How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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Getting Past Internal Issues with Friendship
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friendships are messy and often times come with internal issues. These issue can be emotional, psychological or even intellectual. To get past the issues that can potentially harm or even destroy a friendship, the offending issues need to be identified…
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Relationship Advice for the Bitter Single Girl
I am a bitter single girl. With so many reasons to be cynical and resentful, from a failed long-term relationship to career goals that get more and more slippery every day, at 30 I find myself alone and embittered. People…
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Being Single without Children
Being single without children is the lifestyle I chose a long time ago. Even when I was attracted to someone, I chose not to take it to the next level. For me this works out just fine. I enjoy not…
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The Perfect Girls Night in
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
Do you want to have a girl’s night but are a little low on ideas – or cash? These ideas also work if you want to do something when the weather is not too great to go outside to do…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friendship is a form of love that is both an emotional and a decision. The warmth of having good friendships in your life is priceless, but it still takes effort to develop and maintain any solid friendship. Most of us…
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Best Places to Meet Singles in Suburbia
Desperate house…um…people! Just because you live in the suburbs, doesn’t mean you have to spend another Pleasant Valley Sunday with the couple down the street. There are plenty of places not too far from home where you can meet other…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friendship is a state that arises from the attachment of two people that is built on mutual esteem, trust, good will, and in special cases – love. Where would we be without our friends? They support us in times of…
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Is Fear Keeping you Single
Fear can debilitate your dating life. It can cause you to shrink back and not give someone a chance. It is funny that we do this because we want a relationship but we sabotage our own changes of having one…
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Top 10 Reasons to Savor the Single Life
There are plenty of reasons to savor your single life. Perhaps a single life is not your first choice and you came in such situation after a divorce or your partner died recently; it is perfect possible you want a…
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Reasons why you should be Content with your Body the way it is
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
There are more important things in life than your appearance, but you can sometimes forget this in a society where there is so much pressure to look good. ‘Looking good’ in the West generally means being slim, toned, youthful, with…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
If you want to make friends, you must first make yourself available to be a friend. Very rarely, in our fast paced society, will a person approach a withdrawn, introverted stranger, with the express intention of starting a friendship. Very…
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How to Foster a more Positive Body Image
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
If you want to foster more positive body image it is probably a good idea not to pick up any of the magazines with young, beautiful creatures on the front covers. It might be wise to avoid switching on the…
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Dealing with a Platonic Friendship
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
All friendships are platonic by nature or at least I think that is the way they should be. A platonic friendship is defined as a non-sexual affectionate relationship between two people. Apart from those few people who like to have…
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How Single Parent Dating Affects Children
Walking away from an often stormy marriage with three small children I vowed not to date for a very long time. My plan was to work and provide for my children until they became adults. I intended on keeping their…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
To Aristotle a friend is: 1. “One soul inhabiting two bodies.” Whilst I have truly gratifying friendships, this definition seems a bit co-dependent for my liking. For example, my ex- “engaged-to-be-engaged” lover was my “best friend” at the time of…
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Relationship Advice for the Bitter Single Girl
When I first saw this title, I thought, that’s me! You know who you are, and let’s be honest; whether the man that you thought was your soul-mate turns out to be horribly rude and mean to you after the…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
A healthy friendship is forged on the qualities we deem most important in a close relationship. Trust, honesty, respect, reliability, mutual support, communication, forgiveness, and unconditional love are the elements needed to grow and maintain a healthy friendship. Mutual trust…
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Reasons why your Size shouldn’t Matter
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
People come in all different shapes and sizes, and yet people never seem to be content with the way they are. People’s attitudes towards their bodies must be, to some extent, influenced by the media since television, magazines, newspapers, movies…
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Dealing with a Platonic Friendship
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
I’m assuming that we are defining platonic friendships as being between a man and a woman where neither of the two have a romantic agenda. Right? I suppose it’s possible, but my experience with men leads me to think of…
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Reasosn why your Size shouldn’t Matter
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
In the modern world, the perfect image of a size zero body is no longer being accepted by the real individuals around the world, because many if not most are not a size zero, neither are the idealism of looking…
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Teens and Life Lessons from Friendships
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
As a teen, friendships seem to be on tap. The environments of the growing up neighborhood, school, a part-time job and sport or music/drama commitments after school, offer immediate opportunities for friendships. For many teens, friendships are taken for granted…
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Top 10 Reasons to Savor the Single Life
As a married mother of three teenagers, I have a great life. It is a rare day when I don’t feel needed, secure and surrounded by loved ones. That being said, there are times when I look back and remember…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
So, you want to make friends, but you just think of all the commitments you have to make, and you back away. Even if you’re not one to hold a big crowd of people, making friends shouldn’t be difficult. Try…
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Dating Bible Doc Love James Dobson
Doc Love is a dating guru whose advice has helped many. He has a dating technique called “The System,” which is based on three C’s: confidence, (self-) control, and challenge. For Doc, women generally like men who are confident enough…
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Dealing with a Platonic Friendship
September 27, 2015 Friends and Peers
The title of this article Dealing with a Platonic Relationship is to me an unnecessary question to raise. Why is it that everyone tries to push a “couples” type relationship on people who happen to be the opposite sex? There…
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Beauty Standards why do Women try for the Unrealistic
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
Society today is fuelled by youth and beauty. Everyone from grandmas to teenagers want to look their best, and in the process go through gruelling rounds of cosmetic surgery and spend countless amounts of money on body perfection. Some people…
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Relationship Advice for the Bitter Single Guy
Harpies, succubi, and unattainable women got you down? Well, not all women will treat you badly. Here are some ideas to get you back in the saddle again, and feeling a lot better about your chances. If you’re bitter about…
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Newly Single Dating Success on the Rebound
The biggest problem with rushing to get back into the dating game too soon after a breakup, is that you’re usually doing it for the wrong reason. If you were dumped by someone you really cared about, you’re still feeling…
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How to Handle Long Distance Relationships after College
College has come to a bittersweet end. You’ve had a wonderful time, and you have been in a committed relationship senior year. But you and your boyfriend have accepted promising job opportunities in separate cities. How will you survive? Below…
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Feeling Good Makover
September 27, 2015 Skin and Body
Tired of watching everybody else get the fabulous makeover? Don’t wait any more. Give yourself an inexpensive and quick mini-makeover! To begin with, give yourself permission to have this brief moment of selfishness. You have earned the few minutes and…
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