Communication

Communication is an ongoing process where individuals share information that results in an interaction. There are many ways in which communication can take place. Communication can be in the form of a written message that can be handwritten, typed, electronically…
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A father is generally considered the strongest male role model in his son’s life. A man’s son generally looks up to him, and picks up many qualities from him during the young, formative years of his life.  A father most…
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Harmless untruths, those Little White Lies, can become a habit as easily as any other behavior. Studies have shown that many people lie at least once a day and, for some, 2 or 3 times every 10 minutes. Often, lying feels…
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The recent reelection of U.S. President Barack Obama celebrated the victory of great communicators. Its well known that his performance in the first debate wasn’t up to his usual peak, but anyway, getting the essence of this Helium article is…
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People typically ask for advice when they need moral support, a shoulder to lean on, or the knowledge that someone cares and is eager to help. Giving and receiving advice can lead to meaningful conversations and deeper bonds. Before giving…
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Without a doubt, better communication skills reduce stress. Whether at work or at home, out in the community or in a distant location, how effective an individual communicates can make a critical difference in getting needs and desires met. How…
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 Approving you child’s dreams is important in their development if you want them to succeed. It is the parents’ responsibility to make sure they will not impose their dreams on their child. There are many ways to embrace and approve…
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It can be a tough and very stressful experience for a landlord to deal with a difficult tenant. There are a lot of good tenants out there who rent a property and look after the place as well as pay…
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Conflict and disharmony in their many forms may result in stress. Success and achievement might also result in stress. When a situation requires more than a normal amount of attention or effort from an individual it could be defined as…
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So, you gave them an allowance and they have gone through it. Or, they have gotten that after school job, and they actually have less money than they did before they started working. You realize that it is time to…
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Loneliness is a situation that never really occurs to any of us until it happens. You may suddenly find yourself in a situation where you are separated from loved ones, and begin to feel isolated from the world. This doesn’t…
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All emotions, whether they are positive or negative, have influences on relationships. Negative emotions, in particular, are important factors that can destroy relationships. Anger is one of those negative emotions that can ruin a relationship in silence. Festering, boiling anger…
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The more you feed yourself with something such as negativity, the more real it is to you. This is the beauty of talking to yourself. The more you engage yourself in positive talk, the more positive you become and more…
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No matter where you go, you can find stories about how a person’s anger got the best of them. People say things that are intended to hurt others, when they are angry. Sometimes extreme anger can turn into full blown…
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What is the best way to kiss?   The first kiss should be one that will simply take your partners breath away to the point that they will be talking about it for weeks with their friends.  Of course setting…
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They say that couples that do not argue do not talk. Every couple in the world has arguments no matter how hard they try to convince you that they do not. But anger can very quickly become a problem in…
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Many adults become isolated as they get older. There can be many reasons. Some lose their partner. The children go to college, get married or move away from home. Some miss their co-workers once they are retired. Others get isolated…
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If you have ever rented from someone, chances are that you may have had a difficult landlord at one point in time or another. Some landlord’s are more cut out for the job and the responsibilities that come with being…
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This is a loaded question! What wives tell their husbands, or husbands tell their wives, is of no consequence to anyone but themselves; therefore, they should make a decision based on their separate circumstances. But I had to vote “yes”…
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In the early 1970s, the Foxfire books were published as part of an ongoing project at the Rabun Gap Nacoochee School in Georgia. The books consisted of articles the students of teacher, Eliot Wigginton, wrote by conducting ethnographic histories with…
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Dealing with a partner who constantly criticizes you is a very difficult challenge. It’s easy to begin to believe the other person and to start to feel like you deserve it. With a few easy changes in how you view…
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Every individual enters into a relationship and marriage with certain ideas and expectations about what a good partner is and what a successful relationship should be like. These preconceived notions can come from our families of origin, past relationships, spiritual…
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You can come across self-centered people in any area of your life, and how you decide to deal with them may depend on the setting in which they’ve popped up. If it’s a friend or acquaintance in social settings, you…
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Some people are firm believers in the old dictum “if it’s not broken don’t fix it.” If everything is fine between us why spoil it by talking? This may be true some of the time. However, when it comes to…
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Many people have trouble noticing lies. Sometimes, people just don’t want to believe they’re being lied to, or they are oblivious to it. So if you think you’re being lied to, here’s some tips as to how you can tell….
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Fighting. The one thing that every relationship dreads, but can not escape from. Any way you try to loop around them, you must realize that they are everywhere. But here are ways to avoid them. Make these tips your fighting…
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There are very few in the world with which a person can share many aspects of life. Siblings have a connection with one another that cannot be matched. Sharing similar genetics; being raised in the same environment with the same…
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Men and women are certainly different in the way we do most everything, which is generally why we refer to it as women being from Venus and men from Mars. There are little things we do in order to attract…
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It is often said that honesty is always the best policy. Honesty needs to be more than a matter of policy, but a matter of the heart. An honest person has a character of honesty more so than a moral…
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Communicating with a spouse can be difficult sometimes for a number of reasons. The major reason is that men and women think differently. What a woman is saying is not necessary what a man hears even though the words may…
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