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4 Things You Can Do to Add Quality to Any Relationship

August 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
improve your relationship quality

Over the years I’ve made a lot of mistakes in relationships. Over those same years, I’ve watched a lot of other people make a lot more. (Mostly because I wasn’t actually doing anything other than observing… hard to make mistakes of your own when you’re not participating.) From all that pain and suffering (plus a [...]

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Five Clues That Your Decisions Are Based on Fear

December 15, 2010 By 3 Comments
The only way out, is through.
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series The Negative Self

Once you’re aware that certain types of fear are more likely to occur in relationship situations and you accept how insidious they can be. You can begin to watch for clues that your decisions are being based on fearful thinking (as opposed to clear thinking). Here are five things that are often signs of fear-based [...]

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Breaking the Silence: 5 Steps to Announcing Your Crush

February 23, 2010 By 2 Comments

With International Crush Day having just passed, I hope some of you let fly with declarations of wild interest to some of your crushes. Me? I discovered that I really don’t have many actual crushes around I haven’t told about my crush on them. And those that I do have… well, they’re not quite ripe [...]

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Mending a Broken Heart

February 19, 2010 By 4 Comments

Those who’ve read through here regularly know that a crush doesn’t need to lead to heartbreak. Heck, the end of an actual relationship doesn’t need to go there, either. But it happens to the best of us, no matter how prepared we think we are. And when it does, we have to figure out how [...]

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Rules of Engagement: 5 Checks and Balances

December 21, 2009 By 4 Comments

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s how easily I can fall back into old patterns. And my old patterns when it comes to romantic feelings are far from beneficial to me or anyone else who may be involved. I can very quickly fall into an obsessive, self-destructive crush mode. On the [...]

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7 Signs of a Crush Gone Bad

March 10, 2008 By 2 Comments

At one point or another, you’re going to have a crush that goes from light and fun to downright dark and destructive. It happens to the best of us, no matter how well we know ourselves, no matter how hard we try to keep it form happening. It’s just part of the process. The important [...]

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