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7 Myths of Successful Relationships

10/28/2016

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Myth # 1: People are not capable of change.

People get very attached to their personalities and ways of being. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people say: “That’s just the way I am.”

Here’s the thing, if you are convinced that that’s just the way you are, you will make it so! The way you think becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
 
Thoughts are really, really powerful. Amongst other things, what we think influences what we pay attention to. In other words, we look for things to prove what we think.
Myth # 1: People are not capable of change

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Round-up

10/26/2016

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Here is the article round-up for October 2016...
This is Your Brain on Porn: Advice for Parents

Are we using porn as a giant trash can for lots of things that should be recycled instead? Read this article, which explores the complicated relationship we have to porn in contemporary society...
This is Your Brain on Porn: Advice for Parents
Moral Judgments Distort Perceptions of Risk to a Child
Moral Judgments Distort Perceptions of Risk to a Child

Interesting article on studies that show that our perceptions of risk regarding our children are largely based on judgment and bias versus reality...

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12 Tips to Avoid Regret in Your Relationship

10/19/2016

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What would you do if you were told you have one month to live? 3 months? 6? One year?
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What would you say to your partner that you haven’t said?
 
What would you do with your partner that you haven’t done?
 
What would you regret?
What would you regret not doing in your relationship if...?

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10 Stages: How Love Transforms Over Time

10/12/2016

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The following is a contributor post that I wrote for the relationships site called Your Tango on how love and relationships change over time. Click here to read the post.
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​David B. Younger, Ph.D is the creator of Love After Kids, for couples that have grown apart since having children. He is a clinical psychologist and couples therapist with a web-based private practice, and lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, 11 year-old son, 2 year-old daughter and 4 year-old toy poodle.
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Complacency is the opiate of relationships

10/5/2016

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Marriage should not be a service, a party, a ring, and a honeymoon, followed by kicking your feet up for the rest of your life. Aside from some tax breaks, marriage is a symbolic institution, yet it’s also an invitation for complacency, and complacency is the opiate of relationships.
Complacency is the opiate of relationships

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