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TalkING About Sexual Harassment
June 30, 2017 |
Business & Economics
Do you want your business to be taken down by sexual harassment lawsuits? Didn’t think so.
Beware of ‘The List’: So-Called Deal-Breakers Can Inspire Negotiation
June 2, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
Before I met my wife, if anyone had asked if I had any deal-breakers — a must-have for my next relationship — I would have said the following:
“Absolutely,” this imaginary conversation would have gone. “The next woman I date absolutely MUST love hiking.”Well guess what: I did meet another woman, she did not love hiking, and she is now my wife. And of course I have ZERO regrets.
How Do I Stay True? Wait for Your Bus
May 19, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
Normally the big conversation in romance is about fidelity or, as we say in America, cheatin': being faithful, remaining true as in true blue, being someone the other person can count on. And it’s with good reason that we focus on this! Well over 50 percent of men and women are unfaithful at some time in their committed relationships.
Back in the Saddle. Again.
March 15, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
What to remember when you find yourself suddenly single again.
Shhh, Don’t Tell: Mommy’s Dating!
March 4, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
Making sacrifices for one's children is healthy and normal; making yourself into a living sacrifice of sexless loneliness is neither.
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
February 6, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
Not having the right partner is an opportunity, so let's start with a different sort of inventory: What have you learned about yourself and your needs from your past failed relationships?
How to Start Talking About Sex With Your Children (Part 5)
January 31, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
If you’ve taken up the suggestions in this series then you’re actually talking to your children about sex. At this point of the conversation some people are getting more than what they ever wanted. In hindsight, perhaps those of us who are growing uncomfortable with the reality of our children’s sexuality had hoped to have […]
How to Start Talking about Sex with Your Children (Part 4)
January 24, 2017 |
Family & Relationships
Sexuality is not like geometry or pottery because, although one may study geometry, one’s own geometry never becomes a part of the conversation. With sexuality and especially getting comfortable with talking about it with your kids, one’s own sexuality (and theirs!) can quickly become a subject of conversation. If this happens and you don’t feel […]