Unique Wedding Ideas That Don’t Break the Bank
Unique wedding ideas aren’t hard to come by in this DIY era with Pinterest leading the way.
What IS hard to come by are unique wedding ideas that won’t break the bank.
You’ll be happy to know that I’ve rounded up a few inexpensive ideas for your special day.
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Are You Planning a Wedding or a Marriage?
Planning a wedding can take a lot of your time and energy.
Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle of bustle of it all and forget that you’re also preparing for a marriage.
Aside from the flowers and guests, you and your fiancé are getting ready to spend the rest of your lives figuring marriage out together. While “forever” is indeed a very long time to figure out this whole marriage thing, wouldn’t it be nice if the two of you had a jumpstart? Lucky for you there is such a thing — premarital counseling.
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New Love or On the Rebound? What Are the Signs You’re Ready to Try Again?
After your last serious love relationship, did you jump on the rebound train for a while?
Lately, though, you’ve been feeling a little dissatisfied and have begun to miss the embrace of a serious relationship.
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An Accidental Affair: Can It Really Happen? If So, How?
The word “accidental” denotes things that happen unexpectedly, actions that were not planned.
Can this expression rightly be applied to an affair?
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Dating Online –- Are You Being Lazy or Smart?
Dating online has become increasingly popular over the past few years.
While still a fairly new idea, it’s not taken much time to attract a lot of attention. It used to market only to a certain stereotype, but now online dating targets anyone with an email address.
For good reason, too.
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3 Out-of-the-box Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Every February 14, we celebrate Valentine’s day as an affirmation and reconnection for romantic relationships. And over time, many traditions have sprung up.
In the 19th century, sending picture cards to your love for Valentine’s Day was the most popular way to mark the occasion.
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Love on the Back Burner? 5 Ways to Relight the Fire and Stir Things Up
Fire. It’s an irresistibly beautiful thing. It’s fascinating. Mesmerizing.It stirs our soul. It embraces us with warmth. And it nourishes us. It’s a living, breathing thing. So is love.
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Married to a Stranger? How to Renew Your Relationship Now that the Kids are Gone
When you’re in the middle of raising children, it can feel like the hard work of parenting will never end. For at least 18 years or more, you spend every day deep in the trenches of child rearing. There’s not much time left for yourself and marriage gets put on the back burner.
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How to Plan for the Holidays Now and Avoid Your Yearly Financial Arguments
Keep financial arguments to a minimum by maximizing healthy, compassionate communication.
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9 Fun and Romantic Ways You Can Say I Love You
Are you looking for romantic ways you can say I Love You to your partner? Here are 9 fun ways you can use to kick start your romance.
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Couples, Has Quality Time Disappeared? 5 Creative Ways to Ditch the Kids
Quality time is so important for a couple's relationship but so hard to find! How can you find together-time with a house full of kids? Here are some tips.
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Topics Couples Should Discuss Before the Wedding
With the big day approaching, it’s easy to feel as though you’re living in a happy bubble – and that’s fantastic! Being in love and planning a lifelong commitment is an exciting experience. However, while your partner and you likely see eye-to-eye on virtually everything, it’s smart to have conversations that communicate expectations about your future life together.
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Let Me Just Explain Myself:
An innocent mistake we often make when being criticized
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Spring Clean Your Relationships
We hear the phrase "spring clean" every year, but what exactly does it mean to spring clean? Sure, we are aware of the literal sense of cleaning, yet there is more to clean than just the house during springtime. What if we were to apply the idea of spring cleaning to more aspects of our life? For instance, our relationships?
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Why Your Partner Takes You for Granted: It’s All about Habituation
You know how it is when you’re in a long term relationship, no matter how much you love each other, there comes a time when you look at each other and say “Wow, I don’t feel much appreciated” and when that happens, it’s often because of “habituation.”
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Try the Gottman Framework: For the Clinician Who Ever Wondered, “What was I thinking when I decided I’d do couples’ therapy?!”
I know what it’s like to sit across from a couple and think, “What in the world can I possibly say that could turn this battleship around?!” What is more important than helping couples find a safe haven with one another, that secure base with which to arm themselves as they march forward into the future with all its joys and its turbulence?
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Mindfulness and Dating
On a first date, or in the beginning phases of a romantic relationship, we may feel anxious, nervous, agitated, excited, or possibly preoccupied. How will this meeting go? Will he/she like me or be turned off? Will I like him/her? If I like him/her, will there be a second time? Our mind generates myriads of thoughts and questions.
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