Why are so many women surprised to discover their spouse or mate has decided to have an affair, and the person they chose is their best friend. How many friendships and marriages are devastated by philandering that occurs in the…
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November 8, 2014 Crisis Support
I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. In my family I would call it a generational curse of sorts. It has literally taken nearly all of my 40 years of life to completely realize the long term impact that…
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November 7, 2014 Crisis Support
When someone you love decides to end their own life your emotions can be strewn from pillar to post. From sadness and anger, to guilt and grief. We search for answers to why they chose to end their lives and…
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November 7, 2014 Crisis Support
You have just endured the loss of a loved one, where do you go from here. Everywhere you look something reminds you of them. Little snippets that draw your eye and find you getting misty eyed at the thought of…
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November 7, 2014 Crisis Support
Have you ever lost someone you were close to? A mother or father or grandparent? At some point in our lives we will all have to face the loss of someone we are exceptionally close to and it is going…
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September 30, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Intimacy is the part of a marriage we often fall short of daily. Intimacy is not about sex , quite the contrary, intimacy is about knowing what your partner needs in that moment of time, without them having to tell…
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
She knows he is bad news, everyone around her can see it, but all she can say is, she loves him and he loves her. We know what is coming, we can see the danger written all over him, yet…
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
You went out with friends, went to the party, went to the club and found yourself the victim of rape. Perhaps you were the victim of the date rape drug and the details are fuzzy, but you don’t remember agreeing…
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
When a man or woman gets out of an abusive relationship their need for positive support is great. To reduce the risk of their return to the abuser, they must believe that there is something outside for them to strive…
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
Emotional abuse is not as hard to recognize as many people would think. This type of abuse doesn’t leave any visible scarring but sometimes words hurt much worse and last much longer then any physical harm a person may endure….
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
When a man attacks a woman the entire act is an act of violence and power. Most attackers want to control whomever they attack and have usually picked a woman they feel will not fight back. Learning to defend yourself…
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September 26, 2014 Crisis Support
Women in domestic violence relationships are often questioned in their decisions to stay. From the outside it is easy for us to say ,”Why doesn’t she just leave, she deserves better.” But what we don’t look at is what the…
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September 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When in the midst of an affair one often desires to keep it a secret from everyone. Occasionally you get the rare soul who will dare take their lover out into public but usually not anywhere they would be easily…
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September 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When one thinks of infidelity we envision sneaky rendezvous in sleazy motels. In today’s society of social networking, porn at your fingertips and text messages infidelity has grown to an all new level. One would ask if were ever acceptable…
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September 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When we think of love and relationships we often talk about how someone makes us feel. They make us feel loved or desired or sexy, wanted, interesting, smart, funny. All can be used as an emotional description. When in a…
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September 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Having been involved in an affair at one point in my marriage I can tell you if I could turn back the clock I would have done things far differently than I did. Although my husband and I did survive…
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August 6, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
The man or woman of your dreams is finally yours, the vows have been said rings exchanged. Along with them you get the family that comes with them. Hopefully you have all met and get along famously, but if not…
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June 16, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse I have learned a lot about recovery and taking back my rights as a woman in many areas. But today I am speaking to the men in the life of an abuse victim….
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Pheromones the scents we put off when we are attracted to someone else, overpowering chemical responses that we often have no control over. But what could cause those same hormones to run and hide for one person, and yet come…
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Passive communicators can make life very difficult for many people. We often like to know someone’s opinion, or their input in a certain topic, so we ask them what they think. Here is where a passive person makes communication difficult….
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March 25, 2014 Friends and Peers
We all know a woman who rarely surrounds herself with other women. She doesn’t even make an effort to hide her disdain or other women. You have tried to talk to her and get to know her but she is…
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I have often heard it said having 2 women in a household makes for a guaranteed argument. Why is it often the mothers and daughters who have the hardest time relating to one another? I think many different issues can…
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March 6, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
We like to think we know everything there is to know about our spouses. But we are often caught off guard when we learn things about them that we would have never imagined. Many secrets can be devastating to a…
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Grief affects each person differently. It can even be different based on cultural teachings. In America many people view a funeral and death as a sad occasion, they weep and sob for the lost loved one as if they have…
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February 1, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
After an affair has been discovered or revealed we are often left holding a pile of questions with very few answers. The betrayed spouse is wondering where to go from here, how to pick up the pieces and move on,…
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December 25, 2013 Communication
Ask any married man the one thing that his wife does that drives him crazy and he is apt to answer you, ‘Easy; she nags me all the time.” What makes a woman be considered a nagger to her husband?…
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As the baby of my family by 11 years to my next closest sibling I can state that growing up that far apart has created rifts in our relationships. My sisters were out of the house by the time I…
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As a mother of 3 growing boys I find myself concerned with the types of girls they choose to affiliate with. In today’s society of fast and loose living it has become a large fear to become a young grandmother…
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November 8, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Have you ever been involved in a relationship that was devastated by an affair? Why is it that often times the cheating spouse finds it okay to abuse the other spouse verbally and sometimes physically? Words are slung around that…
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November 8, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
You have heard it said once a cheater, always a cheater, but I would dare to say that is not always the case. I was a cheater. 6 years later and I have never cheated again, nor have I had…
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