Can I Ever Trust a Man Again - Stress Management
I am a 47 year old single woman who has been divorced for 6 years and living on my own. Prior to my marriage I always dated and had serious relationships. I was engaged a few times but always broke it off. The Runaway Bride movie with Julia ... [... more]
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Dumped After 30 Years, Now What? - Stress Management
My husband dumped me after thirty years of marriage. He says that we are not dancing in the same direction and that I make him feel old. I worked, raised two children, ran the house and believed we would grow old together and travel. Now I am ... [... more]
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"Someday You'll Miss Me" - Stress Management
When I was a teenager, I loved to push my mother's buttons; sometimes I was bored and sometimes I just wanted to clear my head after school with a good argument. My mother would often end it with a smile and say, "Someday when I'm gone you will ... [... more]
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Are You Addicted to Stress? - Stress Management
A little stress in your life is actually good for you. It wakes up your creativity, fuels your vitality and keeps your immune system vigilant. The qualifying word is little. When you find yourself rushing from activity to activity and no personal ... [... more]
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Are You Addicted to Taking Care of Everyone? - Stress ...
Some of us stand at the center of other people's lives, like a fixed geometric compass. We define and measure ourselves based on how necessary we make ourselves to others. We shake our heads and sigh, "What would they do without us?" We [... more]
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Then stick to it!
Parents, don't be afraid to take back your power! Children are blatantly letting you know that they are experiencing self-doubts and fears. Nudge them past their negativities and insecurities to emerge from the cocoon into the light of their ... [... more]
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Boost Your Relationship with Humor - Stress Management
Do you get annoyed when he teases you about being clumsy or talking too much? Do you wonder if you married one of the Three Stooges when he tells a rehearsed joke with crass body language? Do both of you sit at the kitchen table slinging ... [... more]
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Marlene M. Browne
Poems, short stories and novels romanticize love and the joy it brings into our lives. Lovers, soul mates, laugh easily as their feet barely touch the ground. That is the illusion writers weave. Then there is the resounding reality of daily power ... [... more]
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Fall: Season to Fall in Love Again - Stress Management
Summer heat and haze are dissipating and when that happens we see love more clearly without the blurriness of fantasy. While summer is the season of fun, skimpy clothing and lightheartedness like butterflies and bees caressing flower after ... [... more]
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From Stale Mate to Soul Mate - Stress Management
Have you hit a bump in your relationship? Are you living like two roommates who come and go at different times? Maybe you think that you have outgrown your partner or you are attracted to someone new in your life, your true soul mate, instead of ... [... more]
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Honesty is a Great Stress Reliever - Stress Management
Honesty is the best policy; Confession is good for the soul; the truth will set you free - these homespun proverbs compress profound truths about how to lead happier and healthier lives. The implications are that if we become our authentic ... [... more]
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How To Ask For What You Want - Stress Management
Marie wanted her best friend Sue to help her move into her new apartment. She kept dropping hints and finally called her with a vague request. However when Marie had called, Sue had just arrived home stressed that her boss had piled extra work on ... [... more]
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