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02/26/2014
Stop Wasting Your Life I heard a call from a 28-year-old woman who had been in an "on again, off again" relationship. She asked if it would ever work. I related to that caller because that was me from 18 to 28 years old. More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat KindlyDatingRead On-AirRelationshipsResponse to a Call
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02/24/2014
Newton's Third Law of Motion It is true, when a woman stops acting like a lady she will stop being treated like one. When I was in high school, among the boys, the girl who was the most loose in morals was the one who had the lowest compliments. More >>

Tags: DatingEducationRead On-AirRelationshipsSocial IssuesValues
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02/24/2014
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them A pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals how our social instincts turn Me into Us, but turn Us against Them - and what we can do about it. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceRelationshipsSocial IssuesValues
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02/20/2014
Not Letting the Turkeys Get Me Down I got some sad news today. My 88-year-old pop has acute leukemia. After having an immense cry and being an optimist, I came up with an action plan BEFORE calling my sister, a KNOWN pessimist. More >>

Tags: AttitudeMental HealthRead On-AirRelationshipsRelatives
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02/18/2014
Video: When I Die, You Can Travel Although you are an unmarried adult man, your mother is against you traveling for fear of something dreadful happening. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-ParentRelationships
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02/18/2014
In a Crisis, Real Friends Walk In the Door I had four 'friends' who systematically watched me struggle with an unexplained health issue for the last four years. I went from a healthy active person to being unable to walk and resorting to using a wheelchair... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorFriendshipsRead On-AirRelationships
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02/18/2014
Love or Hurt: Mindfulness as a Path to Joy and Healing When we're bombarded with our own negative thoughts, it can make us feel as though we're in a self-made prison of blame and judgments, making it feel impossible to relish the good in our lives. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorMental HealthRelationshipsStress
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02/14/2014
Quote of the Week I feel it in my fingers... I feel it in my toes... More >>

Tags: DatingHolidaysMarriageQuote of the WeekRelationships
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02/13/2014
Strong No-Nonsense Women You remind me of my strong, honest, kind mother who passed away five years ago. No doubt her many years as caregiver to my disabled brother helped to form her strong character and no-nonsense attitude... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceParentingRead On-AirRegarding Dr. LauraRelationshipsStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/12/2014
Cleaning Out the Refrigerator I have been married now for one year and want to share what, to me, is a hilarious example of how men and women can approach things in such very different ways. More >>

Tags: DatingMarriageMen's Point of ViewRead On-AirRelationshipsWomen's Point of View
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