When we fail to get the response or connection with our partner that we want, perhaps we should stop and look at our own thoughts and behavior. It may remind us of frightful tigers from our past stalking the room. Sometimes a calm and collected exterior hides demons lingering from childhood. But how do we uncover the real person underneath our sophisticated facade? We climbed that mountain so long ago; the path we took may be lost in the undergrowth.

This power struggle is a turn off. I have heard it many times from different men. Why do we always want to prove to men that we are smarter, tough, and independent? Why keep score?

Relationships are like new shoes - they look great in the store but once you get them home they become really uncomfortable! As a success coach, I work in many areas of life; career desire, fitness and weight management, goal clarity, emotional mastery and relationship balance. I find relationships the most interesting and yet the most complex. Everything we in life we engage in IS a relationship. There's a direct correlation as to how we react in an intimate relationship and how we respond to our friends, family, and social or work environments. With relationships the challenge is never the other person, it's your choice of that person in the relationship! And because we've all had an opportunity to engage in good and bad ones, everyone can relate to the intention of this article.

The speed of life is complex, exciting and wonderful, but if this is at the cost of love, then the ego has won and love has lost. In our modern world this ego can easily overtake love so we must learn to stop, really stop and be still with our beloved, to turn up. So learning the art of stillness is a major key to sustaining sacred relationships amongst this busy-ness.

Christmas is a time of year that we all enjoy. But, Christmas can also be a stressful time. There are so many things to do! Thank goodness, most stores will gift-wrap for you!

Meeting future in-laws can be intimidating. You hope that you will like them and, more importantly, that they will like you. While it may seem like the most uncomfortable of situations, there are a few things that can be done to increase your chances of survival.

There you were, deeply involved in a relationship. It may have been stormy or you may have thought everything was running smoothly. Then it happened: Your significant other no longer wanted to be your significant other...

Having the wedding of your dreams doesn’t have to be frustrating and stressful. One of the biggest decisions you will make will be the wedding flowers.

What can your relationships feel like? Often the most beautiful feelings we experience in relationship happen when no one is talking. There is a lot to be present with using just the power of attention on each other and what we are feeling. The beauty and intensity of connection when two people silently listen to each other transcends words.

Setting personal boundaries are like identifying the gates in our invisible fence lines which protects the precious heart and soul inside our bodies. Many people look at boundaries as walls, but rather when we establish healthy boundaries it provides a way to distinguish what we choose to let in and let out. They form flexible gates, not stationary walls It is important to learn about setting healthy boundaries so we can make decisions about what is and what isn’t permissible in all relationships.

The fact of continually hearing so many stories of love and relationships, including all those breakdowns make us wonder if love really exists anymore in this world.

In Love by Design relationships it is important that there is reassurance, certainty and security. The other day, actually the other week, I had several people in my office who were not very secure in their relationship. They came in on their own. They were having difficulties in their relationship. They just didn’t feel safe and secure in their relationship.

Here are 4 simple strategies that will help you build confidence.

Am I completely alone in my view of society or are people actually becoming more rude with each passing day? Read this article and send me your views.

I’m sure that since the last article, you have had your mind racing with possibilities for your foray into roleplaying. So let’s talk through everything that you need to pull off the perfect act.

The following outlines the steps to take to influence people. You can use these steps no matter what you are trying to change their minds about.

Hard decisions for New Years Day resolutions.

Romance is great. But when romance is all you want, all that excites you, all that fills our your fantasies, well, you’re a romancaholic. Here are a few tips that can get you back to reality -- which, by the way, has more romance in it than any fantasy can ever deliver.

What if? A very powerful question. If you let it, it will not only open areas of your relationship that need exploration, it can carry into new dimension of what you have together.

Have you noticed? The farther people live from each other, the more opposite the traditions become. It is obvious that it is concerned with culture and with climate zone and with the composition of the population (for instance, in multi-national countries people are more tolerant to the customs and traditions of others and sometimes traditions get mixed and intertwined).

Have you ever wondered why you attract the same type of relationships into your life?

17 seconds a day keeps the frustration and stress away...