http://www.relationshipspecialists.com Great Relationships Don't Happen By Accident Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:37:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a long time since our last post. Frankly, we kind of let it go. Life happened. I would think about it from time to time but still did nothing. Today I received a great article that was in the New York Times from one of my clients that ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2009/08/its-been-a-long-time/ Randy Pausch's beautifully moving story, The Last Lecture, about how he dealt with his terminal illness. He gave the lecture and wrote the book mainly to let his young children learn more about him. A must for anyone who has children or wants to learn more about love in ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/08/the-last-lectur/ How many of us only tell the truth to our partner when absolutely necessary? I talked to someone today who was in a fender bender 6 months ago. She was driving down the street when the woman in front of her slammed on her brakes. She hit her. They stopped ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/06/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/ What if you don't know if your partner is the right one for you? We have met a lot of people who come into counseling because they have serious doubts about whether they made the right choice in a partner. The way we work with couples and the way it usually ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/05/is-my-partner-the-one/ Why bother working on your relationship? Life happens and your relationship happens right along with it. There is no time to work on a relationship with your jobs, children, money worries and more. Working on it takes work. Well, what if you could be happier? What if it felt like life ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/05/why-bother/ We get a lot of people who come in because their fights have escalated to the point where they no longer want to be together. They talk about how they can't get out of them and how no one is willing to take the first step to ending it. What ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/05/right-or-happy/ Oprah did a show recently on how to meet a man if you're over 35. Fascinating. The number one thing mentioned was women, if you want to meet a man, never go out of the house without dressing up and looking hot. Short skirt would be nice, and a little ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/04/how-to-meet-a-man/ Relationships take commitment. That means when things get tough you have to overcome yourself (which usually means your feelings) and work through them. Overcoming ourselves, working through our issues or exploring all facets of our being is what our main work in life is. All the rest is just living. ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/04/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-is-us/ Hi, this is Marilyn checking in. After seeing clients all day yesterday, this is what's on my mind.  Do you ever stop and think about what your predominant thought about your partner is? Do you wake up in the morning thinking "oh, I'm so lucky to be in this relationship?" Or ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/04/notice-what-you-love/ We're starting this blog today for a couple of reasons. The first of which is to help people understand the small things you can do to make a relationship great. The second reason is to generate traffic to our site and allow others to make use of some of the ... http://www.relationshipspecialists.com/2008/04/here-we-go/