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What Your Parents Taught You About Marriage
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:16.
What Your Parents Taught You About Marriage - 03/20/07 - 06:58:23 AM
Our parents are the most powerful people in our lives. They are the first experience we have with the concepts man, woman, husband, wife, mother, father. This knowledge we acquire in our early lives shapes our understanding and expectations of these ideas as adults. It impacts whom we choose to date and how we define our relationships. These influences are rarely examined as a source for our relationships turn out the way they do.
Why is Marriage Different?
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:14.
Why Marriage Is Different - 03/15/07 - 11:13:28 AM
Many years ago, a good friend was considering getting married for the third time. He asked me whether I thought he should. Having known him during his second marriage and being familiar with what had gone wrong, I told him that as long as he believed there was a difference between marriage behavior and courtship behavior, with marriage behavior coming out on the short end of the stick, he should remain single.
What Is This Thing Called Marriage?
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:13.
What Is This Thing Called Marriage? - 03/08/07 - 11:00:45 AM
The issue of expectations around marriage is examined in two recent articles in the Q Section of the Raleigh News and Observer. Single Living for a Majority reports that a recent survey found that 51 percent of women (a majority) are living without husbands for probably the first time in our history. A Nation Divided by Images of Wedlock tells us that, according to Mary Elizabeth Hughes, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University, marriage has changed from an expected social institution to one of a voluntary lifestyle choice based on self-fulfillment. There is an increased emphasis on being established before getting married.
Is It Really Over?
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:12.
Is It Really Over? - 02/25/07 - 01:28:13 PM
In previous articles I have been focusing on the changes many of us resolve to make in the New Year (see my website). Unfortunately, often times one of those changes is the decision to end a relationship. Divorce filings frequently peak at this time of year. People are tired of the same old arguments hurt feelings and anger. They believe they have tried everything to improve their relationship and think further effort is futile. Friends and family tell them they deserve to be happy. The common thinking is that divorce is the only answer which will lead back to the happiness they once had.
Falling In Love, Staying In Love
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:11.
Happy New Year - 01/25/07 - 09:36:42 AM
This time of year seems to be dedicated to making resolutions: eat healthier, exercise more, get a better job, spend more time playing, etc. As you make your New Year resolutions for 2007 regarding your financial and physical health, don't forget to plan for your emotional health as well.
Happy New Year
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:10.
Happy New Year - 01/25/07 - 09:36:42 AM
This time of year seems to be dedicated to making resolutions: eat healthier, exercise more, get a better job, spend more time playing, etc. As you make your New Year resolutions for 2007 regarding your financial and physical health, don't forget to plan for your emotional health as well.
Keeping Marriage Alive After Baby Makes Three
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:09.
Keeping Marriage Alive After Baby Makes Three - 06/25/06 - 03:24:01 PM
Stephanie Dunnewind of the Seattle Times wrote an article that appears in today's Raleigh News & Observer about embracing your inner hot mom. It provides a good overview of what women who become moms face in maintaining a sense of self, as well as keeping their marriages alive. One of the greatest threats to a vital and happy marriage is the addition of a child. While it is indeed a joyful event, it creates a challenge to the marriage.
Making Your Relationship Better All By Yourself
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:07.
Making Your Relationship Better All By Yourself - 03/22/06 - 12:51:25 PM
Many times a client will say they don't believe their relationship can get better because their partner refuses to change. Whay they don't realize is that they have the power to change the relationship all by themselves. The key is to alter what you are doing.
Sex and the Seasoned Woman -- Why wait?
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:06.
Sex and the Seasoned Woman--Why wait? - 02/20/06 - 07:51:06 PM
In Gail Sheehy's new book "Sex and the Seasoned Woman", she says that seasoned women are "open to sex, love, dating, new dreams, exploring spirituality and revitalizing their marriages as never before. They are rediscovering who they are, or who they set out to be before they become wrapped up in the roles of their First Adulthood, when their primary focus was on nurturing children, husbands or careers--or all three."
Relationship Resolutions
Submitted by Lesli Doares on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 13:03.
Relationship Resolutions - 12/29/05 - 02:00:37 PM
This time of year is full of resolutions: get a better job, lose weight, spend less time working and more playing. As you make your New Year's resolutions for 2006 regarding fiscal and physical health, don't forget your emotional health. People are not solitary creatures; we need to be connected with others throughout our lives. But are those connections as healthy and happy as we want them to be? How tense and stressful have the last few weeks been?
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