Communication is very important in a relationship. First we have to understand that there are differences in men and women. Men do not think like women and vice versa. We have to stop looking at the other person’s gender as…
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Carey, her pseudo name, worked for the gas company. It washer first job. They gave her the challenge of working in thecomplaint department. Every day she had the pleasurable jobof listening and trying to calm the irate customers who calledin…
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If you were to meet a fish at the end of a river, you would not ask how he got there. It’s not always important how you got somewhere but that you have arrived. This same analogy applies to relationships….
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Have you ever heard the old saying that silence is deafening? When communication fails and neither partner speak, the damaging effects can be unbearable. We are a society that is well versed in languages of all forms. Exploring the issues…
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I’m all for healthy and open marriages, but the time to discuss past relationship history is before the marriage. By the time he’s said “I do” he needs to say “I don’t” to drama. One of the key mistakes couples…
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We live in a world so noisy we don’t even know what silence means. Is there ever a moment when sound, often categorized as noise, isn’t present? Perhaps this is why silence can be so startling. With our need to…
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The three words “I love you” have held deep meanings for millions of humans since the dawn of human history. Yet, not everyone has always meant these three words. This proves that we should always wait to say “I love…
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Should a Wife Tell Her Husband about her romantic Past? Yes. Part of any relationship is communication and honesty, yet who said it would be easy? When a woman first meet a man, it is very unkind and semi crazy…
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This is a very difficult question to answer because communication is a two-way process, not one. In life, most of us have almost total control of our responses when it comes to communication. This includes our thoughts, our perceptions of…
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In order to have a viable relationship with another human being, you have to accept and embrace the whole person. Everyone has shortcomings. The desire to be perfect, and to be surrounded by perfection, is a flaw in perception of…
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The silent treatment is an effective tool in a relationship, in the same way your parents telling you, “We’re not mad, just disappointed:” It works and it hurts like hell. The silent treatment denotes a level of frustration, anger and…
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Text massaging, just like e-mail is changing the ways of communication as we once knew it. People in todays society rely more and more on their cell phones and computers for communicating with friends and family. The day of using…
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There is one in every crowd. No, we’re not talking about that part of the anatomy located at the end of the colon, but rather the know-it-all. Come to think of it, the first thing that came to your mind…
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Silence. The word brings so many conflicting thoughts to mind. Silence is golden. If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all. Silence speaks volumes. At first glance it seems like we can not make up our minds…
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IS IT WISER TO TELL THE TRUTH ? Is it wiser to tell the truth? Not always it is wise. There are situations that demand passive silence. The gospels of all religions emphatically preach the truth that truth is to…
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Some people spend their entire lives never getting what they want, simply because they do not know how to ask. They end up feeling deprived, disappointed and resentful much of the time. When you neglect to ask for what you…
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I would describe colors to the blind from the inside out. I would start at the very heart of us, our heart. We see things differently when looking at things with our heart than we do with our eyes, so…
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The older one gets the wiser one’s parents seem to become. One of those tidbits we learn from our parents is that there is a time and place for everything. That includes sentences that begin with a command. Communication is…
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While texting certainly has it’s drawbacks, it also has perks that may often be overlooked. Yes, it is a bit awkward fumbling one handed with your cell-phone hitting the keys repeatedly just to get to a certain letter, but in…
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I’d have to say that no, conversation hasn’t become a lost art; if anything, it has become an art in just the past 15 years with the integration of technology into everyone’s life. Calling conversation an art is kind of…
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The debate is quickly heating up over whether or not text messaging is ruining real communication. A strong argument could be made on either side. But, like most new innovations, text messaging can be seen as simply an evolution of…
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Gossip can scar a person’s image, and diminish their credibility. No matter what the situation, when a person is falsely accused because of rumors from a person who may be jealous or insecure to the point that they feel the need…
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I know my mother loved me. One of her friends told me so about ten years after her death. The last time I saw my mother, she had some lovely things to say about me, for the first time ever….
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When we say communication we we mean not exactly talking but to convey message to the other person whom you are talking to. Just like sign language text-messaging is also one kind of communication over the phone. If I remembered…
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It’s a good idea to look at the relationships in your life as a glass of water. There are things that fill the glass up, just as there are things that empty the glass – complaints definitely fall into the latter category….
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As the old adage says, there is a time and a place for everything. What is left unsaid, however (and is often overlooked), is that a thing’s time might be short or long and its place might be small or…
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I swear, if I read another blog with rubbish similar to text-message speakings in it I am going to lose all composure. I mean, yes, from time to time, I use text message lingo, if you will, but only on…
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How happiness is related to how we speak about ourselves? Happiness is in our nature and yet for many of us we are unaware of it. Many of us think that Happiness is something to pursue. If we can realize…
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I never want anyone to say I’m too old to learn anything new, as I used to say about the older workers when computers became common in the workplace. I remember how sorry I felt for the plump secretary just…
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When posed with this question, I took a moment to remember what methods of communicating I used before the advent of text messaging. After sifting through my childhood memories, onwards throughout my teenage years and early adulthood, I came to…
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