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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Dating Dilemmas Advice
Sharon spent two years observing as her husband’s emotions drifted farther away. Like a developing cancer, she noticed the early warning signs. Late nights at the office became more frequent, as did the unavoidable business trips. When not at the…
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Is there such a Thing as a True Man of our Dreams
Yes there is such a thing as a true man of our dreams. But he is never what we think he should be. If we are living from our personality we may not even recognize him. A true “man of…
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Women and the Cinderella Complex Fairytales Happily ever after Relationships Dating
As a little girl, I was the epitome of a “tom boy.” I rarely let my mother brush my hair, I wore the same flannel shirt and ripped jeans to school for almost two weeks at a time, and I…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
When the temperature rises, the sound of lawnmowers buzz through the air, and the buds begin to blossom on the trees, thousands of women across America feel one thing-dread. That’s right, dread. As crazy as it sounds, for many of…
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How Beauty Advertisements are Fuelling Womens Body Insecurities
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Beauty advertisements are a main cause of fuelling women’s body insecurities for a variety of different reasons. Women, much more than men have the pressure of the media and their representation of what beauty is, this puts insecurities on their…
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Anatomy of a Codependent Relationship
A codependent relationship is one in which neither party feels that they can function without the other. There are several factors and signs of a codependent relationship. – The Background: The majority of the time, codependency has already laid its…
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Death and Dying
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
I sat in the pew stunned, outside myself, and empty. People moved all around me but I was unaware, even the sounds were muted as if coming through the glass walls of a bell jar. I had known for months…
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Friendship Issues Advice
September 3, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friends The path through life can be a very long and tedious journey. It can be, but it can also be to short to fit all the things in that you would like to. On this path we meet so…
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Help for a Grieving Friend
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
When someone dies, it is most comfortable, normal and easiest route, for people to say, “I’m sorry.” This is a short phrase that has been ingrained into our brains as a filler of words as if it was the make-it-better…
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What are the Stages of Romance
Obviously romance is such a subjective experience that there is no scientific way to explain its stages as they do on The Nature Channel. Thankfully humans are much more complicated than that. With that said, there are many consistencies in…
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What does a Codependent Relationship look like
What does it take to create a co-dependent relationship? The relationship is one where there is someone who has an addiction. They are addicted to something unrelated to the relationship. For example, they may be addicted to drugs, alcohol, shopping,…
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Older Women and Younger Men
You’ve thought about it, asked your friends opinions on it, and are getting ready to do it! You are an older woman looking to date a younger man. There’s a widely known term describing women like you; cougars. Relationships involving…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Be Comfortable With Your Body Image This Summer Summer is here, and it’s suddenly much harder to hide your body behind baggy sweaters and extra layers of clothes. Many women cringe at the thought of exposing their less-than-perfect bodies in…
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Dating yourself first
Dating is a special skill and it is not easy for everyone. While it need not be a scary experience, dating and courtship can definitely be life-changing. How will you know what you want in a person if you don’t…
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Creative Ways to Show your Girlfriend you Love her
Actions speak louder than words. For many people, it isn’t always enough to just say how you feel. You have to show that you mean what you say. In general, women tend to be more needy and sentimental than men…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
The summer is a time of playful indulgence. The temperatures soar and the sun gleams its brightest. The ski slopes close for the season and beaches open for business. Yes, the summer can be exciting and fun. However, if you…
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Helping Children Deal with Death
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
Helping Children Deal with Death When a parent, sibling or grandparent dies, you are so overwhelmed that it is often difficult to know how to deal with children at the same time. Sadly, my children lost their dad when they…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Summertime and the living is easy. Or is it? It depends on how you feel about your body and whether you’re comfortable exposing more of it. It may bring out all of those bad feelings you have about yourself for…
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How to Live after you Lose someone Special
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
This isn’t meant to sound callous, but I don’t see what choice you have. People live. People die. Every one of us is going to lose someone very special to him/her before his/her own demise. It’s all a part of…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Let’s face it, you are never going to feel good about yourself until you can be comfortable with yourself, even when you are at your worst. That basically boils down to one thing, self righteousness. Yeah, so what does that…
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How to tell if a Girl Likes you
Since prehistoric times men have struggled with the difficult task of deciding how girls feel about them. The truth is, girls are complex individuals who often struggle themselves with deciding how they feel about men. To further complicate the matter,…
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Body Language says it all
Body language is more powerful than the spoken word. Believe me, I experienced it, and it left a memory so stubborn that even today, I remember his smile, his eyes and the messages they held, and that chemical flow that…
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How Relationships Act as Mirrors to Reveal who we are
Our relationships with others reveal more about ourselves than we realize. Opposites often attract and for good reason. When we see a quality in another which we feel we lack, we will find this person appealing because of that quality….
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Swimsuit season is here and what should be a time of fun and relaxation is often just the opposite. Most of us would do anything to avoid shopping for a swimsuit because we’re not happy with one or more parts…
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Dating the Child Man
Peter Pan is cute and there is little doubt that Wendy loved him. That is what makes the Disney movie and Peter Pan Pantomimes so enjoyable for millions. However, fiction is often a great deal more enjoyable than fact. For…
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Why the Nice Guy never gets the Girl
Nice guys and bad boys… Opinions to say the least. But, if we could be simply segregated in to just these two groups, how would we define each one? I think that this is an important question. Who knows, once…
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Helping Children with Grief and Loss
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
Preparation for discussing imminent death truly begins well before you are faced with having to tell children about the pending death or death of a loved one. If you have had the time, for instance during a terminal illness, you…
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How to Overcome Grief at the Loss of a Loved one
September 3, 2015 Crisis Support
How to overcome grief at the loss of a loved one You can overcome the initial shock of grief after a significant amount of time has passed. It is true what they say about time healing wounds. However, you will…
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Ten Reasons you should Marry a Geek
Ladies, if you want to live happily ever after, grab a geek. You may have difficulty, because geeks are notoriously shy. Check the libraries, art museums, cultural centers, as well as any sites of higher education in your area. If…
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Summer Beauty Overcoming Body Image Issues
September 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Summer’s approach opens the door to lazy Saturdays, backyard cookouts, and long holiday weekends spent with family and friends. However, for many of us, warm weather can also inspire anxiety, as summer activities and temperatures cause us to shed layers…
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