Stop Telling Him How to Get You What You Want As I’ve said, trying to tell your husband how to do something is highly ineffective. Still, it’s not unusual for women to try to get what they want by giving their husbands instructions about how to get it—as if he wouldn’t otherwise know that there’s [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Wives Stop Making Demands
June 23, 2009Many wives make demands, which cause terrible resentment. Saying, “You should buy me that necklace in the window at Tiffany’s” is a demand. Any sentence that starts with “You should . . .”, “Why don’t you?” or “I want you to . . .” is automatically a demand because it’s a request expressed with a [...]
Wealth Miracles to be Expected
June 23, 2009“There is no wealth but life.” The unromantic mother/son dynamic (where you tell your husband how much he can spend or what he can buy) is the first thing to go when you let him manage the finances. Remember: Men are not attracted to their mothers.
Don’t let marriage eat up yourself
June 12, 2009Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us.
When you need your husband’s attention, Tell Him you miss Him
June 12, 2009In the old days I used to tell my husband to stop watching so much TV. I would implore him to cut his late hours at work. I told him I needed help with the yard. Of course what I really wanted was for him to pay more attention to me. Needless to say at [...]
Love him, and then tell him you are hurt rather than cover with anger
June 12, 2009“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.
Rise a super Kid, you got to make a Low-Sugar and Diet
June 1, 2009Ever picked your child up from a birthday party and opened the door on a roomful of kids bouncing off the walls? All that sugar has an amazingly dramatic effect on the brain. So it’s hardly surprising that in daily life, too, overdoing the sweet stuff affects your child‘s behaviour.
Sprouted seeds, fast nutrition and energy booster but not fatty
June 1, 2009For a powerhouse of goodness there is nothing to beat sprouted seeds. They contain all the plant’s nutrients in a highly concentrated form and are fantastic energy boosters.
