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Human Rights Violations in Personal Relationships
…) have referred to as “soul deadening.” Violation of Basic Human Rights in Couples Many couple relationships are characterized by disrespectful interactions, including those that effectively intimidate or control through defensive maneuvers or manipulations. Power plays and other strategies of control are manifested in various ways, including domination, bullying, and the use of force; self-destructive threats that cause fear reactions; and manipu…
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VIDEO: Mindfulness Meditation and Romantic Relationships
…you could talk about how mindfulness affects relationships, like romantic relationships, for instance. Donna Rockwell: Certainly. Well, as far as relationships go, mindfulness, if both partners understand what it means and can sort of enter into that space or worldview together, there’s a lot more patience and time to be present to the other person, to cultivate empathy for what the other person might be feeling. To get a true picture of what’s a…
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Am I Depressed? The Difference Between Sadness and Depression
…rom doing things that brought pleasure before; few good feelings come from relationships with caring friends and family. Trouble with sleeping and eating habits – You find you can’t sleep, or you oversleep; you find you always want to eat, even when you’re not hungry. You may be skipping meals, or feel apathy about eating. Your weight changes more than 5% each month, up or down. Irritability – Men, in general, often experience depression as a quic…
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How Embracing Vulnerability Strengthens Our Relationships
…s. Children are keen observers. We learned how to relate from our earliest relationships. We absorbed how our parents saw and treated us, themselves, and others. Limitations in our environment or ruptures in our childhood relationships gave us a model for how we now see ourselves and the world around us. For example, if we had a rejecting or neglectful parent, we may see ourselves as a burden or intrusion. If we had a parent who was critical or fl…
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9 Signs You Need Better Self-Care and May Be a Trauma Survivor
…Learn to say something and know that asking for helpcan lead to healthier relationships. 6. You overschedule yourself as a way of life. If you have trouble saying no and take on too many commitments without leaving time for yourself, you may feel that your own time is not valuable. You may seek a sense of worth based on what you can do for others. You may find it hard to feel good about being yourself, expressing yourself or becoming more of who…
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How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Parenting
…s of insecurity, anxiety, fear, avoidance, and satisfaction in our closest relationships throughout our lives. Experiencing an insecure attachment pattern as a child can hurt us in many ways. However, it does not mean we are doomed to repeat the past. The good news is that attachment research has also found that it isn’t what happened to us as children but how much we’ve felt the full pain of our childhoods and made sense of what happened to us th…
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As Long As We Both Shall Live: Creating a Mindful Marriage
…th’s uncontrolled laughter, contagious and free: this was our world. Every relationship evolves, from peaceful times through somewhat more difficult times and back to peace again, as married people learn that the path from here to there is never a straight line. Staying present – and patient – through each other’s growth spurts and dips, successes and pitiful crashes, shining moments and monumental mistakes is what love is allabout. Love is experi…
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Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships
…ions, the authors show how individuals can be helped to overcome these challenges and become physically and emotionally closer to their partners. The authors provide therapists with a cognitive/affective/behavioral technique for treating couples. Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships is thought-provoking reading for anyone interested in what sustains a loving and fulfilling sexual relationship. 2005, American Psychological Association Books, 304…
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Five Ways to Bring Your Vacation Romance Home
…earning about and developing ourselves, we deaden ourselves in our closest relationships. When too many rules or routines are established in a relationship, they tend to wear away the natural excitement and enthusiasm a couple has toward each other. These habitual behaviors are inadvertently interrupted on a vacation, which allows for the rekindling of passion and interest in each other. 4. Be wary of social pressures Going home means going back t…
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