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- Want a Great Love Relationship? Forgive. - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2013 from Juliana EricsonWANT A GREAT LOVE RELATIONSHIP? FORGIVE. People often will ask me how to create a lasting, loving relationship. They want to know how to find one or how to keep one. Maybe they have loved and lost, maybe they have loved and left. Either way, people are looking to find a romance that makes ...
Views: 1129(1 vote) - 4 Phone Calls - "I'm Sorry," "I Forgive You," "I Love You," and "Thank you" - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe have a program in our dorm where we spotlight three residents and basically bombard them with questions for an hour. What happens is three people sit on a couch, each give a one to two minute summary of the basics in their lives (family, hometown, major, etc.) and then the rest of the hour is ...
Views: 1126(1 vote) - Surviving A Breakup – Healing A Broken Heart and Restoring yourself back to feeling confident in yourself and your desirability - by Submitted on May 11, 2017 from Felicity MuscatBy Felicity Muscat Do you know that most individuals have been taught that the healing process of a broken heart takes time to heal, the limitation with this is that although the pain subsides the effects of the scar remain and continually get re-triggered when individuals attempt to move on ...
Views: 1126 - The lies we tell ourselves - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Manfred LuckMy appreciation for the gift of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is enormous. I've been using it in my practice for about 4 years mostly over the phone and on myself and I've yet to see a condition that it cannot relieve. While relief of pain and suffering and even major increases in peace ...
Views: 1124 - THE POWER OF ADDICTED LOVE - BEING A CODEPENDENT TO AN ABUSER, DRUG ADDICT, ALCOHOLIC. A story of survival. - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2013 from Teresa HamiltonMaricopa resident Teresa Hamilton still remembers how hopeless she felt watching her purse sink to the bottom of her family’s swimming pool. The summer sun was bearing down, and her alcoholic and drug-addicted husband had just returned home intoxicated and looking for a fight. Hoping to ...
Views: 1122 - Conflict Rules: Keep it Simple Stupid - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2016 from Joe VeWhen considering your rules about dealing with conflicts it's time to KISS and make-up . . . or rather the principle of Keep It Simple Stupid. At some point in any relationship you'll begin to experience conflict. It happens sometime after you discover that he or she isn't perfect and ...
Views: 1116 - When Your Love Life Seems to Be On A Merry-Go-Round - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2013 from Erica JohnsonDoes it seem like you’re running in circles when it comes to your love life? Well, you’re not the only one. I have come across a lot of ladies who seem to find themselves running around in circles. They keep getting themselves into the same situation over and over again and have no clue why. ...
Views: 1115 - What My Mama Taught Me About the Feminine Part II - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2018 from Alexis Cancel CancelWhen I was thirteen, I remember coming home from school one day and waiting for my mom to come home that evening, she never did. She had gone from drinking to using drugs again, it was the late eighties at that point, so crack was her drug of choice. Some of the past is still very blurry for me, ...
Views: 1113 - Book Review: Getting to Heaven on a Harley - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2008 from Douglas PakThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Forgiveness. Learning to forgive others and let go of negative emotions is a crucial part of feeling mentally, spiritually and psychologically healthy. Colin Tipping is the Official Guide to Forgiveness. Getting to Heaven on a ...
Views: 1112 - Forgiveness & Illness - by Submitted on May 13, 2008 from Gregory DrambourForgiveness is an essential part of any cancer/illness-healing strategy. My first intention with a client is to discover what emotional issues may have led to manifesting the cancer or illness. In my work with cancer patients and survivors I have found that 95% of the time there are blockages ...
Views: 1112 - Forgiveness is Miracle for Your Happiness - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from Spiritual HealerEach time I say: ‘One of your Miracle Healers is forgiveness’ a frequently asked question will comply with it: HOW?How we're in a position to really like and forgive somebody who has hurt us? How is this feasible? It could be even harder when it's about our beloved, like parents.You can find ...
Views: 1111 - Pick the right flower for the right occasions - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2012 from Maya WeberWould you like to surprise that significant somebody? Is it somebody's birthday? Would you like to send a "just because" message to somebody? Well then you need to look into using flowers delivered service. A flowers delivered service always saves the day with those last minute momentous day ...
Views: 1111 - Get Your Happy Ever After - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2013 from Eryka SklivasBelieve it or not, a ‘happy ever after’ is possible! Despite the high rate of separations and divorces these days, you really do have a fighting chance at having the fairy tale ending. The good news is your relationship does not have to be perfect for it to work. The bad news is that when the ...
Views: 1110 - The Power of Forgiveness - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen someone’s actions create pain for us, it is natural to engage in an inner conversation of resentment. The mind replays the offense, repeating the stories over and over. My wife betrayed me. My father destroyed my trust. My partner didn’t come through for me. And so on. The dialogue of blame ...
Views: 1110(1 vote) - Win Your Girlfriend Again - 3 Whimsical Ways to Get it done If've Been a Jerk - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Jack JeanBuy Her Some Roses Doing so may seem so cliche, but nobody does things like this anymore. Its not essentially the flowers, but the romantic symbolism behind the flowers. Ladies want to get swept up in romance . If you know her preferred type of flowers, then you could get those instead. ...
Views: 1110 - The Zen of Cleaning the Pagoda - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Young KimOranges, and lions, and bakwas! "Oh my!" as George Tikei would say. It's Chinese Lunar New Year! Yes, it's that time of year when every member of the Chinese family has to get up and clean house. What? You don't know about this tradition? Yes, along with the loud fireworks, red envelops ...
Views: 1109(3 votes) - Step 3 - Offer Forgiveness! - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Kristin EcklundYou might think this step is about forgiving the other person. That’s what ego would like you to believe, but it’s not. It’s about forgiving yourself for having had the judgments you just listed in Step 2. You see, the ego would like you to forgive, and you can, but it’s easy for ego to take ...
Views: 1108(1 vote) - Letting Go Of Yesterday's Hurts - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Rita SchianoIf you can tell a story about how you were wronged last month, last year, five, even ten years ago with the same vehemence, anger, and ire, then you have not let go of it! What happened has happened. What was done is done. Over, finis. Like a dog with a bone, we can gnaw on old wounds or ...
Views: 1103 - Does Coping with Infidelity seem Impossible? Discover the Secrets to Moving on After an Affair - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Andrew HunterIt can be a real challenge to deal with infidelity in any marriage. After all, didn’t the two of you vow to be faithful to one another as long as you both shall live? Not only is infidelity a huge betrayal of your trust, but it can severely shake the very foundation of your life. After all, ...
Views: 1102 - How To Get Your Ex Back Through Text - Texts To Send To Your Ex Boyfriend - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2016 from Tiemo DonaldHow to get your ex back through text; Are you looking to try and get your ex boyfriend to come back to you? Expectantly you have thought it over to make sure you are doing this for the right reasons. You should not be doing this just because you are feeling lonely or just cannot be by yourself. ...
Views: 1098 - Spirit Speaks - Forgiveness And Love Part 3 - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Kristin EcklundWhen you hold a grievance against anyone, in effect you hold it against yourself. They become your mirror. When you see them, what you’re really seeing is yourself, and the judgment that you think you have against them, is really one that you have against yourself. Whoa, say what? Yes, ...
Views: 1098(1 vote) - THE WISDOM OF WORDS - JUDGMENT - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Lani NichollsPREFACE: My husband was recently hospitalized and upon discharge his doctor ordered a hospital bed to help his breathing when he sleeps. This necessitated moving my office into another area at home to make room for the bed. Having moved everything I began the process of re-organizing my ...
Views: 1096 - Pay Yourself First - by Submitted on May 14, 2008 from Darren JohnsonIn the mid 1990’s I read a book that offered steps for becoming financially independent. One of the steps was to “pay your self first,” above and beyond any entity or person you to whom you may owe money. That simple step was easy to write, easy to say, and easy to ponder, but ...
Views: 1095 - What My Mama Taught Me About the Feminine - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2018 from Alexis Cancel CancelSpeaking of the Feminine in my last blog post, reminded me of studying the feminine and how that had me take a closer look of my first model of the feminine, my mama. My relationship to my mother was a tumultuous one. If you’ve read my prior posts, you know she was an addict. Not only was she an ...
Views: 1093 - The story of a Pearl Harbor Attack Survivor Meeting a pilot who bombed the harbor that day - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2018 from Albatross TechnologyAttack on Pearl Harbor by Japan was one of the deadliest, devastating and shocking attacks in the history of mankind. The attack commenced and ended on December 7, 1941 which left 2,403 Americans dead and 1,178 wounded beside severely damaging American base. The surprise attack came as a ...
Views: 1092 - Win Back My Ex – How To Get My Ex Boyfriend Back - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Cindy DouglasRelationships break up for any number of reasons. There are times when a relationship just isn't meant to be and other times, the break up is caused by something trivial that is said in the heat of the moment. Women tend to have a very good reason to end a relationship, but there are some guys ...
Views: 1088(1 vote) - Relationships Part One - by Submitted on May 25, 2019 from Todd PuntolilloIn no other arena do we struggle or triumph more passionately than in relationships. A Gift in My Life My friend Nel is a woman whom I can never forget. She is bright, funny and very excited about energy work—a part of my life that is very important to me. It really pleased me that she was in ...
Views: 1086 - Shift Your Relationship Through Forgiveness - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Joeel A. RiveraBreaking down the prison and letting the inmate free is one of the best things you can do to truly free yourself and create the life that you want or the relationship that you desire. You may say, “I am not holding any one in a prison,” but in reality everyone creates a prison—and the inmate you ...
Views: 1086 - Do values count? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from MARK SMITHI recently watched the movie “A Solitary Man.” In it the lead character, Ben, finds out he has a medical condition, which needs to be treated. Instead of seeking treatment and talking with his family he chooses to become very hedonistic in how he lives his life. Over the next few years he leaves ...
Views: 1084 - 7 Immediate Benefits That Service Logos Design Can Pull In For Your Business - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Beverly HoustonService industry comprise of professionals which delivers services of various kinds including all tangible and intangible products to their clients. For example; accounting, education, hospitality etc. so we can say that this industry is divided into two sections: •Tangible ...
Views: 1080 - Freedom Through Forgiveness - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2013 from Amethyst WyldfyreForgiveness is such a misunderstood term and subject. For many who have been traumatized, hurt, injured emotionally, mentally or physically the idea of forgiveness is difficult to grasp especially in the initial moments of the wounding. The most important idea that I wish to convey here is that ...
Views: 1076 - Spirit Speaks - Forgiveness And Love - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Kristin EcklundIs there someone or something in your life that you know you haven’t forgiven? What I mean is this – are you holding onto judging someone in your current or past or holding onto bad feelings about something that happened to you? Let’s talk about forgiveness. No, this isn’t about forgiving and ...
Views: 1075(1 vote) - Making Choices That Empower You and Your Relationship - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2010 from Diane and Lewis DenbaumDo you want to have an extraordinary marriage? Having an extraordinary marriage requires choices that serve both you and your relationship. If you always choose in favor of the relationship, you can lose yourself; if you always choose in favor of yourself, the relationship may suffer. Balance is ...
Views: 1072(1 vote) - Signs Your Ex Wants You back - How To Read The Signs - Part 2 - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Catherine KOZARAre You Looking For A Way To "Break The Ice" and have a shot at getting back with your ex? Obviously, it is better to MAKE UP before the relationship completely collapses and breaks up forever. "We want a way to deal with the emotions we are having, going through this very tough time." All ...
Views: 1072(4 votes) - When Forgiveness Healed a Backache. - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Sabrina JensenMy story is about when I forgave my mother, my backache passed. I grew up as a battered child and it was my mother that hurt me and my younger brother and sister. I was the eldest so when any of us did anything, I got the punishment. It was physical and mental violence daily for the first 15 ...
Views: 1071 - Just how important are gifts in a relationship? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2018 from Cynthia MadisonDo you like to receive gifts? Of course, you do. Everybody does. There is something about receiving a gift that makes you feel special. It probably has something to do with the fact that the offering was chosen especially for you. Gifts have a seductive warmth to them. Everybody who has ever ...
Views: 1070 - Codependency And #MeToo — A New Way Forward! - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Dr. Anne BrownRecap So, to recap Part One, we discussed our history as women as it relates to our relationship with men and how up until the middle to late 20th century we didn’t have laws to protect us from abuses. Women, along with children, were the property of men. Men could abuse us with no ...
Views: 1069 - Why Forgive: What's In It For Me? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2011 from Rev. Anne PresuelAfter someone has "done you wrong" and profoundly hurt you, why should you forgive them? Why should you spend all the time and effort letting it go? And should you let it go? And if you forgive them, what does this mean? Does it mean you go back for more? I have gotten these questions ...
Views: 1067 - A Lesson About Life, Forgiveness and Broken Dishes - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Nan McAdamThere are many lessons in life. Ones which make us smile and move forward having learned a little more about the blessings life can deliver. Then there are the lessons which come to us with a more hurtful spin and if they aren't learned, leave us hopeless mired in a sea of despair. We feel ...
Views: 1066 - CAN I SHOW YOU HOWTO SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2011 from steve hiltonSave your marriage! People marry when the think they have falling in love. When couples marry they are generally so infatuated with each other that they don't think to ask each other about the life altering decision that they have just made. They are in love and that is all that matters and ...
Views: 1060 - Get My Man Back - How To Win Your Man Back After Break Up - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2016 from Tiemo DonaldGet my man back; If you have experienced a break up with your boyfriend and now want him back, how are you going to do it? The trouble with many in this situation is trying to figure out how to get an ex back. Many times it is done all wrong or for the wrong reasons and the situation only gets ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - A Childs Guide to Loving your Parents - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2019 from Julie DohertyParents are Human: Children – Parents need your Love, Intuition & Guidance I have a keen passion to help – Build Healthy, Loving & Happy Families One of the missed subjects is how you as a child can best love and support their parents. As Children you are people within your own right, for a ...
Views: 1059 - Together for Their Sake - by Submitted on May 25, 2011 from Gina HardyStaying together for the sake of the kids. A very emotive subject but one I feel compelled to write about. Firstly, I’m not a parent so don’t shoot me down with the “well what would she really know, she doesn’t have kids.” I hear you but I was a child with parents who existed in unhappiness ...
Views: 1059 - Are you Holding On or Letting Go? - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Gregory MorganAt every instant in your life you are either expanding to Embrace Growth or Contracting to hold on and protect. What are you protecting? Love and fear are opposite sides of the same vibration. Love is not the absence of fear but Courage is the expansion of Love into fear. Bringing light to ...
Views: 1058(1 vote) - Ultimate Creativity: Living Your Values - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Paul KiewietI was on the floor. My knees gave out. My life had collapsed. I came home from Hong Kong to an empty, dark house. My life had become empty and dark at that moment when I turned on the lights, but the emptiness remained. The bedroom was eerily empty. Nothing on the dresser. I pulled a ...
Views: 1057(1 vote) - Step 4. - Offer Love - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Kristin EcklundIf you’ve come this far, and it’s a long way from where you started, spiritually, then you might as well join me for this step, because it’s a powerful one. It erases the hurt that you held in the first place and will offer you a profound healing in your heart of hearts. You will not be the same ...
Views: 1056(2 votes) - Forgive | Forgiving | Forgiveness - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2013 from Karen FourieFORGIVE | FORGIVING | FORGIVENESS Ps 32:1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, who's sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity and whose spirit there is no deceit. Forgiveness - a big word with lots of meaning, but for many people - not ...
Views: 1055 - What of Our Fathers? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Jan DeniseWe can be quick to judge our parents. There are so many things they could have done better. That is, if they had been better trained. We tend to compare our parents -- at least during some stage in our lives -- with an ideal that virtually no parent measures up to. If we must compare them, ...
Views: 1053(2 votes) - Forgiveness is Such Sweet Sorrow - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2011 from Hu DalconzoHurt comes in many forms. Some instances come at us like an arrow from the bow; we see it coming but cannot avoid the hit fast enough. Other forms of hurtfulness build up little by little. Each day another slight, another insult, another rejection. Sometimes we don't even know we are ...
Views: 1050 - How Can You Tell If Your Ex Still Loves You-How To Know If Your Ex Still Cares - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2015 from Vanessa MooreHow can you tell if your ex still loves you; Have you been cheating on your girlfriend and now you want to get her to love you once more? Have you done everything you can think off to convince her but not avail? You may have talk to her about the affair that it means nothing and you have ...
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