Are you divorced, widowed, single and wanting to attract a partner? Are you feeling a little stuck and discouraged with your current state of affairs? It can be hard to start over. Your confidence may be low. You may feel too old or not thin enough or not smart enough to attract anyone. Fill in …
Do you have a tendency to look to your past when contemplating what could happen in your future? Old, negative thoughts getting in your way? Let’s say you want to start dating or you are dating, and things don’t happen the way you want them to. Do you say to yourself, “Well, I’m not surprised. …
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Every night my husband and I do a simple, powerful practice that keeps our relationship strong and gives us a chance to reconnect after our day. We learned this practice from Fr. Matthew Linn, a Jesuit priest who gives retreats all over the world on healing. He and his brother and sister-in-law wrote a book …
Dating After Divorce – ready or not?? I have been divorced twice and have some suggestions for getting back into dating after divorce. I’ve made mistakes and I have learned from them. May these tips spare you the problems I encountered and help you find an awesome partner. Wait! For crying out loud, please don’t …
Should you ignore red flags in a relationship? So you have been dating someone for a while and things might be getting serious. But, there are a few “minor” things that are bothering you about this person. It might be their drinking habits or they are obsessed with sports and you can take it or …
Two strikes. My marriage record was poor. Would there be a third? Does the three strike rule apply to marriages? 1977 – I marry an alcoholic, someone I did not know well and someone very different in background and values. Lots of strife. It lasted 6 years. The minuses were many during and after the …
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Today started badly. After waking up several times in the night, I was awake at 4:30 a.m. Could not go back to sleep. So my mind went to what had occurred before we went to bed. Something my husband had done that had irritated me, but I had not really voiced how upsetting it was …
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There was a time in my life when it was easy for me to find someone to share my life with- it may not have been a logical or good choice, but I made it anyway. There were seasons of being taken for granted, overlooking red flags, enduring emotional abuse, settling for safe and dependable, even …