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Relationship Issues

Below are the articles in the Relationship Issues category. Each article title is followed by a short introduction of the content. You may click "Read excerpt" for a more comprehensive introduction or click the "Purchase" link to buy the article.

Accepting the “Gift” of Criticism
Most of us can accept compliments. Some of us can accept suggestions. But most of us draw the line at criticism. Yet, criticism can be one of the most constructive and profound tools to change ourselves and improve our relationships with others.
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Are You Caretaking or Taking Care?
As this quiz reveals, “taking care” and “caretaking” are vastly different in practice.
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Design the Alliance—Empower All of Your Relationships
To create a mutually successful experience in any relationship, apply the coaching concept designed alliance.
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How Controlling Are You?
We all know them…the folks who MUST CONTROL EVERYTHING. This quiz will help identify if that controlling person is you.
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How Well Constructed Are Your Boundaries?
The poet said, “Good fences make good neighbors.” He was right. Good boundaries make life easier, reduce conflict and improve relationships. This quiz will help a person determine where his or her boundaries are healthy and where they might need shoring up.
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Learning to Pay Attention to “Red Flags”
Too often we ignore the early warning signs that something is wrong, and by the time we sit up and take notice, the problems have multiplied.
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Rewriting the Myth of Perfect Togetherness
Two people fall in love, and then forever more go everywhere and do everything together. That’s the ideal, isn’t it?
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means to You
Respect isn’t getting much respect these days. A person may demand respect from his or her family, social circle, and co-workers, then “dis” others with abandon. Why does that matter?
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Stopping Verbal Abuse in Its Tracks
Sarah’s husband yells at her for muting a commercial then greets her apology with more yelling and bizarre accusations. What’s going on there?
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To Do or Not to Do? That Is the Commitment Question
Marie longed for a permanent relationship, but kept gravitating toward men with “a commitment problem.” They were married, from another state, getting over an old girlfriend…. But perhaps the problem was actually Marie’s.
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Top 10 Barriers to Connection
Avoiding these ten behaviors can greatly improve relationships.
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Top 10 Fears That Ruin Relationships
Fear is often present in relationships, but it doesn’t have to sabotage the relationship. This article helps one recognize fears and be more able to work with them.
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Working on Your Relationship—Alone
As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. It takes two to make a relationship and, it follows, two to work on that relationship. But what if one person doesn’t want to do the work—especially if that work involves going to couples counseling?
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