Let Go of the Stress and Achieve Financial Happiness with These Smart Tips
Fights over finances are a commonly known cause of stress and divorce, and a new survey indicates that while the average couple fights over money five times a year, they discuss finances reasonably fewer than two times a month. Every couple knows there are some topics you just don't bring up - his m...
Create a Strong Bond with Your Friends by Laughing it Up with Girl Time
Laughter and friendship go hand-in-hand, and according to a recent survey, women across America are looking to inject more laughter into their lives this year. One sure bet, spending more quality time with their girlfriends. The survey, commissioned by Skinny Cow Candy, showed that on average, wome...
Three Simple Steps to a Fresh Start this Valentine's Day
Feeling like you're in a relationship rut? You're not alone. Whether you're single or married, getting stuck in a routine may be normal, but that's no excuse to keep on down the same path. Take control of your love life and break out of your relationship habits. Relationship expert and author of Che...
Make Your Proposal Perfect This Valentine's Day with These Romantic Tips
You've picked the perfect ring. You've practiced the words you'll use when you propose. But you know your future spouse would be livid if you asked them on the big screen at a sporting event. Making an engagement truly memorable will win you points for a lifetime each time your love retells your en...
The Conversation on Charitable Giving Helps Parents Connect with Their Kids and Create a Lasting Impact
How many times has your child come home with news of a new penny drive or fundraiser happening at school or a place of worship? How often does this come with an explanation of who the cause or charity serves and how else your child can get involved? Often, children are eager to get involved with the...
What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online
The Internet affords children endless opportunities to get into serious trouble, downloading what they shouldn’t download, looking at what they shouldn’t be looking at, and getting ideas about what they shouldn’t be getting ideas about. But the good news is that if your kids are l...
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Learn the Signs of Domestic Violence and How You Can Get Help.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, domestic violence “can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner.” While domestic violence is rooted in power and control, the coercive behavior...
Seven Ways You Can Make a Difference During October’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic Violence: A pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship used to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner; can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. You may have heard a story ab...
Organizational Tips for Parents in the Middle
Whether it's a disagreement among friends, a conflict at work or a face-off between family members, no one likes to be in the middle. Yet that's exactly where millions of Americans live, these days: between two generations of loved ones that need their time and attention. About 44 percent of people...
Mentoring Boys Changes Lives
At age eleven, Willie was headed for disaster; his home life was full of violence and abuse. “I felt no one loved me,” he says. “So at twelve, I started digging my own grave in the canyon behind my house.” But then something happened. Some caring mentors changed his life. As ...
How Appreciating the Good Can Transform Your Relationship
Are you taking your partner for granted or focusing on what she/he isn't doing or saying? If you wish your partner would change, and have already asked, pleaded or begged for these changes to be made, it's time to stop. Not only will this fail to bring about the changes you desire, it will actually ...
A Father’s Reflection on What Fatherhood and Family Means
I have been at this Father's Day thing for a long time, but I still get a kick out of my now grown children calling and visiting and even taking my wife and me out to dinner – when it fits into their schedule of course.I wonder how happy they would have been if I paid attention to them and the...
A Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
Our parents’ age and we still see them as our parents. We still see ourselves as their children. We see them as parents who can solve all ills, take care of our problems and be the strong supports we have known all of our lives. What happens when our parents need us to be the ones who solve al...
Great Gift Ideas for Mother's Day that Mom is Sure to Love
With Mother’s Day right around the corner, no time is better than now to start planning your mom’s celebration. And with all she’s done, what better way to do that than with love, rest, relaxation and great gifts, of course! If you’re still wondering what you’re going ...
How to Pick the Perfect Destination for Your Wedding
A destination wedding is a wedding that takes place in a location that is not home to either the bride or the groom or their families. Couples may choose a location that they have always wanted to visit for the location of their destination wedding. The couple may also opt to have their wedding in t...
Adapting Successful Communication Skills Can Foster Healthy Relationship
Communication is a vital part of our lives: a typical day involves many interactions between ourselves, our work colleagues and clients, our children, our friends, our ex's, future relationships, etc. This interaction takes place where we live, work, relax, socialize and wherever we perform routine ...
On this Valentine’s Day Get Excited and Give the Gift of True Love to Yourself!
Oscar Wilde once said “To love one’s self is the beginning of a life-long romance.” Love of self is always a great place to start. Valentine’s Day is a day dedicated to love; approximately 150 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the ...
Does Cupid Have a Plan or a Planner?
The Day of Love is nearly upon us again. If your goal is to play the role of Cupid this year, you need to have a plan or engage an event planner. Whether you celebrate in the traditional way of buying flowers, cards and candy or you embark on a more creative journey, this day will show your softer...
This New Year Resolve to Express Gratitude for all of Your Relationships
Resolution, n – A commitment that an individual makes that brings positive benefits to his/her life. Most of we are thinking about our New Year's resolutions. We start compiling our infamous list of goals we would like to accomplish in the New Year. These goals may come in the form of written...
Celebrate A Stress-Free Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday is all about giving thanks for blessings, bonding with family, and a time of joy. But let’s face it, some family members are not so joyful to be around. Sometimes people don’t get along, causing tension and awkward interactions. Sometimes these tension inter...
Tips on how to get your little ones to love reading
For parents with young children, it's often hard to know when to start reading to your child, or teaching them colors and numbers. But the act of reading to even very young children can soothe them and lead them to love story time and enjoy reading for themselves as they grow. Accord...
Sometimes, Especially with the Holidays Approaching, It’s Important To Think of Someone Else First “Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: They’re trying to find someone who&rsq...
