by Guest Contributor | Mar 16, 2011 | Relationships
You’ve probably heard it said, “You can choose your friends, but not your relatives!” Maybe that’s why some families have a difficult time when they gather together. Grudges, feuds, misunderstandings, and long memories are fertile ground for family strife, and yet...
by Mari Boyd | Feb 24, 2011 | Relationships
I have been doing a lot of thinking about friendship lately. As a therapist, people come into my office with a variety of issues. One of the questions that I ask at the very first meeting is about their “support system.” It is important to find out...
by Amber Woller | Feb 9, 2011 | Relationships
Do you ever look at other couples with envy? They seem happy and content in their marriage while you feel alone and dissatisfied. There are many causes of marital dissatisfaction, including not having our needs met. Whether we realize it or not, we have needs that we...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 3, 2011 | Relationships
Being a virgin in 2011 is not easy. Quite the contrary. It has been very difficult to maintain this status, harder still to defend it. For a while I was surprised by the reactions of those I finally told. Most were riddled with skepticism or surprise, others closer to...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 6, 2010 | Relationships
Allow me to begin at the beginning. I was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 17, 1957. I was named Elvira Robina Mannarino and my parents were Albert and Alessandra. We lived on Herkimer Street off Eastern...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 6, 2010 | Relationships
Then, in the summer of 1994, after fifteen years of “belonging,” we moved away. Moving out of state really devastated me. In the past, when I heard women say things like that, I thought they were wimps. (Open wide, eat, and...
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