A few years ago I – Natali – was still living in Russia and had never dreamt of living in a foreign country. On a beautiful sunny day, back in 1996, when I worked as a kindergarden-teacher, we were given notice that our kindergarden was about to be closed down.Two months later I was out […]
Category Archives: Relationships
Aren’t we through with our parenting duties by the time our kids are 20-somethings? The truth is, we are still mom and dad but the change is in the way we do our jobs. What we used to do as parents of teen-agers no longer works in the transition years of becoming young adults. Our […]
Some of the advice given out by various relationship experts does not work. Some of us have found ourselves apparently ‘failing’ to follow their advice and then wondering, ‘What am I doing wrong’. But, it is the advice which is flawed not us. Often the advice makes a basic assumption about human nature that I […]
Sam, age 42, had never been married. It’s not that Sam had never fallen in love. But every time a relationship had started to move toward commitment, Sam ran. When Sam’s loneliness became overwhelming to him, he called me for help. “I want to be in a relationship, yet every time I get close to […]
Admit it or not, we all have a need for power. Power provides each of us with several very essential things; the feeling of being in control, the feeling that we’re right, a sense of security and the hope that we can accomplish what we want most for ourselves. With Mind Control there is no […]
In a relationship, your ability to understand and respond to the other person’s needs and desires are fundamental. Understanding the nature of relationships themselves may be as important to your success in love as understanding the person with whom you’re having the relationship. The key to a working relationship is twofold. First you need to […]