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Author Archive for William R Colagrande MS – Page 4

Liar, Liar

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Friday, July 19th, 2013

          Does this dress make my ass look fat? is a question that sends chills down the spines of husbands everywhere. On the surface it appears to be a rather straightforward question requiring a simple yes or no answer. But just beneath the surface there is a potential crisis in the making, one that tempts the savvy spouse to resort to … Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : how harmful are white lies, keeping secrets in a relationship, little white lie, white lies, white lies in relationship

A Few Thoughts about Sex in Marriage

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Monday, July 15th, 2013

Sex often serves as the canary in the coal mine for a marriage, an indicator of its overall health and vitality, particularly where warmth, respect and closeness are concerned.… Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : dealing with sex problems in marriage, no sex in marriage, sex, sex in marriage, trouble with sex in marriage, understanding sex in marriage

Road Rage

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, July 4th, 2013

      Now that the summer driving season is in full swing I thought it might be interesting to explore the topic of road rage. What precisely is road rage? … Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth
Tags : avoiding road rage, coping with road rage, dealing with road rage, road rage

So I Married A Workaholic

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, June 27th, 2013

The notion of workaholism or of being a workaholic has no true technical foundation in the study of psychology. These terms usually carry negative connotations in that they are perceived as bringing suffering to one’s family and/or personal life. The terms are a play on the word alcoholic and did not enter the vernacular until the 1990s.… Read More

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : coping with a workaholic, dealing with a workaholic, husband workaholic, wife workaholic, workaholic spouse, workaholism

Two Stage Love

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, June 13th, 2013

          I have come to the conclusion recently that love is at least a two-stage process. Let me see if I can explain exactly what I mean.

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : feeling loved, getting love, giving love, love, receiving love, showing love

Optimism and Explanatory Style

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Each of us encounters what I call everyday misfortune in our lives. These things can range from the car not starting to accidents and illnesses, both large and small, to job or relationship problems. … Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth
Tags : learned opitmism, optisism, postivie thinking, self-fulfilling prophesy

Synchronicity or Coincidence?

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, May 30th, 2013

I had a guest on my TV show recently who spoke of an experience she had while attending a lecture a few months ago. … Read More

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Categories : General Interest
Tags : accidents, coincidence, hand og God, mystery, paranormal, psychic, synchronisity

Laziness

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Friday, May 17th, 2013

         We all know someone who is considered lazy. By lazy, I mean consistently and characteristically so, not just the occasional brief lapse of industry that we all experience from time to time. What makes a person lazy? Let’s see if we can shed some light on this issue.… Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth
Tags : coping with laziness, dealing with laziness, laziness, overcoming laziness, understanding laziness

Can Just One Person Work on Their Marriage?

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, May 9th, 2013

         Can one person alone work on improving a marriage? The short answer is yes, but it will mean taking a leap of faith that will call for a fairly radical alteration in your thinking patterns.

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : help marriage, improve marriage, make marriage better by myself, save marriage, strength marriage, uncooperative spouse, work on marriage, working on your marriage alone

Curses

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Think of the word curses, as in evil spells, and most people will think of medieval or ancient times, … Read More

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Categories : General Interest
Tags : curses, evil spells, sympathetic magic
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