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Jan82019 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Divorce therapy – Dating, step parenting, joint custody rights

Lifestyle

You need a bit of divorce therapy after making it through the legal minefield, and getting out of an unhappy marriage, there is a time when most women think about finding love again. Love is important to every person, but for women, it’s like having air to breathe. Everyone seems to have advice for women who are dating after divorce, but each newly freed woman gets to make her own decisions and, baby, she’s earned this right. Here are some of the issues that come up when a woman is divorced and hasn’t dated for a while. These are proven divorce therapy: Finding Love Again: When to Start Dating In the divorce therapy book, Dating for Dummies [For Dummies, 1997], Dr. Joy Browne advises people to wait one full year after the divorce is final to start dating, with no exceptions. T...

Nov202018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Marriage management: How to restore intimacy in marriage

Lifestyle

Many believe intimacy equals sex. While sex plays an important role, true intimacy in relationships involves much more. In terms of marriage management Dick Purnell describes intimacy in an article entitled "Sex and the Search for Intimacy" he wrote for Everystudent.com (April, 2010). "Today, the word intimacy has taken on sexual connotations. But it is much more than that," says Purnell. "It includes all the different dimensions of our lives – yes, the physical, but also the social, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects as well. Intimacy really means total life sharing." Intimacy in Relationships – How it All Begins When a couple meets, they are typically drawn to each other by physical and/or emotional attraction. Marriage management expert says the intimacy is not achieved o...

Nov182018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Life after Infidelity. Ask is he interested in me?

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Studies reveal that 45% to 55% of married women and 50% to 60% of married men will have an extramarital affair at some point in their marriage, according to The Journal of Couples & Relationship Therapy (Atwood & Schwartz, 2002). So what happens to the marriage after infidelity? Do you ask your husband that is he interested in me any further or do you consider things to say to your husband to repair your marriage. Life After Infidelity – The First Steps More often than not, affairs are the symptom not the cause of marital troubles. According to Don-David Lusterman in his book, Infidelity, A Survival Guide (New Harbinger Publications Inc, 1998), "Lengthy affairs are most likely to arise when there are problems in the marital relationship." Therefore, one of the first steps...

Nov162018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Cohabitation stop divorce after marriage in America – Study

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Cohabitation may be becoming more popular than marriage, especially among younger and less-affluent populations and this practice helps stop divorce after they decide to wed each other. Here are some statistics from "The State of Our Unions, Marriage in America 2009: Money & Marriage." Living together Yes, it all started in the 1960s. Both good and bad came from that decade. Rebellious Baby Boomers made shacking up and getting divorced more acceptable. Movie stars and celebs made it fashionable. Now, TV shows have made it commonplace. However, it does not make much sense for everyday people to take multi-millionaire celebrities as their role models, does it? It’s just so much more glamorous to be a single mom when one can afford a nanny for each child. Because of this tren...

Nov102018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Why married men cheat? A relationship checklist on respectful relationships

Featured, Lifestyle

Michael Wood is a good-looking, goal oriented, talented and independent 30-year-old man who is sure to have many admirers. He is also married for under three years and always seems to speak of his wife positively. According to him the relationship is going well. However, let’s take a look to his relationship checklist. Why an Affair and not respectful relationships? So why would he have an affair? When Wood was asked if he loved his wife, the immediate answer was yes but his answer was also in the affirmative when asked if he had an alternate relationship. According to Don-David Lusterman, PhD, a marriage and family therapist and author of Infidelity: A Survival Guide (New Harbinger Publications, Inc 1998), "Infidelity occurs when one member of a couple secretly violates the comm...

Nov82018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Stop divorce with these marriage coaching tips

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The only way to get people to do something is to make them want to do it. A constant barrage of demands or criticism – in short, nagging – will accomplish nothing positive. Instead it will create resentment and drive a wedge between the married couple. Many husbands and wives have a hard time accepting each other’s peculiarities. Instead of trying to change each other with improvements, criticisms or public and private put-downs marriage coaching expert recommends the married couple to become more accepting of each other’s little peculiar ways. Stop divorce with good manners To give honest appreciation and to be courteous can be summed up by saying husbands and wives should be thankful for each other’s contributions to the marriage and should use good manners. The feeling of i...