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Archive for Relationship

Nagging

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Nagging. This phenomenon is an all too real aspect of almost any relationship of long standing. How does it start? When does it come about? Most of us who are married recall the early innings of our marriage as typically devoid of nagging. Is it something, like an infection, that develops over time?… Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship, Spiritual Growth
Tags : dealing with nagging, defeat nagging., end nagging, nagging, nagging spouse, nagging wife, stop negging

Dealing with Difficult People

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Friday, March 12th, 2021

 

There are always some people in our lives that we find difficult to get along with, whether we encounter them at work, in outside groups or in our community. Despite our best efforts to the contrary, they just seem to get our goat and unpleasantly distract us from focusing on the task at hand.… Read More

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Categories : Career Advancement, Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : difficult people, jerks, problematic people, troublesome people, unpleasant people

So I Married Someone Uncooperative

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Monday, February 1st, 2021

How and when did your spouse become uncooperative? They certainly were not this uncooperative when you first married them, or you would have never agreed to tie the knot. What happened, and what can be done about it?… Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : conflict resolution, forgiveness, grudge, uncooperative husband, uncooperative spouse, uncooperative wife

So I Married Someone Moody

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Let us begin with an acknowledgment that the term moody is used to describe a very wide range of feelings and behaviors. At its most extreme, moodiness is known clinically as bipolar (formerly manic-depressive) disorder. It is characterized by extremely high highs and extremely low lows that alternate for periods of days, weeks, or months. These are often related to … Read More

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : bad moods, deal with someone moody, dealing with bad moods, moody, moody husband, moody people, moody spouse, moody wife

Understanding Self-Defeating Behaviors

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Did you ever wonder why people can become so attached to self-defeating behaviors? It defies logic. Why would someone continue to emit behaviors that are harmful to themselves and others? Why not just let them go?

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Categories : Career Advancement, Child Rearing, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : coping with self-defeating behaviors, dealing with self-defeating behaviors, overcoming self-defeating behaviors, understanding self-defeating behaviors

Loneliness

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, January 9th, 2014

The feeling of loneliness is a universal experience, part and parcel of the human condition. Everyone feels lonely at least some of the time. Where people differ is in how often they feel lonely and how they respond to the feeling when it occurs. While the experience of loneliness is fairly straightforward, the root causes are fairly complicated.

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : addressing loneliness, coping with loneliness, dealing with loneliness, handling loneliness, overcoming loneliness

Taking Chances

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, January 2nd, 2014

How would you rate yourself when it comes to taking chances? I don’t mean silly chances, like walking through the woods sampling every mushroom you may find, but considered growth opportunities. The concept of intentionally and willingly taking on challenges in your life that will afford growth opportunities. This is the topic I would like to examine today.… Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : coping with change, coping with life's challenges, dealing with reality, facing challenges, taking chances

Sympathy for the Devil

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, October 24th, 2013

          Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. – Carl Jung

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : accepting ourselves, contacting our secret selves, duality, embracing who we are, healing the inner split, human duality, self acceptance, understanding our nature

On Perspective

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

          One of the major problems of our hectic, fast-paced modern life is that we are very prone to lose our sense of perspective. … Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : change your persepctive to be happier, change your perspective of people, change your perspective on life, change your perspective on problems, half empty or half full, taking control of your perspective

Dealing with Emotional Dependency

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Friday, September 20th, 2013

Turning Over A New Leaf: Dealing With Emotional Dependency

Dealing with emotional dependency is no laughing matter. Many good people are lonely and just want to find a good relationship for themselves, but their best efforts are met with repeated failure. Though each new relationship shows promise at first, they soon devolve into the familiar pattern of betrayal, hurt feelings, … Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : coping with emotional dependency, dealing with emotional dependency, emotional dependency, handling emotional dependency, overcoming emotional dependency
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