Beth Scholes

Be the Best I can be, Today

I am 41 and spent Mother’s day morning getting up at 5:30 (yes a.m.) by choice to do a 10km run. (Run is a strong word).  Now before you shut me off and say this doesn’t apply to you, just stick with me for a moment.  I am NOT one of those super fit types that loves to exercise.  (I really don’t understand that thinking myself)  My story...

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Help! I am in crisis!
Help! I am in crisis!

Take a deep breath: You will survive, you are not alone and it has happened to someone else, there is hope.  You feel like your world is out of control right now and it probably is.  Remember it won’t stay this way forever.  Think of another time you felt overwhelmed, what did you do to handle it in a healthy way?  We all handle stress differently...

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Safe Sex: Do You Feel Safe in Your Marriage?
Safe Sex: Do You Feel Safe in Your Marriage?

Today I am going to take a different approach to the term safe sex. I want to look at the safety of sex in a monogamous marriage. Due to responses I have received from my blog on unmet expectations, I wanted to address safety in the marriage bed. Here is a quote from one of the responses, “I cried myself to sleep for yrs throughout a 14 yr marriage...

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Unmet Expectations: Sex three times a week?
Unmet Expectations: Sex three times a week?

If you are married, you have experienced unmet expectations in your marriage. We all have, myself included.  Expectations begin long before your wedding day. When my husband and I were engaged I met up with a friend my parents’ age who had been married for 25 years.  She was very enthusiastic.  She told me they had a great marriage and that...

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