A healthy mind resides in a healthy body. If you are in good health you have a healthy mind, think positive and are in a situation to handle the shortcomings you face in a relationship or otherwise very well. It keeps you calm and you do not get angry fast.

You have returned from the Hero’s Journey. Successful. You have returned with your mission accomplished, like the knights of old. You take your place of honor. You now have your reward.

As relationships mature, grow and develop people can sometimes forget the little things that can have a positive impact on the quality of the relationship. I put these in three categories: Simple courtesies, simple pleasures, and simple words.

Don’t tell her about other women. They really don't want to know about them. In their mind, I was sleeping with every woman I had ever written a letter to.

When couples focus on the small details in a marriage, the relationship seems to start going awry. Many urgent but not important activities set in and distract them. Focus on what’s important, focus on the positive aspects of your relationship, edify each other, and build each other up. Work on that relationship; work on what’s important… your love for each other.

Traditionally we give gifts at Christmas time and at birthdays. As our society has become more affluent our gifts at Christmas time have become more elaborate and more expensive, especially in the case of our children. Gone are the days when a string of beads, a book, or a soccer ball were acceptable gifts to give our children. Now it is ipods and Tamagochis and Play Stations and X Box consoles.

In order to Win MVP, you must learn to be confident. Learn to be comfortable in your own skin without being cocky or arrogant. Learn to communicate in deeper ways with your partner. If you already have deep relationships with other friends, use the same principals to obtain that same kind of intimacy with your loved one.

He may be as sweet as sugar, but he's not your type. Can you ever let him down gently?

As it is ending a relationship is difficult. It is even harder for the person in the relationship who is giving all he/she has only to find out that their partner has been unfaithful. How do they handle it?

Emotional abuse doesn’t stop the day you walk away from an emotionally abusive partner. Emotional abuse keeps you focused on the past. Understanding the nature of abuse and making sense of these recovery secrets, will fast-track your return to emotional health.

Should you stay with your partner or leave them? Is all the pain you suffer in your relationship worth it for the good times you have together? Will it really be worth all the pain of leaving them or is it better to stay and stick it out?

Everyone dreaded report card day in school and if you are dreading making your own relationship report card, then you need to buckle down and study! When you rank all of the aspects of your relationship with your spouse, you want (and need!) to score in the high nineties for an A+.

If you are still hurting from a previous relationship then this article will help you to release that pain and move on through simple yet practical techniques

Do you know how to get close again after drifting apart? Here are some strategies for getting close again.