Control, Helplessness, And Love During my 35 years of counseling individuals, couples, families and business partners, I have discovered that an important purpose of our controlling behavior in our relationships is to avoid the feeling of helplessness One of the hardest feelings to feel is helplessness Most of us are unwilling to even know what we are and are not helpless over Our controlling behavior toward others generally comes from our unwillingness to accept our helplessness over others' feelings and ...

Being A Pack Rat *Hurts* In Ways You Don't Even Realize Copyright © Jan Tincher - All Rights reserved http://wwwtameyourbraincom Some people don't realize what they are doing to themselves and their families Are you that person? If you are familiar with Feng Shui, then you understand the title already If you don't, this is just a sample of what Feng Shui is about The chi or good spirit that moves through the universe is attracted to many things If you want good ...

Be Glad That There’s Quarrel in Your Relationship Is your love relationship smooth? Have the both of you actually quarreled before? If your answer is yes, then you should be happy and be glad that it happened But if your answer is however a no, then you should be aware of the danger that you are facing Hmm… did I make things sound a bit too scary? Ha, it is not exactly that serious; don’t be scared off by me ...

10 Tips to Attract Women Like Magnets ABOUT THE AUTHOR J E Barron is a relationship expert and editor of RomanticKLEcom, the online romance site featuring unique and creative tips and ideas designed to enhance your love life and immediately create the relationship of your dreams Visit wwwRomanticKLEcom for more great tips on enhancing your intimate relationship

Are You Superficial? "So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way" from Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell Like the clouds in Joni Mitchell's song, words get in our way all the time Have you ever stopped to think about the power of your words? Especially the words you use all the time Besides the value of words for sharing ideas and experiences, words can also cause us to limit our understanding of the people and things ...

Lies about Alcohol Dear Jen,I have been dating a man I met online for just over a month now When we first met, he told me that he doesn’t drink alcohol, and that is one of the things I liked about him after having been raised by an alcoholic father The other night, when he came to pick me up for our date, I was sure I smelled alcohol on his breath What should I do?Signed,Swimming in GinDear Swimming in ...

Are people using e-cards to say important things in life sit Are people using e-cards to say important things in life situations? The answer is yes, says things-to-saycom things-to-saycom is a greeting card site that offers various things to say in life situations The most popular category on this site is Love and Romance Situations People are eating this up A greeting card that says it all -- what a better way to ask for someone's hand in marriage It ...

Why? Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 1, 2004I met Sean a year and a half ago in a crowd of 50,000 people We struck up a conversation and really hit it off He gave me his number, which I forgot I thought about tracking him down, but figured if it was meant to be we would meet again Three weeks later I got a phone call from him, and we have been together ever since, until ...

What Are You Resisting? If you are stuck somewhere in your life, the chances are you are stuck because you are resisting something Many people grew up with one or two controlling parents or caregivers, and therefore learned numerous ways of overtly or covertly resisting being controlled Who or what are you resisting? RESISTING BEING CONTROLLED BY ANOTHER PERSON Noah fell madly in love with Celia It had been a long time since he had felt in love and he was ...