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Big Baby Steps
Tools to Help your Whiny, Self-centered, Immature Mate Become an Adult

It's adorable when a baby pouts his way through stressful situations, but when your partner does the same thing, it's incredibly frustrating. Though narcissistic behavior is common in young children, most of us learn to compromise and consider other people's feelings as we get older. Some though, slip through the cracks and grow up to be immature, self-absorbed adults. If you're married to someone who still treats himself as the center of the universe, you can end up feeling bitter, angry and frustrated if you don't act to change the situation…
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Why Weight?
The Truth about Packing On the Pounds

Are you sick and tired of struggling with food? Life is too short to be hassling with your weight! Weight gain is as simple as increased calories ingested and decreased calories burned. Yeah, right! That statement doesn't take into consideration many real life issues that keep the pounds packing on – issues like how you feel about yourself, unresolved childhood hurts, how your family treats you, a deep rejection, a dead-end job, or a dull, boring routine.  The reality for many is that the ups and downs of the scale are about how we react to the ups and downs of life…
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Quirkology l0l
Living with Life's Little Oddities in Others

"And that's when I shot her, your Honor," my husband says, when he's annoyed with one of my many quirks that drive him crazy. Quirks.  We all have them.  Yet, we tend to think of quirks as being those odd habits, strange mannerisms, or annoying behaviors that we observe in other people…
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Beware the Underminer
Handling People who Casually Try to Ruin
Your Life
It doesn't sound like a put-down when your old friend teases you about your new haircut, but later that night, you're still thinking about how she said you had to be really brave to pull off a haircut like that at your weight. You've always thought your co-worker was really nice, but now that you're both up for the same promotion, he seems determined to criticize your ideas as loudly and as often as he can.  You may not realize it, but you're dealing with an underminer, a person who seems both helpful and harmless but who really thrives on making you feel bad about yourself…
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Dumped!
Getting Over Getting Dumped

When Sherry arrived home from work, her live-in boyfriend of four years, Greg, greeted her with a kiss on the cheek and a dinner invitation.  Sherry knew instinctively that something was wrong. Greg had been cold and distant lately, plus he never wanted to go out to a restaurant. Over a glass of wine, he said the words a lover dreads to hear: "It's time for us to move on. I'm not in love with you anymore."
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Running from Love
Understanding the Hidden Fears of Intimacy

If you visit an online matchmaking service, you'll find everyone roaming around looking for love.  But some people are just the opposite.  Some are skittering around looking for an escape hatch at the very thought of being close to someone.  Are you attracted to a love runner?...
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Are you Rubber or Glue?
Understanding the Hidden Fears of Intimacy

"I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!"  That old playground taunt is usually reserved for kids warding off bullies, but its wisdom can be applied by anyone. No matter what your age, if you refuse to take insults and negativity on board, you'll be immune to a great deal of stress and frustration...
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Half a Mind
Right Brain VS. Left Brain

Do you know someone to whom you just can't relate?  They're the one who thinks so differently than you do.  In fact, the way they go through life irritates you.  Maybe you're neat and organized, and they're slightly scattered and messy.  Or they are forever late and you are always on time.  Maybe you can't put things into words and they constantly tell you to just spit it out.  No, we're not talking about men and women, Mars and Venus.  We're talking about which side of your brain dominates and rules your life…
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Shame Off You
Four Steps to shame-free living

Nobody wants to feel ashamed, but most of us do at one time or another. We all know what shame feels like, but not many of us know anything about overcoming it. It is possible to get the shame off, and you can start by…
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Bam! Bang! Boom!
When a Loved One Explodes from Anger

Sarah jumped out of the chair where she was sitting and reading a magazine.  Her husband, Joseph, had just thrown his new computer across the room, causing it to put a hole in the wall and sending shards of plastic and hardware flying.  Sarah's had only asked him to go and check on their sons who were upstairs playing video games. What would make Joseph explode with such anger?...
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Goodbye Friend
Coping with the loss of a beloved pet

Animals are great friends.  They make no criticisms, pass no judgments, and ask no questions.  These kindly critters don't care how we look or what we do for a living. They don't point out our shortcomings. They're not jealous of our successes. Pets accept us just as we are, in all our magnificence, and all our messiness. Coping with their loss…
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The Black Hole
Making the Best of a Ho-Hum Job

Matthew wasn't sure when exactly it happened, but in the past few months, he felt trapped in every area of his life.  There was nothing new except, it seemed, more stress. 
Tallying up, he realized that he and his wife spoke no more than 25 words a day to one another, unless there was an argument. His job seemed to have turned into a 24-hour commitment.  He had missed three of his son's five baseball games, and two of the ones he did attend were spent fielding phone calls from clients.  Rush hour consumed one frustrating hour each morning and one tiresome hour each evening.  This entire scenario can be turned around by…Like what you see? Subscribe now!

Nag-aholics
Breaking free from the Nag trap

Are you at your wit’s end with your spouse or kids?  Are you forced to hound your loved ones, just to get anything done?  Do you wonder what the heck it's going to take for them to get it?  No matter what the subject, saying the same thing over and over and over again is nagging. To break free from this trap…
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You, the Guru
Designing Your Own "Happy Living" Program

After a 12-hour day at the office, rushing from one frustrating meeting to another, all while dealing with exasperating co-workers and an over-demanding boss, you get in your car and drive the 90-minute commute home on a jam-packed freeway. You arrive home at 9 pm, where you unwind for a few hours before crashing into your bed. It's an exhausting life, but hey, you're a fairly successful and happy, right? To find happiness on a deeper level, you’ll need to…
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Dating 101
The Second Time Around

You didn't mean for it to happen.  It certainly wasn't intentional.  Because of death, divorce, or an extended break, you haven't been wading around in the dating pool for awhile.  And, since you last donned your swimmies and your bathing cap, you fear that things have changed a lot...
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Buried Alive
Finding Peace When Your Possessions Overwhelm You

Mary has an embarrassing secret. To hide it, she keeps heavy drapes drawn over the windows in her house. She comes and goes through the back door so the neighbors can't see inside.
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The Science of Influence
How to Get Anyone to Say Yes!

Do you want outstanding success in life?  You'll achieve your goals when you can influence others to agree with you and to act upon your requests.  Any request. Successful people get things done with and through others.  They get decisions and results with just one skill: the power of persuasion. Persuaders rule.  They have enormous power. They accomplish their wildest dreams for wealth, power, and influence.  Persuasion is critical to success.  Scientifically, what do we know today about persuasion that we didn't know before?  A lot…
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Vacation Survival Tactics
How to Travel with your Spouse and Not Kill each other

Many things can destroy a well-planned vacation. Bad weather. A lost passport. Montezuma's revenge. Or, worst of all... all that togetherness. That fun-filled vacation can be more stressful than everyday life, as all the distractions of work and family obligations fall away, and couples are left with just each other…
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As a Man Thinketh
Classic Self Help Series

Originally published in 1902, Allen's book is largely deemed instrumental in the creation of the personal development industry. Most contemporary teachers in this field credit this little book for providing foundation to their principles. Allen uses simple, colorful prose and nature metaphor to relay the message that…
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The Survivor Personality
Why Some People Are More Likely to Survive

Every time you turn on the television, there's a tragedy: a hurricane, a forest fire, or a shooting at a school. And for every tragedy, there are survivors – wary and shaken, but alive and able to move on with their lives. What makes some people more likely than others to survive life's most intense challenges? What to the survivors have, that most of us don’t?...
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“Don't feel that way.”
You Feel What You Feel So why do some people try to change that?

Do you recall ever being told not to feel what you were feeling?  It may have left you wondering why you were told this, and why the other person thought it wasn't acceptable for you to have those feeling?...
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Surviving a TINB
Teenager-Induced Nervous Breakdown

Teenagers are wonderful creatures. They were put on this earth to test us – but we don't always make the grade. Sometimes we outright fail. Rare is the parent who excels at this job, and most of us are mediocre at best – at least in our teenager's eyes. However, you can survive a TINB (Teenager-Induced Nervous Breakdown) by…
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Don't Let Life Run You Over
Empower Yourself Through Any Challenge

Sometimes, life's challenges can feel like someone knocked you down, ran you over, then sued you for wrecking their car. You may not be sure how to get back up again or whether you should even try…
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Diagnosis Heartbreak
When a Loved One is Diagnosed with a Serious Illness

Cancer.  Alzheimer's.  Stroke.  Just to hear the words makes most of us cringe with heartbreak.  A serious illness is one of the greatest challenges any family will face. With so many questions wrapped in a multitude of emotions, we often don't know what to think or where to turn.  When someone is diagnosed with a serious or life-limiting illness...
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Self-Bonding
Taking Care of Your
Inner Child
Do you want to be Superman or Superwoman, able to shoulder big responsibilities without flinching? It may surprise you that even though you are all grown up and making your way in this world, deep inside your heart and mind there is a little child who needs tenderness and love. As an adult, how you treat your "inner child" plays a huge role in your life…
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What about the Kids?
Getting a Divorce without Hurting your Children

Hover over a family led by battling parents and what you'll likely see is a dangerous war zone. The yelling and screaming.  The fighting. The hurling of objects.  The pushing and hitting. The disgusting words. The constant bickering. The sarcasm. No affection. No compliments.  No interaction.  So, are children always worse off after a divorce?...
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Nice People Aren't Always Good
…and Good People Aren't Always Nice

From childhood, we're taught to be nice. Our mothers spent endless hours wagging their fingers in our faces while saying, "Don't do that, it's not nice!"  In our culture, if a person is nice, then they're generally considered to be good as well. But how does that account for those who smile pleasantly at us while stabbing us in the back?...
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Welcome to your Crisis!
Ten Tested Tools for Turning Calamity into Calm

After 20 years of what seemed to be a perfect marriage, Linda's husband came out as a gay man.  With his one sentence, "I'm gay," their familiar, comfortable suburban life turned upside down.  She successfully made an abrupt turn into a future that was totally different from what she'd planned. Whether it's a spouse coming out, illness, death of a loved one, financial ruin, or one of countless other human crises, you can turn calamity into calm by...
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Living the Positive Life
Think of a person or situation that would normally trouble you. Now imagine being able to deal with this person or problem with ease, in a productive, peaceful way. How would your life be changed? How would you feel if you were able to approach life in an empowering manner?  Well, you can…
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Regular Features In This Issue:
60-Second Self
Bonkers Bits
Life is Funny
Bonkeroids
Take a Laugh Break
Bright Idea
Wacky Wisdom
Ask the Expert 
Bonkers Eye Focus
Classic Self Help

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