Top 10 Keys to Success in a Foreign Land

Posted on January 17, 2012. Filed under: Expat, Relationship | Tags: , , , , |

Moving to a foreign country or even a new city in your own country can be an exciting, yet overwhelming experience. You may be going through the loss of the familiar, while also experiencing discomfort and uncertainty with the new. Here are some tips that can be helpful for you as you transition to your [...]

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HALT in the Name of LOVE

Posted on January 4, 2011. Filed under: Break-ups, Dating, Health, Love, Relationship | Tags: , , , , , |

Have you every gotten into a conflict with your partner and couldn’t resolve it overnight?  Before engaging in a conversation with your partner that could stir up emotions or become tense, some simple questions to ask yourself beforehand to know if it is the right time to do so are as follows:  Am I or my partner (H)UNGRY?  (A)NGRY?  [...]

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Bullying Evolution

Posted on August 29, 2010. Filed under: Children and Adolescents, Parenting Tips | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bullying today is much different in form, method and context than the bullying of the past.  Although the concept of victim and perpetrator has always been apart of our human primal instinct for centuries, the wired world of today poses unique dangers to kids because bullying and harassment are now able to be done online and offline. [...]

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The Bullying Effect

Posted on August 28, 2010. Filed under: Children and Adolescents, Parenting Tips | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Bullying involves threats, torments or physical harm involving children and adolescents and is often used to intimidate others as a means to gain social status or for appearance purposes.  It is rooted in the mentality that I’m okay and you are not okay.  The negative traumatic impact cyber bullying can have on children is that a child [...]

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Yin and Yang energy

Posted on April 22, 2010. Filed under: Lifestyle, Men, Relationship, Women | Tags: , , , , , , , |

In Chinese philosophy yin and yang is used to describe how polar or complementary opposites are interdependent and interconnected in the natural world.  Although everything has both yin and yang characteristics, elements may manifest more strongly in different time periods or in different objects.  Yang energy is usually characterized as hard, fast, solid, aggressive, hot and [...]

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Is Chivalry Dead?

Posted on April 22, 2010. Filed under: Marriage, Men, Relationship, Women | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Is chivalry dead?  Although the roots of chivalry stretch back to the 9th and 10th centuries, chivalry began to flourish in the 12th and 13th centuries before ceasing at the end of the Middle Ages.  The ideals of chivalry continued to influence models of behavior during the Renaissance in the 16th century as a symbol of [...]

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Applying Gentleness To Everything You Do

Posted on April 17, 2010. Filed under: Health, Lifestyle, Marriage, Men, Relationship, Women | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Growing up in the United States over the past 30 years, I have seen how our social model stresses the importance of striving and working hard in order to achieve desired goals and objectives, however, what I have discovered is that there is great power and possibility that opens up when you utilize gentleness and [...]

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