The Self-Help Guru has taken a retreat with Dr. Jack Kornfield and can attest that the approach in the CDs recommended here is the “real deal.”
 Affected in the past by trauma, depression, and relationship problems himself, Dr. Kornfield elegantly describes how to use Buddhist psychology - which originates in wisdom teachings more than 2500 years […]

There are quite a number of self-help treatment programs using hypnosis for an amazing number of different purposes. Unlike many popular psychotherapies in use today, especially cognitive or cognitive-behavioral therapies, hypnosis attempts to bypass the conscious thought process and address suggestions to deeper layers of the mind of which we may not always be aware.
 To evaluate these […]

TEN VALID REASONS MEN WON’T COMMIT TO MARRIAGE
(from a study, called “The State of Our Unions”

1)       Men can now get sex without marriage

2)       Men can get the same benefits just living together

3)       Men want to avoid the financial risks of divorce

4)       Men want to wait until they are older to have children

5)       Men don’t want […]

7 DATING RULES

1)         Don’t  Close Off Options Too Soon:  Date several people at once for at least 3 months.

2)         Don’t invest too much in him too soon:  Don’t decide “He’s the one!” until you’ve known him at least a year.

3)         Don’t give too much.  Make sure you get back as much as you give (tit […]

5 Ways to Rekindle Love:
1. Make sure your own life’s on track. Are you the exciting vital person you were when you married? If not, why not? Recreate your “Life Before Mate” identity that sparked the relationship initially. It takes two happy healthy people to have a happy healthy relationship.
2. Rebuild Trust. The spark can […]

Eight Tips for Single Women Who
Want an Intimate, Bonded Relationship
By Carolyn Bushong

1. Don’t have sex too soon. Make sure you take time to know each other.
 
2. Always tell him what you want from him and from the relationship and what you will do if you don’t get it.
 
3. Don’t give him the power to make […]

LOVE ADVICE
Q&A:  She wants sex, he doesn’t.
Question:
I am engaged to be married to a wonderful man!  He’s a loving family man with a secure job, he loves me dearly and tells me often, and he doesn’t have a problem showing affection toward me in public.  The problem is when we go to bed.  He likes […]

EXES- SHOULD YOU STAY FRIENDS OR NOT?  Angelina Jolie likes to stay in touch with her exes.  Life & Style Magazine recently called me and asked me why she would want to do that and I told them. 
Why do people keep exes in their lives, and should they?
The Why:
1)         APPROVAL ISSUES.  The person who […]

DO YOU NEED RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING? Couples often put off seeing a therapist, hoping that things will work themselves out on their own.  Many times we think the issues got resolved, when what really happened is we forgot about it, and then the same issue rears it ugly head again.  And when it comes back with it […]

8 Key Ingredients of Love By Carolyn Bushong 
The Eight Key Ingredients of Love 
1.                  Common relationship goals regarding the present and the future including (but not limited to) emotional intimacy, quality time together, pursuit of interests, marriage, children, social life, a home, financial security, sexual intimacy and companionship.
2.                  A Feeling of goodwill that comes from warmth […]