Archive for the ‘Relationships’ Category

How Gratitude Can Change Your Life

If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice. – Meister Eckhart
By Marelisa Fabrega
Gratitude means thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It means learning to live your life as if everything were a miracle, and being aware on a continuous [...]

Why You Struggle to Connect With Others

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By John Anyasor
In this day and age, it’s quite apparent that people are connecting everywhere. From the local pub to the cafe across the street, from the stands at the little league baseball field to one of the seemingly infinite number of online chat rooms, people are constantly connecting with each other.
Gone [...]

10 Simple Ways to Grow a Relationship

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By Tess Marshall
Anyone who has been in a relationship longer than 12 months understands how easy it is to fall into a rut. Today I challenge you to take responsibility for the state of your partnership and use your power to create excitement, joy and happiness that will last forever.
The following are 10 [...]

How Re-Structuring Routine Interactions With Others Can Promote Positive Growth


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By Armen Shirvanian
Imagine waking up, greeting one positive person, receiving an e-mail from a person passionate about what they are doing, then sending an e-mail to a person about something you are passionate about, before you go about your other activities. A daily experience like this is not out of the realm [...]

How to Change for the Sake of Your Relationship: Why it’s Not as Taboo as You Think

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By Tara Miller
We’ve been taught that changing for the sake of another person is in direct conflict to the preservation of our own identities. Changing to make someone else happy won’t make you happy, just as you can never truly change someone else to make yourself happy. But to sustain a mature, [...]

Become a Person People Want to be Around

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By Jason Barr
I knew this guy in college who had a magnetic personality.  Actually, I still know him.  He’s a good friend of mine.  But, I first got to know him well in college.  He attracted people everywhere he went, like moths to a flame.  It was amazing to me how easily he [...]

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