Love…Where Are You?
What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion? Is love always romantic? The dictionary defines love as, “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection for a parent, child, or friend, sexual desire, affectionate concern for the well-being of others, the benevolent...... >Read More
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Love IS like a Drug After All
Love is, apparently, like a drug. At least the initial stages of passionate love. According to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine:
That rush of good feelings you have in the first few months of being in love don't just put you in a better mood; love may actually be a painkiller ... The magnitude of pain relief... >Read More
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How to Stop Spoiling Your Child
Are kids more spoiled today than in years past? According to a Time/CNN poll, 80% of respondents felt that "kids today are more spoiled than kids of 10 or 15 years ago, and two-thirds of parents admit that their kids are spoiled."
On the assumption that lovingly caring for your kids is good, but spoiling them is not so good,... >Read More
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Marriage: Little Things Add Up
The other day the headlines read “Gold prices set record high”. I am all for investment when it gets me what I want. But if you are like me you didn’t jump on the gold band wagon soon enough and wish you had years ago. So I guess you can call me dumb for not investing sooner.
But wait, I’m... >Read More
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Is Patriotism Lame?
I don't know what's been going on in your hometown lately, but here in Toronto Canada we had a weekend full of violent protests. Police cars set on fire, windows of shops smashed, and approximately 900 people arrested. All of this was due to the G20 summit, which cost billions of dollars, not including the collateral damage.
Unfortunately most...... >Read More
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Love is patient, love is ... controversial?
Online, authors can rarely predict what kind of feedback they will receive on their writing. One of the articles on our site, "Help! My Husband Doesn’t Want Sex!", has quite unexpectedly received well over 200 comments so far!
Another very popular article (that has somewhat taken us by surprise) is "What is true love?" on our student's site,...... >Read More
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Love in the Movies
Although we might hesitate to admit it, many of our beliefs and values are subliminally shaped by our culture. As Valentine's Day approaches, it's worth thinking about the ways in which our view of love has similarly been shaped ... for example, in the movies we watch.
See if you can identify the movies these famous quotes are from: (The... >Read More
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The Gift of Time
What one gift that everyone wants? The gift of time. Time is... >more
You CAN Have Straight A’s in YOUR Marriage
He stood at my kitchen counter drinking a cup of coffee. Our... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)