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All Is Fair In Love and War? 

It often seems that many people feel more honor bound by certain rules and protocol of engagement when fighting a war than they feel regarding any protocols for love. We debate the ethical treatment of enemy combatants, yet the very people we profess to love the most, are often discarded recklessly and

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The Bonds that Set Us Free. Love and Attachment 

If you ask most parents about what it was like the first time they left their toddler at daycare or with a babysitter whom their child did not know well, they will tell you that it was not easy. They will probably describe their child’s response to their departure as consisting

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The Wedding to Remember

It’s the event most of us dream about at some point. We all hope that we will only have one of them in our lifetime. Whether it is a large event, a small gathering of close friends and family, or a romantic elopement, your wedding can be a beautiful moment

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Couples Therapy

The Freedom from Forgiveness

One thing we can count on in this life is that, despite our best efforts, we will hurt the ones we love and they will hurt us. Most of this hurt will be unintentional, but painful nonetheless. We all have things to learn, and we make mistakes. Therefore, heavy doses

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Relationship Advice & Tips

The Art of Loving Well

To love and to be loved is more than a nice idea that keeps greeting card companies and jewelry stores in business.  It is a biological need wired into our DNA as part of our emotional and physical survival.  The survival function of love goes far beyond reproduction of the species.  This is evident from research

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What Is Love?

For example, a relationship characterized by passion and friendship, would be predominately a relationship of romantic love.  One of my favorite answers to the age old question has been offered by the psychologist Robert Sternberg in his triangular theory of love. He asserts that there are different types of love

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Detoxify Your Relationships

Just as there are environmental toxins that can wear down the body and make it susceptible to disease, certain ways of interacting are actually toxic to relationships. These toxic interactions will inevitably destroy  any relationship if they are consistently present over time. Criticism, contempt:, defensiveness and stonewalling have been describe by

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The Psychology Behind “Home for the Holidays”

The desire to feel a sense of belonging or a sense of “home” is an instinctual desire within all of us. The holidays tend to bring this yearning to a peak. This underlies the reason why so many people look forward to the holidays and why so many others dread the holidays. The extent

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Relationship Advice & Tips

An Attitude of Gratitude – Part 1

By: Dr. Lisa Gold The ability to appreciate that which we have instead of focusing solely on that which we do not have is a key factor in a person’s resilience during difficult times. Even in the direst of circumstances there are things to be grateful for. There will be days when it seems like the only thing that goes right is there

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