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Knowing the Difference between Accommodation and Dysfunction
With the world mourning the loss of a phenomenal singer and entertainer in Whitney Houston, our attention has been directed toward drug use and abusive relationships. It’s impossible for us, the general public, to really know what happens in the personal lives of celebrities but I know abuse and addiction happen in the lives of “regular” people just like you and me. We sometimes lose ourselves in relationships that are important to us. How can you tell if you are simply engaging in healthy accommodation or if you have crossed the line into dysfunction?
Kim Olver, Life and Executive Coaching
Kim Olver, MS., NCC., LCPC helps people get along better with the important people in their lives, including themselves, at home and at work. She is the award winning author of Secrets of Happy Couples: Loving Yourself, Your Partner, and Your Life, and has also contributed to Whole Living, Women’s World, Fitness Magazine, Law of Attraction Magazine and Counseling Today. She co-authored Leveraging Diversity at Work: How to Hire, Retain, and Inspire a Diverse Workforce for Peak Productivity and Performance with Sylvester Baugh and co-authored a book with Ken Blanchard, Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen and Byron Katie, entitled 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life
5 Steps to Loving Yourself Again
I’m sure you are all familiar with the concept of loving yourself first; if you don’t love yourself, how can you love someone else? You can’t give away what you don’t have. We all have love inside us. We all came from the Source, that Divine Spirit of Love. Love is who we are at the core. We really don’t need to learn to love ourselves; we simply must remember that we already do.
5 Tips to Strengthen Your Relationship
Today I was asked for five tips for improving the love between spouses but I would extend my answer to any loving, committed relationship.
1. Love as if this could be your partner’s last day on earth.
Your Relationship with Self
The most important relationships you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. This determines your self-esteem, your passions, your ability to go after what you want and your ability to connect with other people.
Why You Aren’t Happily Ever After Anymore
Did you think once you got married, it would be smooth sailing and now it’s anything but?
People date, putting their best foot forward, to acquire the relationship they want. If you are married, you succeeded at the Compatibility Stage of Relationships, deciding you and your spouse had enough in common to make a lifetime commitment to each other. Congratulations!
How many of you thought that was the hard part — that it would be relatively smooth sailing from there?
Read more at https://www.yourtango.com/experts/kim-olver/youre-married-now-why-isnt-it-happyily-ever-after.
What is Your Money Blueprint?
I just finished rereading Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker. Why was I rereading it? Well, I liked it so much the first time and I was pretty certain I had missed some important information in the text so I thought I’d read it again. It was even better the second time.
Relationships A – Z (Part 3)
It’s time for the end of the alphabet of our Relationship ABCs. Learn the R-Z part so your relationship will sizzle, not fizzle.
Balancing Independence and Connection in Relationships
One of man’s biggest internal struggles involves the need for both independence and connection. They seem to be mutually exclusive. How can you have independence and be connected at the same time? This struggle rages within individuals daily.