And God Created The Singles!
October 28, 2011 by Agatha Seymour
Filed under Editor's Picks, Family&Life, Featured, Making a New Relationship Work, Making It Work With a New Partner, Relationships
A Single woman is created in the simplest possible way, in extreme cases she has never had a relationship, in more usual cases she broke up with her boyfriend or in the worst possible situation (though it may lead the most fortunate outcome, however it cannot be seen yet): he left her. Whatever the reason [...]
Ask The Divorce Coach: Is The Ex-Wife Too Close For Comfort?
April 26, 2011 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Blended & Changing Families, cathymeyer, Children & Divorce, Evolution, Family, Featured, In-laws & Extended Family, Making a New Relationship Work, Parenting, The Ex, Wisdom Gained
Question: I am a widow with no children. I have been dating a man for over a year now who has two children (14 and 18). We are in a committed relationship. He has been divorced for 5 years. He and his ex wife continue to get together for holidays, birthdays, family reunions, special occasions [...]
Do You Love Him For Who He Is Today?
April 21, 2011 by EliseOnLife
Filed under EliseFee, Featured, Intimacy, Love & Intimacy, Making a New Relationship Work, Making It Work With a New Partner
A very wise woman and friend of mine once shared the secret to her happy marriage. She said something like this, “Every morning I wake up and fall in love with the man who is beside me. It’s not the same man I went to sleep with. For each day, he has grown and changed [...]
The Senselessness of Trying to Change Another
April 16, 2011 by EliseOnLife
Filed under Editor's Picks, EliseFee, Featured, Healing, Love & Intimacy, Making a New Relationship Work, Making It Work With a New Partner, Wisdom Gained
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself, and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” (Jacob M. Braude) Most of you are working on personal change –so you are aware of areas you wish to grow in and are actively becoming your best self. As such, you’ve experienced how [...]
What is Your Relationship Style? Selfish or Self-Interested
December 15, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under dailyplate, Dating & Sex, Editor's Picks, Making a New Relationship Work
Submitted by: Big Little Wolf Relationship Style: Selfish or Self-Interested? It was a delicious surprise. Receiving a lovely bonjour in the mail from an old flame – a Parisian paramour who remains in touch years after our relationship. I admit, it’s the French men in my life who seem to genuinely enjoy women as friends, [...]
And JUST LIKE THAT, Love Might Enter Your Life
April 13, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Dating, Sex & Intimacy, Love & Intimacy, Making a New Relationship Work, NoMore
Submitted by Delaine Shannon’s day had been typical and ordinary; she’d had no ‘signs’ or reasons to think it might be anything but. At 5 o’clock, having finishing her nursing shift at the hospital, she decided to stop in at a trendy bistro for a drink; having a drink alone was no big deal to her whatsoever. She stomped [...]
