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- ***What Makes Passionate Love Last? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Dr. Diana KirschnerA common email request I receive daily is a question about how to make love last, specifically passionate love. Here’s one from Jo in Chicago: “I'm crazy about my live-in boyfriend but worried about making it last! Already, we don’t make love as often. Help--what do I do to keep the spark ...
Views: 3140(34 votes) - ***The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Relationship - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2011 from Dr. Diana KirschnerOne of the most important things you can do to create the commitment you want in your relationship is to work with a straightforward, knowledgeable, and devoted Love Mentor™. This is the secret, the strategy that has totally transformed my life and the lives of thousands of others: Love ...
Views: 2954(30 votes) - ***The Six Silent Relationship Killer Beliefs - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2011 from Dr. Diana KirschnerHave you ever wondered if you were missing something when it comes to having a relationship with a man? Do you sometimes get the sense that all men are screwed up? That love is too difficult? That you will never find that terrific guy who can rock your world? Well, you're not alone. Many women ...
Views: 4299(43 votes) - ***Want to Dramatically Grow Your Relationship Coaching Business? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerThe great news is that I just started a dating and relationship coaching service based on my years of clinical work and supervision. How would you like lots of clients, free ongoing training and supervision plus a healthy fee? And no startup expenses whatsoever! But most important of all, to be ...
Views: 2838(33 votes) - ***How Mentoring and Coaching Can Change Your Life: It Changed Mine - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Dr. Diana Kirschner“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our heart and we are never, ever the same.” ~ Anon This article is penned by my colleague and friend Jim Delpino. Jim is a highly gifted and experienced clinical social worker and marriage and ...
Views: 4190(38 votes) - ***Ten Over-the-Top Valentine’s Day Makeovers So You Look Maahvelous! - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2010 from Dr. Diana Kirschner“Don’t be a shnook. It’s not how you feel—it’s how you look.” ~Fernando, aka Billy Crystal on SNL Fernando had a point. Kind of. Research shows that if you feel you look good, you do feel good or something about feeling and looking good. Or something like that. Anyway, Valentine’s Day is ...
Views: 2896(76 votes) - How to Change Your Love Life This Valentine's Day - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerIf you're single and looking for love, Valentine's Day can be one of the most FEARED days of the year. While everyone else is having candle lit dinners, there you sit watching a sitcom or cruising a dating site. Being single on a day that is dedicated to romance can be more than a little bit ...
Views: 1640(2 votes) - ***Dating Games Men Play - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerDating Games Men Play 16 Deadly Dating Patterns You Need to Know Now Excerpted from Love in 90 Days By Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. © 2010 Have you ever asked yourself about guys … How could he disappear after he was so totally into me? Why hasn’t he ...
Views: 7337(62 votes) - ***Dating Three to Find the One - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerLove moderately: long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. ~Shakespeare When it comes to dating, the Bard got it right. Moderation is key. It keeps you from moving too quickly or too slowly when you’re getting to know new men and what they bring to your table. And the most ...
Views: 6278(60 votes) - ***Hooking Up & Other Deadly Dating Patterns - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerHooking up, that is, no-strings-attached sex, can be hot, mind-blowing hot. And it has become the norm for many college students, 20-somethings and even many 30-somethings. But there are high costs for this brief steamy pleasure. Impulsive in-the-moment sex is often fueled by alcohol or ...
Views: 2662(19 votes) - ***Texting 101 in Dating and Relationships: 7 Do's and Don'ts - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerI think texting rocks! It means that no matter what you are doing you can be in touch with and connected to your loved ones. Texting has absolutely deepened our dating and love relationships. Now your “A” level friends, family and lovers can be in a constant secret dialogue with ...
Views: 3373 - ***Four Keys to Creating a Great Love Relationship - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana Kirschner"All happy families resemble one another. Each unhappy family is unique in its grief.” ~Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Personal excellence in your love relationship is not achieved by reading couples love advice or self-help books or dumping the problem partner you're with and going on to ...
Views: 1383 - ***Prenups 101: Seven Love Tips to Make them Work Out - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana Kirschner1. What are the most common prenuptial situations for first-time marriages? A: There are two types of prenuptial agreements or prenups: One is where the groom or bride is part of a large family business like a real estate empire. Here, the prenup is intended to protect the family from ...
Views: 2181 - ***Has Your Dating or Love Life Tanked? - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerI was on the Today show recently doing a segment about what to do when life doesn’t work out the way you want it to. The panel included terrific authors Rene Syler and Amy Cohen and the talented Debbie Nigro, a founder and Chief Executive Girlfriend of firstwivesworld.com. Here are the ...
Views: 1463 - ****Five Love Tips to Save a Rich Partner, Poor Partner Relationship - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerIn some couples the partners have very different finances because one comes from a wealthy family and/or earns much more than the other. They may also have differences in their understanding of finance, budgets, cash flow, or the importance of saving, investing and planning for the future. ...
Views: 1456 - ***The Ultimate Breakup Quiz: 20 Questions to Ask Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerOf course, some relationships are destructive, smothering or empty and they have to go. But these days breaking up and divorce have become so socially acceptable, that many couples who could work things out wind up dissolving their unions. And often there is a big price to pay for this. As a ...
Views: 4511(62 votes) - ***Dating Advice: Five Ways to Cope with the Holidays - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerRosh Hashanah is coming fast. Then there is Thanksgiving. Christmas. Hanukkah. Are you doomed to a miserable holiday if your relatives drive you crazy? What if you are just introducing your family to a serious date, someone who could be the One? Does Aunt Millie always cluck about what a ...
Views: 1293 - *** Seven Urban Love Legends - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerWhen it comes to dating and love relationships there are certain “love facts” that most everyone believes. But, surprisingly, if we look at the actual research about these “love facts” we may find that they are not facts at all. They are fictions, myths. This is key ...
Views: 2223(69 votes) - *** Eight Steps to Finding Love in 2010 - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerNew Year's Eve has come and gone and with it another Party with no one you really wanted to kiss at midnight. No love to share it all with. Looking forward to that again? Well, you can change your love life by following a whole new dating plan for this coming year. You can make a ...
Views: 1914 - *** Fall Back to Love: The Autumn Dating Advantage - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerIt’s easier to fall in love in the fall! Singles roll up their sleeves and work more proactively on their dating, so there’s more love to go around. There are three reasons for this. First, singles, like all of us, raised in the rhythm of a school calendar, are conditioned to buy ...
Views: 1250 - ***The 411 on Combating Cabin Fever: Five Relationship Tips - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerNow that winter has you closeted with your significant other, your love relationship can turn boring, irritating or downright infuriating. But you can turn this stuck-with-each-other situation into an opportunity—a great opportunity to have a breakthrough in your relationship using just ...
Views: 2825(4 votes) - *** Dating Anxiety? Four Steps to Getting Off the Couch - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerYou'll do anything other than looking for a partner online -- watch TV reruns, clean the bathroom, complain about your dating troubles, or even call your mother. You freeze up and question yourself repeatedly when it's time to meet someone for coffee, make the next call, date, or move on to the ...
Views: 7160 - *** Frenemies: Four Relationship Tips for Dealing with Love Saboteurs - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerIn the Sex & the City movie, Miranda functions as a friend-turned-Frenemy and helps derail her friend’s dream wedding. At a strategic point in the upcoming nuptials she opens her mouth and actually puts down the idea of marriage to the commitment-phobic groom! In this one act, Miranda ...
Views: 3274(61 votes) - *** The Five Secrets of Getting Lucky In Dating and Love - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerSome people seem to have all the luck, especially when it comes to dating and love relationships. Meanwhile many of you have had your hearts broken over and over and over again. You wonder, what are the secrets to having luck in love? Well, here they are! I’ve worked as a psychologist ...
Views: 1405 - ***The Power of Positive Self-Affirmations for Dating Success - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2008 from Dr. Diana KirschnerResearch has repeatedly shown the power of positive self-talk, which is what most of us call affirmations. Positive affirmations have been used to: change behavior in under-achieving students; increase nurses’ and doctors’ well-being and lower their stress levels; reduce breast ...
Views: 2524 - *** Six Dating Secrets for Boomers - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Dr. Diana KirschnerLet's face it: Dating is daunting. And when you're a Boomer, it may seem next to impossible. You might be coming out of a long-term marriage, or emerging from a period of time where you were consumed with raising children or caring for elderly parents -- or, perhaps you still are responsible for ...
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