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Five Behaviors That Could Strengthen Your Marriage Relationship
If you aim to have a long satisfying marriage, ensure that you are responsible for the part you play in your relationship. Be prepared to take total responsibility for your actions. Staying in denial does more harm than good. If you refuse to be accountable for your actions and your partner does the same, you two will have a marriage full of conflicts. Being answerable can boost your connection and bond and help you act in a mature, intimate way. In addition to accountability, there are 5 more behaviors that could boost up your marriage. 1. Touching Some couples don’t touch much. They only do it in the bedroom. While…
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On Fear And Foundations of the Feeling of Security in Marriages
The human brain has a number of emotional systems that provide you with emotional responses and cause you to act in certain ways. The feeling of fear alerts you about all kinds of dangers and threats. The feeling can evoke a whole range or responses. Fear doesn’t always distinguish between different kinds of danger. It can also be an emotion that you feel in the background when you are communicating with other people. You may be expressing anger in reaction to criticism from your spouse, but in reality, it is fear that has caused the anger. For example, a wife may come home after a long work shift to only…
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How To Be Vulnerable And Assert Your Needs In A Relationship
Being vulnerable means being authentic and being able to risk expressing your thoughts, feelings, and wishes without fear of rejection. It means you are in control of yourself, not the relationship. Many people complain that they aren’t getting their needs met with their partner, but they don’t feel comfortable sharing their desires. Or, they fail to make requests in a positive, non-blameful way to begin with. Before you can begin to build successful relationships, you must have healthy self-esteem – which means believing in yourself. One of the first things to consider is: how do you treat yourself? No one is going to treat you with respect if you beat…
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Her Husband Did the 2 Worst Things Possible. What Would You Do?
January 8, 2003. A pleasant house with a river view in a charming town not far from New York City. Julie Metz, a freelance graphic designer, is working on a book cover in her home office. Her husband Henry, a writer, is resting upstairs. Their six-and-a-half-year-old daughter Liza is in school. And then death enters — Henry’s felled by a pulmonary embolism. He was just 44, the same age as his widow. They had been married for 13 years. Check out the book on Amazon here. Happily married? Well, they entertained a lot — Henry loved to cook, adored a crowd, needed to be the center of attention. But they often…
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Mom Farts In Yoga Class, And Her Story Is So Embarrassing You Might Not Finish Reading It
Everyone has an embarrassing moment every once in a while, but this mom… Her moment was so embarrassing it’ll make you cry with laughter! Mum on the Run blogger Laura Mazza has muscle separation and is trying to get in shape, so her doctor recommended trying yoga. Unfortunately, when Mazza came to her first class, it was a complete disaster. Despite the fact the everyone in her class had nice tight yoga pants and perfect pedicures while Mazza was showing off her “froddo feet” and hairy toes, she had a cringeworthy incident… “Somewhere between the dolphin position and the three legged dog two of those burning garbage eggs slip out…
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Science Explains Why You Lean to the Right When You Kiss
Think fast: When you go in for a kiss, do you lean your head to the right or to the left? Chances are, you lean to the right. Although scientists have suspected this for a while, what they haven’t been able to pin down up until now is why. Is it something we learn from pop culture? Or is it innate? Previous studies have come out on both sides, but a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that it may have more to do with chemistry than culture. The study, led by researchers from the University of Bath’s Department of Psychology, began with competing notions. One is…
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Top 8 Things About the First Few Months of the Life of Your Baby
In the very beginning, the baby is in charge It is important that you as a parent set rules and limits as your child grows. However, in the very beginning, when your baby has just entered the world and when she wakes up every few hours of the night, she is doing exactly what she is supposed to do. She is not yet ready to sleep through the entire night. Some babies do, but they are an exception, not a rule. During the first few weeks of your child’s life, the baby is growing extremely quickly and she needs calories. In addition to that, her sleep and activity cycles are…
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Absolutely Awesome First Kiss Stories
First base panic “We went under the bleachers at a popular park in Florida. I was in the seventh grade, circa 1987. I had no idea how to compose myself. I didn’t know I was supposed to close my eyes and I was insecure that my nose, pre-rhinoplasty, would get in the way (think Steve Martin’s character in Roxanne). I just opened my mouth, kept my eyes wide open and twirled my tongue around twice. I still remember the guy’s first and last name.” —Much Better Kisser Now, Coral Springs, Florida Holy hotness “I met this cute boy in Hebrew school, and we went to see Bette Midler in Beaches. He did the…
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10 Biggest Baby Bedtime Mistakes New Parents Make
Not winding yourself and your baby down Imagine yourself coming back home from a great party with loud music, flashing lights and exciting conversations with friends or coworkers. When you do get home, most likely you need some time to wind down. It works the same way with your baby. She does not have an on/off switch that can instantly make her fall asleep. She needs some time to gently switch from the excitement of the day to the calm of the night. As a general rule, you should allocate about an hour for winding down and falling asleep. This hour should include about 40 minutes before getting to bed…
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Mom’s Terrifying Warning After Daughter Wouldn’t Wake From Nap
The mom of a young girl who suffered heatstroke despite claiming her daughter never went outside has published a stark warning to other parents. Jennifer Abma shared the photo of her three-year-old, Anastasia, after she found her ‘soaked in sweat, red faced, and boiling’ after she’d taken herself off for a nap. Unable to wake her, Jennifer had no choice but to call an ambulance. She wrote: This was my evening, this was the scariest moment I’ve had to imagine, this is severe heatstroke. There is nothing scarier than not being able to wake your baby up. This is clear proof a child doesn’t need to be in the sun to…
