When we are children we do not yet have an identity. We learn about who we are through the mirroring that we get from our parents. It is called mirroring to describe the ability of good parents to gently hold up an imaginary mirror in front of the child until they learn to see themselves clearly without harsh judgments. If we do not get enough realistic mirroring during the years we live with them, we remain pretty clueless about who we really are.

Relationship problems can distroy and great relationship quickly. If your skills aren't bigger then the problem and you don't have a communication tool box to tap into - you can lose a relationship that is still full of love.

If you are the recipient of a jealous partner, the damage can be irreparable if not addressed. Whether it’s warranted or unfounded, when jealousy rears its ugly head; you better tame the monster before it gets out of control.

Most marriages that are troubled have these giver and receiver roles firmly fixed. In marriages that are happy, these roles will fluctuate between the partners regularly, depending on where the need is greatest. Where does most of your energy go during a normal day?

Everyone hates attending a party where they know hardly anyone. However, with a few tips, you might find yourself knowing everyone by the night's end.

My reasons for not trying to change men have less to do with resigning myself to undesirable behavior, than with mutual respect and consideration for a man's feelings. Here's why I think it's not fair to men that we keep trying to change them.

It is a common thing that people who crave emotional closeness are the very people who consistently get emotional distance from others. We may not see ourselves as emotionally distant because emotional distancing takes different forms: manipulation, nagging, whining, seduction, fakeness, control, intrusion, avoidance, isolation, jumping to conclusions about other people's words and actions, etc..

This short story is about the struggles a widower, like myself, encounters when a new relationship begins.

Do you live from your head or your Heart? This artcile suggests that living from your Heart is the only way to live a truly authentic life and lasting, intimate relationships, and the only way to have truly fulfilling relationships.

Grandparents are viewed differently today compared with those of seventy years ago. Then they were considered 'old' at the age of fifty and many of them were. They led lives of drudgery and had large families without sufficient means to provide for them.

If you find yourself doing the same routine day after day, never remembering what you did the day before, having nothing to look forward to, living your life - but never enjoying it or anything in it...you are probably living your life and the relationships in it on autopilot...

Finally an answer to the million dollar question. Why do women date jerks? The answer to this question is actually a lot more complicated than one might think. We are going to have to blame Mother Nature for this seemingly illogical behavior.