - Life Coaching

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:28:40 -0500

As an Inspired Action life coach, my job is to support my clients in living a life of happiness, joy, peace, and most importantly, bliss. The dictionary defines bliss as supreme happiness. Most people don't have an experience with bliss. Most people don't know what bliss even is.It is that state of loving life so deeply, so turned on, so much amazement about life, that you can hardly stand it. You are nearly brought to tears of joy in the moment, as you recognize how amazing your experience of life is.Bliss is what happens when you follow the inspired action life coaching process.There are three phases that I recommend you go through to get to this place of extreme bliss:Phase One: The Breakthrough Phase. In this phase your job is to explore what you concluded about your life that is not true, early on, that is now holding you hostage. This is why you experience your life in ways that cause frustration, anger, suffering, pain, etc. In other words, what did you fundam...

Priorities

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:19:25 -0500

In the Charles Dickens classic, 'The Christmas Story', Scroogeis given the opportunity to examine his life and his prioritiesbefore it is too late. Upon being shown his grave by the ghostof Christmas Future, he asks 'Spirit, are these instances ofthings that will be or are they of things that might be? Is ittoo late for me?' How long has it been since you have examinedyour life and its direction? When the day comes that you leavethis earth, how will you be remembered?Have you ever noticed that once people have somethinglife-changing take place in their lives, an illness, death ortragedy, how quickly their priorities change? It is amazing howinstantaneously things that were so important yesterday, fail tocross their radar screens today. Why is that? It is simplereally. We are instantly reminded of our mortality. For a briefmoment, we are forced to stop and really take stock of ourlives. Unfortunately for many of us, we don't like what we see.These experiences cause a mom...

Couples Counseling

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:14:24 -0500

About the Author:Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and life coach with a broad range of experience, working with individuals and couples for more than twenty-four years. Her focus is on helping individuals overcome obstacles to leading fuller lives, and helping couples enhance their communication, intimacy, and passion. She is a speaker, freelance writer, and maintains private practice in Santa Monica, CA.Darlene Lancer is a Marriage Therapist in Santa Monica , who specializes couples counseling. For a FREE Special Report, on turning Self-Criticism Self-Esteem, and more information on relationships, see http:www.darlenelancer.com ....

How to Save a Relationship with Your Loved One?

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:16:32 -0500

What do you think is the most complicated thing on earth? Different people will give different answers to these questions. But one of the most common answers will be relationship. Relationships can sometimes really be difficult.At certain point of time you might have the feeling to cut off all your relationships and lead a secluded life so that you can achieve some amount of peace. When you have a relationship you will have problems. There are very few relationships which turn out to be smooth from the very beginning till the end.Relationships can be of different types. But one of the most interesting relationships is that with your loved one. It is a truth that you love your beloved or your partner more than anybody else in this world. But your beloved might not be able to understand this.Relationship issues have become more common these days because of the kind of lifestyle that people follow. This is the reason why more relationship help is requires than ever before. If you...

Get Some Long Distance Relationship Advice

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:21:24 -0500

Maintaining a healthy long distance relationship can be a challenge without the right long distance relationship advice. It takes two mature people who are able to communicate in order to make it work. It will also take some sound long distance relationship advice, and that's where I come in. In this article I've outlined some long distance relationship advice that you can do to make your relationship not only survive, but thrive. I've also compiled a few of the most common problems couples face and how to avoid falling into the same traps in your relationship. The first part of the long distance relationship advice you and your partner need to do to ensure the continued strength of your relationship is to make sure you are both on the same page. Make sure you agree on whether or not you have an exclusive relationship. If one partner thinks it's ok to date while you are apart and the other one is staying monogamous, the relationship is doomed from the start. For the most part...

7 Effective Tips to Help Save Marriage from Divorce

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:18:54 -0500

Statistically speaking, nearly sixty percent of marriages fall short. Many couples are looking into ways to avoid becoming that statistic. Although some marriages cannot be fixed, many can. It takes dedication and determination on the part of both the husband and the wife to help save marriage from divorce, regardless of what the underlying troubles are or who is at fault.The following are some successful tips to help save marriage from divorce. However, for these to work, both the husband and wife must be dedicated to following these procedures and work together to solve their differences.. Communicate. This is absolutely vital for making a marriage work and last. You both must clearly state how you feel, your opinions, your desires and requirements to each other. By discovering what each of you feel is wrong in your marriage, you can work towards a resolution.. Be cool. When you are having problems in your marriage it is easy to get upset. Try to approach ...

The perfect way of seeking Russian women as a life partner

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:19:58 -0500

Life takes a different turn when it comes to marriage, we never know who our life partners will be and if she or he will be from the same country or not? When it comes to Russian women who are in the search for their life partners, they prefer westerners compared to Russian men. These Russian women need someone who can love them and lead a happy married life. Security is also seen as a major factor when marrying a western man. Russian men are considered to have a disturbing family life and this makes the Russian women seek foreign men.Even foreign men also are interested in having Russian women as their life partners. Westerners prefer women who stay at home, take care of their family and can be a pillar of support. Western men are fed up of the independent nature of western women who are more career oriented and care less about managing a happy married life. One finds the Russian women as the perfect family oriented women for having peace in their life. In fact Russian...

Stop Divorce - Find Out How To Save Your Relationship Before It Is Too Late

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:18:15 -0500

Has your spouse already filed for divorce? The good news is that you can stop divorce in practically any stage of the proceedings, although the earlier, the better. While pausing the proceedings can buy you time, our goal here is to convince your partner to give up the idea completely so you can save your relationship. In order to prevent the divorce you do not want, you will have to convince your dissatisfied husband or wife that the marriage is worth another try. Have you been pleading that for some time now? If so, you want to stop. Nagging is not the answer nor what I recommend. To stop divorce in its tracks the person filing has to feel that perhaps they have made a mistake or been too hasty. Pleading does not do that, it just irritates them and convinces them that you are a loser who they need to leave behind quickly. Instead, you want...