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Defining Fear of Intimacy
Fear of intimacy is more than a commitment phobia, a dating famine, or fear of women. It's a fear of losing yourself that suffocates your ability to love.
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Beyond Loneliness
Beyond Loneliness I talk about why borderlines push and pull and why it is so hard, if not impossible to get close to them and to stay close to them for any period of time.
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Body Image and Fear of Intimacy
Fear of intimacy is often exacerbated or made worse by a negative body image. Here's how to improve your body image and strengthen your relationships.
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Fear of Intimacy
Is your relationship hampered by emotional walls & barriers, secrets & long silences? Fear of intimacy is common in adults, especially if you've been scarred in the past.
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Fear of Intimacy in the Bedroom
Familiarity can kill passion, making casual sex more exciting than committed sex. Here's how fear of intimacy in the bedroom makes casual sex exciting.
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Overcoming Fear of Intimacy
Overcoming fear of intimacy means sharing your real self with others. Intimacy is communicating your true thoughts & feelings; fear of intimacy involves emotional walls.
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3 Common Relationship Problems
Here's how to recognize and cope with three common relationship problems. Plus, tips on expressing yourself appropriately & overcoming emotional distance.
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How Emotional Cheating Starts
In his book Emotional Infidelity: How to Avoid it, Gary Neuman describes why emotional cheating starts & how to reconnect with your partner. Tips for a strong marriage!
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Reasons People Have Sex
Why we have sex ranges from boredom to spirituality, curiosity to chemistry. To enjoy a sexual relationship with your partner, you need to move past fear of intimacy.
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Too Much Intimacy Between Lovers
Focusing too much on your relationship can contribute to its breakdown. Too much intimacy can lead to intimacy overload, which is as unhealthy as fear of intimacy.
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Building a Healthy Body Image
Building a healthy body image means you'll be confidence in your appearance, no matter what your size and shape. Here's 5 ways to build a healthy body image.
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Building Intimacy
Intimacy: talking about who you are, what you need & want, & being heard by your partner or friend. This can trigger fear of intimacy. Here's tips for building intimacy.
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Emotional Distance & Separation
Sometimes a partner is gone before they've left the room. Fear of intimacy is one predictor of emotional separation and distance...and eventual physical separation.
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Feel Great About Your Body
Body image & feeling great about your body isn't just about weight. You'll feel fantastic regardless of your shape & size with these 10 tips! Love the skin you're in.
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More Premarital Questions
Your wedding day lasts a few hours; your marriage will affect rest of your life. These premarital questions will make you more comfortable saying "I do."
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5 Easy Ways to Say I Love You
Whether you're lovers or friends with benefits, these 5 easy ways to say "I love you" will enhance your communication, increase your intimacy & get you closer together.
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64 Ways to Say I Love You
Strengthening your relationship can help you overcome fear of intimacy, develop close connections, & spice up your love life. Here's 64 ways to say I love you.
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A romantic tragedy / a Spiritual Transformation
This is another article in a series which are focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. This month's article is the third of a series within this series focused on fear of emotional intimacy.
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After You've Betrayed Your Spouse
Emotional affairs, multiple affairs and one-night stands are different types of marital infidelity. Here are six steps to save your marriage after infidelity.
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Anorexia a Psychological Problem
Experts say Italian ads featuring anorexic model Isabelle Caro encourage women to starve themselves, but fashion designers insist anorexia is a psychological problem.
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Codependence Recovery - Taking Responsibility Part 1
In March of 2003 I began a series of articles focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. This article is the first of two in which I share a little about my process of processing through issues that affected my latest romantic relationship so that I can take responsibility for the things I have some power to change.
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Codependence Recovery - Taking Responsibility Part 2
In March of 2003 I began a series of articles focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. In March 2004 I began a subseries of articles looking specifically at fear of intimacy issues - and specifically the lessons I was learning from a romantic relationship that I entered 2004 involved in. This is the last article in the series and the subseries.
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Codependent Defenses - Part 1 The Gatekeeper
In March of 2003 I began a series of articles focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. That series evolved into a series within a series with the focus on fear of emotional intimacy in romantic relationships. Now a new sub series has begun with a focus on Codependent defenses against intimacy.
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Codependent Defenses - Part 3 My Gatekeeper
In March of 2003 I began a series of articles focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. That series evolved into a series within a series with the focus on fear of emotional intimacy in romantic relationships. This is the third article of a new sub series with a focus on codependent defenses against intimacy.
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Codependent Relationships Dynamics part 1
This is the first in a series of articles about the ways in which romantic relationships in our society are set up to be dysfunctional. These articles will explore the dynamics that are a normal consequence of relationships between people who have been raised in an emotionally dishonest and repressive, shame based culture. It does not matter how much two people love each other if they are reacting to their childhood programming in their interaction.
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Codependent Relationships Dynamics part 3
This is the third in a series of articles about the ways in which romantic relationships in our society are set up to be dysfunctional. This article is about two extremes of the behavioral spectrum that is the defense of codependency - codependent and counterdependent.
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Codependent Relationships Dynamics part 4
This is the fourth in a series of articles about the ways in which romantic relationships in our society are set up to be dysfunctional. This article is about the “come here” - “go away” dynamic that is prevalent in dysfunctional relationships.
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Divorced Partners Can Be Friends
Spending time with the ex-husband or ex-wife may be unavoidable because of your kids, but is it healthy for divorced partners to be friends? Here's how you can tell.
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Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty
The Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty kicked off the Dove® Reality Diaries: an online series that shows girls' real beauty & boosts body image with the Queen of Self-Esteem.
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Dr Phil McGraw's Love Advice
Dr Phil's love advice is about being ready for romance. You can make someone fall in love with you even when you don't like yourself, but it won't last.
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Emotional Initmacy: in to me see
This is another article in a series which are focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. This month's article is the first of a series within this series focused on emotional intimacy.
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Enjoying the Journey - a Birthday Miracle
This is another article in a series which are focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. This month's article is the latest of a series within this series focused on fear of intimacy.
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Feel Better About Your Body
Are you tired of feeling bad about yourself? Feel better about your body, mind and soul with these 5 ways to boost a poor self image and build your confidence.
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Finding a Counselor for Women
Finding a counselor for women - the right therapist with whom you connect - isn't a matter of luck. Here's what to look for when you're choosing the right therapist.
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Finding Love on the Internet
Internet dating sites can be highly successful and even fun, but be careful when you're dating online. Consider these factors before you look for love on the internet
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Great Romantic Relationships
A great romantic relationship involves knowing about the stages of love, fear of intimacy, & how to say I love you. Try these psychology articles about love and sex.
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Highly Sensitive People in Love
Highly sensitive people, who can be introverts or extroverts, accept and offer love differently. Some fall in love harder; some avoid it altogether.
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How To Recognize A Womanizer
Casanovas, womanizers, lady killers, lotharios and tom cats are different words for the same type of men. Here's how to spot and resist a womanizer.
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Overcoming Male Sexual Dysfunction
Male sexual dysfunction includes impotence & erectile problems, & it can be psychological or physical in nature, or both. Here are some natural supplements & solutions.
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Protecting Personal Boundaries
Personal boundaries are key to healthy relationships. Here, learn about unhealthy versus healthy boundaries, and how to establish your personal boundaries.
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Self Fulfilling Prophecies
New research shows that group expectations are the strongest predictor of future events. Here's how self fulfilling prophecies work to shape your future.
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Self-Actualization in Action
He studied self-accepting, self-aware, spontaneous people (like Abe Lincoln) who knew how to be happy. Here's how to apply Maslow's hierarchy of needs to everyday life.
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Setting Healthy Boundaries
She sued her boyfriend for $4,000 on The People's Court; Judge Milian ruled that she had no self-respect and unhealthy boundaries. Here's why Milian was outraged.
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Setting Internal Boundaries in relationship to Romantic, Sexual Relationships
This is another article in a series which are focused upon issues involving gender, sexuality, romantic relationships, and directly related topics. This month's article is focused on the importance of learning to set internal boundaries with the inner child places and archetypal energies within us in order to have a chance to be balanced and healthy in a romantic relationship.
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Single on New Year’s Eve
Enjoy being single on New Year's Eve! Whether you're an introvert who wants a quiet night or an extrovert who wants to party, here are four great ways to greet 2008.
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Single on Valentine’s Day
Go beyond merely "coping with Valentine's Day" to actually enjoying this love festival when you're single! Here are 7 ways to enjoy being single on Valentine's Day.
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Single Parents Dating
Dating after divorce or single parent dating can have negative effects on kids of divorced parents. Here's recent research, & some pros & cons of dating after divorce.
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The Health Benefits of Yoga
Yoga can improve physical health & psychological disorders. The health benefits of yoga include improved body image, less depression & weight loss.
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The Introvert's Personality Traits
Knowing if you have extroverted or introverted personality characteristics will improve your professional and personal relationships.
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The Risks of Liposuction
The risks of liposuction or cosmetic surgery can go beyond money or hospital time. Women who suffer or die after liposuction pay a huge price for weight loss surgery.
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