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Healthy versus Unhealthy Relationships

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My clients often ask about the difference. So here are just a few of the main ideas explained in detail. They can look similar. For example, all relationships have anger -- people ALL get angry. But it's the way the anger is expressed that defines healthy versus UNHEALTHY. People model their relationships after those of family -- and everyone ASSUMES the way they behave in a relationship is NORMAL and HEALTHY. However, not everyone acts healthy in a relationship. Read below to identify if YOU are acting right, or if your partner is. If you've been raised in an unhealthy way, it's your obligation to heal yourself, and change your behavior in the future. Otherwise, you WILL create unhealthy future relationships in ALL areas of your life, and without real change, any future children you should have WILL be affected and will continue the cycle. This is GUARANTEED to happen unless you choose to change. Acting in an unhealthy way in an relationship violates the basic ideas of wha

Quotes about love!

"Love is like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low." HENRY WARD BEECHE Love isn't like money--the more you give away the more you get back, and the more you have to give. S. M. STIRLING Here are some ideas to keep in mind for all of my clients -- whether looking for "the one" or wanting to improve their existing relationship. Below are some quotes about love, but first, some thoughts of mine. The world is an interesting place, because we see examples of AMAZING love, but also bitter hatred that causes people to do AWFUL terrible things -- from killing and torturing others, to kicking their own dog out of frustration, or doing strange things in relationships that are harmful emotionally or physically -- my clients often wonder, regarding relationships, "how could she do that?" or "how could he do that?" when these things are so harmful (and painful to the person on the receiving end). Streng

What are your top goals? (for the near future)

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What are your TOP GOALS?? If you're like most people, you probably want to get in great shape for the summer! And that's a great do-able goal to have. But you might have a whole LIST of other goals on your mind. Write out your own GOAL LIST for the next few months, to focus you in on achieving what you WANT most. To inspire you, here are some fun goals my client's are working on: (taken from a bunch of clients to protect their privacy). Are any of these goals your OWN goals too? 1) meeting the love of his/her life -- a legit soul-mate. 2) quitting the FT job and working as a financial trader full-time 3) moving to a foreign country (without already knowing the language!) 4) launching a brand new business (several ideas are on the table -- and learning to work from home without losing motivation) 5) expanding an existing business (let's not struggle, and how about a million dollars? why not?) 5) standing up to family and negative friends/ avoiding negativity at the