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- Feeling Lost and Alone In Marriage: Feeling Alone and Unloved In Marriage - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Colten ReeseFeeling Lost and Alone In Marriage: Feeling Alone and Unloved In Marriage We've all been through times in our lives when it was so busy we would rarely have time to ourselves let alone time to contact our family and friends. With every day life moving as quickly as it is, there just seems to ...
Views: 673 - I Want To Leave My Husband But I Have No Money: How To Get Out Of A Bad Marriage With No Money - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Colten ReeseI Want To Leave My Husband But I Have No Money: How To Get Out Of A Bad Marriage With No Money Are you in a marriage that is smothering you? Do you feel there is no way out? Do you feel trapped? You are not alone. There are millions of married people who feel stuck in their situation and that ...
Views: 788 - I Think My Husband Is Hiding Something: When Your Husband Hides Things From You - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Colten ReeseI Think My Husband Is Hiding Something: When Your Husband Hides Things From You We human beings have the most complex thing in the physical universe between our ears: the human brain. Together, the brain, body and soul make us up as human beings. Given the complexity of our minds, it is no ...
Views: 1052 - Husband Works Too Much Lonely: How To Get Rid Of Loneliness When Your Hubby Is At Work - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Colten ReeseHusband Works Too Much Lonely: How To Get Rid Of Loneliness When Your Hubby Is At Work Busy married couples sometimes find themselves struggling with finding time to be together at home. When one spouse works during the day and the other one is left at home, loneliness can set in. This is ...
Views: 578 - Manage Living With A Difficult Husband: How To Deal With A Difficult Husband - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Colten ReeseManage Living With A Difficult Husband: How To Deal With A Difficult Husband Doing a review of complaints by women suffering emotional isolation because their husbands don't know how to communicate with them and prefer instead to retreat into emotional silence, we can see this as a growing ...
Views: 1759 - Feeling Isolated in the Aftermath of Narcissistic Abuse - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2018 from Randi FineIsolation, Loneliness, and Disconnection in the Aftermath of Narcissistic Abuse Written by Randi G. Fine, Author of Close Encounters of the Worst Kind Every survivor of narcissistic abuse experiences feelings of isolation, loneliness, and disconnection in the beginning stages of the ...
Views: 1201 - Through a Simple Twist of Faith, Part Two - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2018 from Randi FineThrough a Simple Twist of Faith Part two of a three-part article written by Randi G. Fine Some who suffer adversity have had their lives negatively altered by an identifiable, pivotal event. Others gradually lose their foothold over a period of years. Though unaware that it was happening ...
Views: 1164 - Domestic Abuse From Seduction to Survival Part Three - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2018 from Randi FineDomestic Abuse and Violence From Seduction to Survival, Part Three Written by Randi G. Fine Domestic abuse creates a complex emotional and psychological syndrome in victims that makes their reality very difficult to accept. Victims believe that if they do and say all the right things, the ...
Views: 1169 - Domestic Abuse From Seduction to Survival Part Two - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2018 from Randi FineDomestic Abuse and Violence From Seduction to Survival, Part Two Written by Randi G. Fine There isn’t any accurate way to predict who will abuse and who won’t. What we do know is that children who have grown up with abusive role models and learned that violence in a relationship is normal ...
Views: 1094 - Domestic Abuse From Seduction to Survival Part One - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2018 from Randi FineDomestic Abuse and Violence From Seduction to Survival, Part One Written by Randi G. Fine One out of every four women will experience domestic abuse or domestic violence sometime in her life. Although women are more commonly victimized, roughly two out of every five domestic abuse victims ...
Views: 1117 - Are You Being Spiritually Abused by a Narcissist - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2018 from Randi FineSpiritual Narcissistic Abuse Randi G. Fine, Author From the book Close Encounters of the Worst Kind: The Narcissistic Abuse Survivor’s Guide to Healing and Recovery © 2017 Mark shares his Close Encounter: I’ve been married to an intelligent, beautiful woman for seventeen years and we ...
Views: 1247 - Broken Sons of Narcissistic Mothers - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2018 from Randi FineSons of a Narcissistic Mothers Randi G. Fine, Author From the book Close Encounters of the Worst Kind: The Narcissistic Abuse Survivor’s Guide to Healing and Recovery © 2017 The experience I have with sons of narcissistic mothers was gained through my counseling work with them. I can assure ...
Views: 1739 - Marriage Problems Due To Stepchildren: Step Children Ruining My Marriage - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2018 from Colten ReeseMarriage Problems Due To Stepchildren: Step Children Ruining My Marriage Having a marriage with children from a previous marriage can be an added stress to the marriage. Having a marriage with an extended family can also include nieces and nephews, or any child that is not biologically ...
Views: 1476 - BEWARE OF THE DARK TRIAD - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2018 from Darlene LancerThink of the Dark Triad of Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism as the Bermuda Triangle – it’s perilous to get near it! The traits of all three often overlap and create personality profiles that are damaging and toxic, especially when it comes to intimate relationships, where we let our ...
Views: 1316(2 votes) - My Husband Steals My Joy: How To Make Myself Happy In My Marriage - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Steals My Joy: How To Make Myself Happy In My Marriage There are 4 rules for a happy marriage that must be followed if you are to experience success in your relationship and rekindle the love and bring the passion back. If you want to do everything you can to avoid divorce ...
Views: 2496 - Feel Like A Stranger In My Marriage: Feeling Disconnected In Marriage - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2018 from Colten ReeseFeel Like A Stranger In My Marriage: Feeling Disconnected In Marriage Knowing your partners weakness is vital to saving your marriage before it's too late. When you step back and take a look at the patterns that develop around conflict in your marriage, you are given essential clues to combat ...
Views: 1254 - A Surprising Reason for Conflict in Relationships - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2018 from Geoff LaughtonI bet you haven’t even thought about this reason for relationship conflict! I remember learning this theory 25 years ago, and it’s still not really “out there” in the mainstream. So many of us have stuff we haven’t worked through or resolved. As a result, we may feel let down and reactive ...
Views: 680 - Bored With My Life and Marriage: Things to Do With Your Husband When You Are Bored - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2018 from Colten ReeseBored With My Life and Marriage: Things to Do With Your Husband When You Are Bored You want to explore the excitement of playing sex games to spice up your relationship. But there's only one problem. How do you bring up the idea of playing couples games to your partner? Will they want to play ...
Views: 678 - My Husband Texts His Female Coworker: My Husband Is Texting A Female Coworker - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Texts His Female Coworker: My Husband Is Texting A Female Coworker Emotional affairs in the workplace are very likely to happen because this is where a person spends at least 5 days in a week. He also works with people who have the same interests and passion with him. In fact, ...
Views: 2489 - Fun Things For Married Couples To Do Together: How Family Bonding Is Necessary For Happiness In Life - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseFun Things For Married Couples To Do Together: How Family Bonding Is Necessary For Happiness In Life You wouldn't want to wait until all emotions are dry before you ignite it again would you? A little bit of fun refreshes both of you. Many people develop heart problems and other stress ...
Views: 624 - Ways To Let Your Wife Know You Love Her: How To Show Affection To Your Wife - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseWays To Let Your Wife Know You Love Her: How To Show Affection To Your Wife Saving your marriage after an affair can be a challenge many husbands aren't interested in undertaking, especially if they're the ones who've been cheated on! Despite what's going on, you realize your wife cheated on ...
Views: 843 - Who To Talk To About Marriage Problems: Will Talking About Your Problems Help Save Your Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseWho To Talk To About Marriage Problems: Will Talking About Your Problems Help Save Your Marriage Talking about your problems may appear to be the most natural thing to do. I have heard many people suggesting that the best way a problem can be solved is by talking about it. The idea behind ...
Views: 635 - How To Fix A Troubled Marriage: Challenges In Marriage And How To Overcome Them - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow To Fix A Troubled Marriage: Challenges In Marriage And How To Overcome Them If your marriage is on the brink of divorce, you will probably find that everyone has advice for you on how to save your marriage. Most of them mean well but for the most part, they have no idea what they are ...
Views: 1153 - Working On Your Marriage: How To Help A Failing Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseWorking On Your Marriage: How To Help A Failing Marriage Although we experience many challenges in life, one of the most challenging experiences you can ever go through is a marriage at the brink of collapse. Chances are that you will be thinking of ways of saving your marriage from breaking ...
Views: 562 - My Husband Makes Me Nervous Wreck: Feel Uncomfortable Around My Husband - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Makes Me Nervous Wreck: Feel Uncomfortable Around My Husband In my years in practice and as a social being I've come across a number of marriages that were, shall we say, to put it tactfully, not functioning optimally. Over time I came to see that such marriages fell into several ...
Views: 3990 - Solving Marital Problems: What To Do When Your Marriage Is In Trouble - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseSolving Marital Problems: What To Do When Your Marriage Is In Trouble Through my years in practice and as a social observer, I've seen a number of couples in crisis. I tend to find that problem marriages break down into several broad categories. One example is the "Rescue ...
Views: 626 - How Do I Get My Husband To Respect Me: My Husband Treats Me With No Respect - My Husband Speaks Rudely To Me - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow Do I Get My Husband To Respect Me: My Husband Treats Me With No Respect - My Husband Speaks Rudely To Me Respect is something married couples desire from their partners. But this is not a given and is not also one you impose that your spouse should do for you. Rather, it is earned by a ...
Views: 1046 - My Husband Is Secretive With His Phone: My Husband Hides His Phone From Me - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Is Secretive With His Phone: My Husband Hides His Phone From Me A husband's emotional cheating can cause a lot of problems in your marriage and family. In fact, a lot of relationships have broken because of it and some experts even say that an emotional affair is more destructive ...
Views: 2850 - My Husband Has A Female Friend Who Keeps Calling: My Husband Has A Close Female Friend - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Has A Female Friend Who Keeps Calling: My Husband Has A Close Female Friend What Is Emotional Infidelity? According to statistics, approximately half to almost 95 percent of all who cheat cite emotional dissatisfaction as a motivation for stepping out on their wives. In recent ...
Views: 2488 - My Husband Talks To Another Woman Every Day: My Husband Is Talking To Another Woman Online - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Talks To Another Woman Every Day: My Husband Is Talking To Another Woman Online There is a lot of talk about unfaithfulness in marriage. I've written my fair share about cheating spouses and infidelity in marriage. This article will focus on a different kind of unfaithfulness, ...
Views: 1763 - Dear Dr. Romance: How Can I stop a stalker? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Are you familiar with men who won't leave women alone? I'm just trying to understand why someone would STALK me for well over a decade and, during that time, systematically destroy my life because I refused to be in an abusive relationship with him. He didn't seem to ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - I Hate My Marriage: I Hate Being Married To My Spouse - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseI Hate My Marriage: I Hate Being Married To My Spouse A healthy marriage requires partners to be open, trusting and vulnerable. What happens when things go terribly wrong and you are hurt by your spouses words or actions? Is it possible to go on? Begin with forgiveness. Regardless of the ...
Views: 1168 - My Husband Is Hiding Money From Me: Husband Lies And Hides Things - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Is Hiding Money From Me: Husband Lies And Hides Things Financial infidelity now belongs to the list, if not on top of it, of causes of divorce. If the idea of your spouse splurging money over unimportant things is bad, what more of your spouse doing the same thing and intentionally ...
Views: 1876 - Should Husband and Wife Have Separate Bank Accounts: My Husband Wants Separate Bank Accounts - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseShould Husband and Wife Have Separate Bank Accounts: My Husband Wants Separate Bank Accounts Most first marriages start with high hopes and dreams that the uninitiated lovers share in boundless enthusiasm. Such optimism often includes an assumed trust and faith in one another. At the ...
Views: 642 - How To Treat Your Husband Like A Man: How To Be A Good Wife To Your Husband - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow To Treat Your Husband Like A Man: How To Be A Good Wife To Your Husband Are you treating your husband like a man or like a little boy? The best way to treat your man like a man is by respecting who he is and his God-given position in the marriage. If you treat him as if he were one of the ...
Views: 710 - My Wife Refuses To Change: Understanding Women For A Successful Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Wife Refuses To Change: Understanding Women For A Successful Marriage Women are said to be complex beings. Most of the time they are described by men to be "too hard to understand" especially with their frequent mood swings and the like. They are also quite well known to be the shy when it ...
Views: 921 - Hope For Marriage Restoration: What To Do When Your Marriage Is Falling Apart - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2018 from Colten ReeseHope For Marriage Restoration: What To Do When Your Marriage Is Falling Apart Is it possible to save my marriage? If you are one among those who have this question troubling you, then you are possibly in a marriage in which love has evaporated or one which has already been showing signs of ...
Views: 633 - How Well Do You Know Your Spouse: How Well Do You Know Your Husband / Wife - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow Well Do You Know Your Spouse: How Well Do You Know Your Husband / Wife Is it really that important to know your spouse inside and out? How much is enough and how much is too much? Everyone is entitled to some privacy, after all. Just because you are married, does that mean that everything ...
Views: 630 - How To Make Myself Happy In An Unhappy Marriage: How To Have A Successful Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow To Make Myself Happy In An Unhappy Marriage: How To Have A Successful Marriage Being happy is one important factor for you to survive the relationship and have a successful marriage. Happiness is like the key to make sure that your marriage will work out no matter what. However, many ...
Views: 801 - Communication Between Husband And Wife: Save Your Marriage By Helping Your Spouse Open Up - No Communication Between Husband And Wife - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseCommunication Between Husband And Wife: Save Your Marriage By Helping Your Spouse Open Up - No Communication Between Husband And Wife One of the important factors needed to sustain a marriage is open communication between the partners. Sometimes, one partner may have something to share but ...
Views: 766 - My Second Marriage Is Better: Can Second Marriage Be Done Without Divorce - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Second Marriage Is Better: Can Second Marriage Be Done Without Divorce If you have ever been through a divorce you know that regardless of which side you were on that it can be a gut wrenching experience. The emotions, fears, uncertainties and just the time spent contemplating a new future ...
Views: 498 - Getting Married For The Second Time: How To Have A Successful Second Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseGetting Married For The Second Time: How To Have A Successful Second Marriage If you have ever been through a divorce you know that regardless of which side you were on that it can be a gut wrenching experience. The emotions, fears, uncertainties and just the time spent contemplating a new ...
Views: 587 - Obsessed With Wife's Past: Wife's Past Destroyed Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseObsessed With Wife's Past: Wife's Past Destroyed Marriage For most people, marriage is a sign of a new chapter in their lives. Many also consider it a new beginning where they can start fresh. When you know someone who just got married, wait for a few months and you'll be seeing brand new ...
Views: 2013 - My Husband Controls Everything: My Husband Controls Everything I Do - My Husband Controls My Life - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseMy Husband Controls Everything: My Husband Controls Everything I Do - My Husband Controls My Life She could not look people in the eye as they greeted her. Head down, shoulders slumped; she headed to the nearest open seat and quietly slid into it. Her husband was a study in contrast. ...
Views: 1479 - Marriage Not Working: How To Mend A Broken Marriage And Stop Your Divorce - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseMarriage Not Working: How To Mend A Broken Marriage And Stop Your Divorce Type the question into Google and in less than a quarter of a second it returns over two million links. Some lead to articles, others to "sure fire" products that promise to solve all marriage problems, and others to ...
Views: 550 - How To Communicate In A Marriage: How To Communicate With Your Spouse - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow To Communicate In A Marriage: How To Communicate With Your Spouse It seems that everywhere we turn we hear that all our marriage problems could be solved if we'd just "communicate." And that the "key" to every issue that could ever come up in marriage cowers at the very feet of ...
Views: 925 - Communication Problems In Marriage: Lack Of Communication In Marriage - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseCommunication Problems In Marriage: Lack Of Communication In Marriage Good communication is the key to a successful marriage or relationship. This seems an obvious statement but most couples struggle with this at some point. One of the biggest threats to a relationship is the lack of ...
Views: 598 - How To Make Your Husband Love You More: How To Show Love To Your Husband - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseHow To Make Your Husband Love You More: How To Show Love To Your Husband It is a truly amazing feeling to love and be loved. But when one loves more than is loved a feeling of disheartening certainly creeps in. Yet, if you find yourself in a situation where you perceive your husband, ...
Views: 590 - Wife Threatens Divorce Every Argument: My Wife Threatens To Leave Me And Go To Her Parents House Whenever We Have Arguments - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseWife Threatens Divorce Every Argument: My Wife Threatens To Leave Me And Go To Her Parents House Whenever We Have Arguments I am now the father of two married sons. Until last week, I was the father of one married son and one engaged son. Last weekend, the elder Marcus and his fiancée ...
Views: 1190 - Making A Second Marriage Work: Second Marriages With Stepchildren - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Colten ReeseMaking A Second Marriage Work: Second Marriages With Stepchildren It is no secret that more marriages fail than succeed. Ruining a second marriage comes easier it seems since there is the accumulation of behaviors, attitudes and beliefs from the first marriage. Following these steps will ...
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