The Google online dictionary has one definition of relationship as: “a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)”. Sadly, instead of a relationship, too many of us live in something that is more like a “relation-dinghy”! (A dinghy is a small, open rowboat or inflatable raft.) At the first heavy weather or big…
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Growing up I think I always felt a little starved for attention. In my family there were five children and I was the middle (older brother, older sister, me, younger sister, younger brother). My Dad was an alcoholic, which kept a lot of everyone’s attention on him, and on the drama that was my parents’…
Occasionally I’m invited to speak to high school kids about sex and sexuality. I love it. Usually the kids have a fairly good understanding of the basics of reproduction – men have seed (sperm) which they deposit in women, conception occurs when seed fertilizes egg, etc. What they lack is good solid information about sex,…
Whoever has the problem, has the solution. What you find hard to say, you must say. Instead of arguing or debating, reflect your partner’s feelings back to him or her. Talk is very important. Loving, intimate touch is often more important than talk. Great relationships require time investment. Practice surrender. Find out what your partner…
Intimacy, Relationship, Life Counseling 