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Filling Our Home With the Good Stuff

This is part 8 of an eight part series - Reflections for a Bride Beginning your home together is exciting! Maybe you will both be moving to a new place, or one of you has lived there and now the other is preparing to move in. You’ve probably already either received some shower or wedding gifts to help with furnishing that first home together,or...

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Resolving Conflict
Resolving Conflict

Conflict is inevitable. If you manage conflict poorly, your relationships will suffer. If you manage conflict well, you'll help them grow healthy and strong. Here are steps to RESOLVE conflict. 1. R - Remain calm The number one rule for resolving conflict is to remain calm and controlled throughout the process. Rash, uncontrolled speech is...

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Picture Perfect Holiday Snapshots
Picture Perfect Holiday Snapshots

The difference between a good picture and a great one isn't a perfect face or body – it's knowing how to work the camera. Get the heads-up on secrets only the professionals know, just in time for the holiday season! Whether you’re posing for a company portrait or just mugging for the family, here are tips the professionals use to make every...

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My once happy mother is now depressed and defeated
My once happy mother is now depressed and defeated

My dad died two years ago and my mother's mother came to live with her. My grandmother is very controlling and abusive. I've seen my mom change from a happy person to a defeated nothing - I can't stand to see her like this. Advice: It is always hard to give an older person advice. Most of the time, if that advice hasn't been asked for, the person...

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Rebuilding Trust
Rebuilding Trust

Has your trust been broken? Talk to a mentor today. One of my clients once asked me what it means to trust another human being. She wanted to know how she should react when a spouse or significant other is dishonest, inconsiderate or having an affair. She wondered if it is possible to rebuild trust in someone who disappoints us greatly. What...

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Creative Ways to Shoot Your Wedding
Creative Ways to Shoot Your Wedding

Standard posed pictures are pretty, but you can make your wedding album into a real page-turner by sprinkling it with some unique images. Try a little something different for your wedding photos. Almost any photographer will know to capture a picture of the ring exchange or the cake-cutting ceremony. But you can set your photographic memories...

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We don’t communicate
We don't communicate

My husband of twelve years is becoming very distant, non-communicative and unaffectionate towards myself and our children. There is very little communication between us. I feel I give to him all the time and he takes and doesn't give back. There is no romance anymore, and sex just feels like another chore to me. I feel we are headed for a breakup....

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