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10/09/2012
Fat is a Fact A listener, Pat, heard my commentary yesterday regarding the overweight anchorwoman in Wisconsin and sent me an email which you can read below. Here is my response: More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move More, Fitness, Health, Obesity, Response to a Comment
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10/08/2012
Love at First Sight How many movies have you seen where a man sees a woman across a room filled with people dancing and he thinks, 'That's it, I'm in love.' More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Men's Point of View, Relationships, Sex, Women's Point of View
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10/05/2012
Quote of the Week At two hours after midnight appeared the land, at a distance of 2 leagues. More >>

Tags: Quote of the Week
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10/04/2012
Keeping Secrets from Your Spouse Just because something is true doesn't mean it needs to be said. Everything that crosses your mind shouldn't necessarily come out of your mouth. Honesty is sometimes a cross between stupidity and cruelty, and when it comes to keeping secrets from your spouse, honesty is not always the best policy. More >>

Tags: Adultery, Affairs, Dating, Eating disorders, Finances, Honesty, Intimacy, Marriage, Mental Health, Pre-marital counseling, Sex, Spouse
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10/03/2012
Teaching Children About Choosing Friends Every parent frets about their kids having 'weird' friends. At some point, children always seem to gravitate toward some unhealthy, unpleasant, or annoying kid that you don't like. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Family/Relationships - Children, Fear, Friendships, Manners, Mental Health, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Values
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10/02/2012
Video: Mom Blames Me for Her Problems Just because your parent is no longer an active alcoholic, that doesn't mean they have matured. In this week's video, Trisha wants to know what to do with all her pent-up anger toward her mother who continues to be a troublemaker. More >>

Tags: Addiction, Adult Child-Parent, Alcoholism, Bad Childhood - Good Life, Bad Childhood-Good Life, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Health, Mental Health, Stress
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09/28/2012
Spying on a Cheater Cheating spouses typically get caught in a couple of ways: accidental discovery or monitoring/surveillance. So what should you do if you think your spouse or significant other is cheating? More >>

Tags: Adultery, Affairs, Dating, Holidays, Internet-Media, Internet/Media, Marriage, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Social Issues, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Valentine's Day
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09/27/2012
Quote of the Week There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. More >>

Tags: Quote of the Week
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09/26/2012
Regretting the Divorce Over the many, many years I've worked as a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice and on the air, I've done a lot of research on divorce, especially when it involves kids. The scientific literature differs very much from popular literature in what the happiness quotient is after a divorce. Scientific literature suggests that a good three quarters of people who divorce regret it. More >>

Tags: Commitment, Dating, Divorce, Family/Relationships - Children, Finances, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Personal Responsiblity, Premarital Counseling, Religion
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09/26/2012
How to Not Lose a Friend Friends are really important. They make you feel anchored to the world, and without them, you feel lonely, isolated, and depressed. They care about you and do things with you. More >>

Tags: Friendships, Relationships
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