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		<title>Rules of Safety for Women That Travel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Greetings everyone, this is your Minister of Defense, Xavier Smith, with a note on safety. This is more specifically for women who happen to travel either for work or pleasure. In my line of work, I come across many people with varied thoughts and habits related to personal safety, and I have to say that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Greetings everyone, this is your Minister of Defense, Xavier Smith, with a note on safety. This is more specifically for women who happen to travel either for work or pleasure. In my line of work, I come across many people with varied thoughts and habits related to personal safety, and I have to say that I am both surprised and alarmed by what I have witnessed. I recently had a conversation with someone who I am now comfortable calling my friend; <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.speakersite.com/profile/catherinewhite" target="_self" title="The Divine Miss White">the Divine Miss White</a>, also known as Cathrine White. Talk about an empowered woman! She is empowerment personified, and if every woman had the passion, will, and mind set that she possesses, I am afraid there would be no need for what I do as a self defense instructor.</p>
<p>The subject of our conversation was safety for women while traveling. I was honored when Miss White asked me to give my thought as the authority on this matter. I mentioned earlier that Cathrine is the embodiment of empowerment. What I did not mention, is all that she has gone through to get to where she is today. It is my goal to share some information with you to be filed in your “mental toolbox” so that you do not have to go through some of the things that Miss White and many other women have gone through. The fortunate fact is, Miss White is still with us but there are also a large number of other women who have been met with personal injury or a much worse fate because basic rules of self defense and awareness were either ignored or were not known about. It is my desire to reverse that trend.</p>
<p>I was so inspired by our conversation, that I thought it would be prudent to share some basic rules with you designed to raise your awareness level so as to avoid becoming a victim or statistic. </p>
<p>Rules To Live By When Traveling </p>
<p>Always keep your most powerful weapon with you! I am not talking about the latest and greatest product on the market, or something you can order online. I am talking about the matter in between your ears. The mind is your best protection against becoming a victim, bar none! The trouble is, we humans and our “developed society” often is the cause for us not listening to that internal alarm, keeping us from danger. Did you know, that humans are the only beings that will feel danger and intentionally walk into it? </p>
<p>Use all of your faculties at all times. This is not only true when traveling, but is should be employed at all times! Many years of military service has left me with a mind set that I am always being watched! It has served me well to this day. God gave the use of sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing. As such, you should not concern yourself with being rude to someone if one or all of senses tells you that something is wrong. There are countless women that could have avoided sexual assault because they did not want to be rude and got on that elevator despite their gut felling. </p>
<p>Be more pro-active! In addition to walking with a purpose, with head up and shoulders back, you should also keep your eyes scanning back and forth for anything that may cause alarm. I see far too many women totally engrossed in texting on the phone to a point that they do not even see the car that has come within inches of hitting them. Just imagine if someone was watching them or lying in wait for them because they knew that person&#8217;s pattern? It has happened. </p>
<p>Keep your mind set right. Most don&#8217;t have clue as to what they would do if they were confronted with aggression. Therefore, you should always be thinking in terms of “what if” secnarios. I think everyone should have the basics of self defense because it keeps you in the right mind set, and you have a better chance of surviving an attack when you have learned and practiced some basic self defense techniques. </p>
<p>Lastly, you must be willing to use what you know! My philosophy is, it is better to be prepared and not use it than not prepared and need it! Chance favors the prepared. It has been my experience that once you have the confidence afforded to you by self defense and awareness training, you will not even need to use it. However, that spare tire sure comes in handy when you are stranded with a flat tire doesn&#8217;t it? Well your safety is no different! </p>
<p>Well I hope that this information has been helpful to you as you can never have enough information about your safety. This is you Minister of Defense, and I am signing off.</p>
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<p>To your safety.</p>
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<p>As a decorated 10 year US Air Force veteran with training from all around the world in Jiujitsu, I want to help. I have taken all my years of training and distilled only what really works and created a system of simple yet effective techniques that anyone can learn. My passion is to help men, women and children learn these simple techniques, thereby making you more prepared if an attack should occur.</p>
<p>Xavier Smith<br />
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		<title>What Teenagers Need To Know About Self Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We are living in difficult times when personal security and self defense have become the most important part of our lives. This holds particularly true for teenagers and younger children who run the risk of getting harmed by anti social elements in society. For this, it has become essential to learn about various techniques of self defense that can help teenagers to deal with sudden attacks.</p>
<p>First of all, it is always best to remember that an attacker could be stronger than the victim who is anyway quite young. Therefore instead of retaliating, the victim should ideally look for escaping from the site of action. He should also look at alerting people around him. This can take the attacker by surprise forcing him to run away from the site.</p>
<p>It is not rare to read about freak incidents when a teenage victim is assaulted while moving alone. These incidents show that walking alone in the wee hours of night is not a good idea for teenagers. Instead, it is felt that moving in groups is a better way to avoid sudden attacks by strangers. It should be remembered that an attacker would avoid attacking a person who is walking in a group because there are high chances of getting caught. Therefore, teenagers must try to move in public as much as possible.</p>
<p>Although there are various ways in which teenagers can avoid getting assaulted the best way to prepare oneself is by getting enrolled at self defense classes. There are various methods of self defense that can be learnt at centers such as the YMCA. There are also a number of Judo and Karate classes that have become extremely popular among teenagers all over the world. Learning these tactics can also prove highly beneficial. In wake of the violence that has become so prevalent in all societies it is considered best to stay prepared and meet any kind of challenge more confidently.</p>
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		<title>Warning: Signs of Abusive Relationship to Watch Out For</title>
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<p>The signs of abusive relationship are hardly recognizable at the beginning. Often, the symptoms are dismissed as something that is a result of a stressing day at work or a wicked encounter at the street. Besides, maladies such as this attack in sheer subtlety that no woman will ever have the opportunity to admit earlier that the threats are indeed real.</p>
<p>And there is really a big problem when women barely give an attention to the signals because it will surely lead to a nightmarish experience. To prevent the rate of women who have had assaulting partners, here are the telling signs of abusive relationship every woman must not fail to notice.</p>
<p>When a man deliberately attempts to degrade a woman’s personality and self-worth it must ring an alarming bell. No man in his right mind will ever intimidate a woman through verbal abuse and emotional rape. Such men, according to psychologists are products of a past abuse that the sickness dwells within them. As a result, such men are subconsciously driven to dominate the relationship in the most unpleasant ways possible.</p>
<p>When the reason behind intimidation is that a man does not want to give a woman the chance to stand on her own and have the spirit to be courageous. Because when that happens, women would not be afraid to get out of the relationship and leave a man behind – that’s a tell-tale sign.</p>
<p>What makes it even harder to deal with is that such men are adept at mustering a good image, and are constantly heroic in mien. While those men appear calm and gentlemanly in front of others, what happens within the relationship is entirely the opposite. Isn’t it a torture to have a man that is warm towards other people but cold, indifferent, and disrespectful to the partner?</p>
<p>So when a man provides emotional turmoil, physical injuries, and withholds affection such as love, care, and passion &#8211; please, sound the alarm for the signs of abusive relationship, because it’s valid, believable, and alive in the relationship.</p>
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		<title>How To Make My Ex Fall Back In Love With Me &#8211; 10 Tricks Which Work Like Magic To Get Your Ex Back!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; If you are currently brokenhearted over a breakup with your ex then you probably don&#8217;t have the strength to get out of bed, much less try to get your ex back. However, with these tips, you can re-ignite the passion of your romance and have it burning brighter. Sulking limit. It&#8217;s normal to just [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you are currently brokenhearted over a breakup with your ex then you probably don&#8217;t have the strength to get out of bed, much less try to get your ex back. However, with these tips, you can re-ignite the passion of your romance and have it burning brighter.</p>
<p><strong>Sulking limit. </strong>It&#8217;s normal to just want to stay home and cry after a breakup but be sure to put a limit. After a week or so, tell yourself that it&#8217;s time to go out there and join the living again.</p>
<p><strong>Fix yourself. </strong>It&#8217;s easy to want to let yourself go after a breakup, but will your ex really want to get back with you if you were two pounds overweight and pasty from your comfort food binging sessions?</p>
<p><strong>Do a makeover</strong>. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, start feeling fabulous. Take up yoga or sign up for a gym membership. Start looking and feeling great.</p>
<p><strong>Get a hobby</strong>. Ever wanted to learn ballroom dancing or Italian cooking but never had the time? Now&#8217;s your chance.</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t be a stalker</strong>. Avoid the temptation of contacting your ex. If possible, delete your ex&#8217;s numbers and addresses from your phone and email. The time it takes to write them down will give you enough time to hesitate and decide against contacting them.</p>
<p><strong>Keep the lines open</strong>. Even if you should not make the first move towards communication, keep the lines open to give your ex the chance to contact you.</p>
<p><strong>Focus on yourself</strong>. Now is the time to rediscover yourself. Stay home and enjoy some quiet time alone, hang out with your friends or visit your family. Remind yourself that you have a good life with or without your ex.</p>
<p><strong>See new people</strong>. Even though you should not rush into a new relationship yet, try to date some new people to remind yourself that there are plenty of fish in the sea.</p>
<p><strong>Call up</strong>. A short call or message to ask your ex how he or she is doing is enough to show you care.</p>
<p><strong>Leave the baggage</strong>. Once the two of you are communicating again, be sure that you don&#8217;t bring up the drama of the past.</p>
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		<title>Passion and Marriage: 4 Mindsets That Can Destroy Passion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; If I asked you who your best friend is, many of you would point to your spouse or partner. Close friends share a strong emotional bond, enjoy spending time with each other and often have a lot in common. However, there are important elements of a romantic relationship that set it apart from a [...]]]></description>
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<p>If I asked you who your best friend is, many of you would point to your spouse or partner. Close friends share a strong emotional bond, enjoy spending time with each other and often have a lot in common.  However, there are important elements of a romantic relationship that set it apart from a just-friends relationship&#8211;passion, sensuality, and physical attraction. </p>
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<p>Unfortunately, in many long-term relationships, passion wanes as the years pass and the couple begins behaving more like close friends than romantic partners. </p>
<p><b>Sexual desire fluctuates throughout the life of a relationship</b></p>
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<p>Every individual is different, which means that every couple is different. Take this one step further and it&#8217;s clear that every couple has different levels of sexual desire. Despite the urge to compare ourselves to others as we search for the ideal &#8220;times per week,&#8221; the fact is there is no magic number because a couple&#8217;s sexuality is intensely personal and completely unique to the couple. </p>
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<p>You&#8217;re in very good company if the quantity and quality of sex fluctuates in your marriage or relationship. Many couples report steady declines as the years march on, others experience periods of little physical intimacy intermixed with sporadic increases in sex. Couples have different sexual rhythms. </p>
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<p>Despite these natural fluctuations, there are mindsets that can creep into your relationship and negatively impact your attempts to keep passion alive. Be aware of them and you put yourself on the road toward a more fulfilling sex life with your partner.</p>
<p><b>The four mindsets that can destroy passion:</b> </p>
<p><b>1. You believe that sex is separate from other parts of your relationship.</b></p>
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<p>A relationship truism couples often forget: How you treat your partner outside the bedroom affects what happens inside the bedroom. If your partner perceives you as indifferent or judgmental, it shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise when you hear &#8220;I&#8217;m really not in the mood tonight.&#8221; </p>
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<p>The seeds of passion are set outside the bedroom&#8211;nurture the emotional connection of your relationship and you&#8217;ll nurture passion.</p>
<p><b>2. You&#8217;re waiting for spontaneous sex to occur.</b> </p>
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<p>Please ignore the Hollywood movies that show couples knocking over every pot and pan in the kitchen (even pot and pans filled with ready-to-eat gourmet food) as they&#8217;re overcome with desire and cannot wait to get to the bedroom to have sex.  Spontaneous sexual combustion might have occurred when you and your partner were first dating, but for couples who survive past the two-year mark, life&#8217;s spontaneous happenings are more likely to involve heartburn and indigestion than sex.</p>
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<p>You need to plan for romantic moments, thereby creating them. Even if, over breakfast, you can&#8217;t imagine yourself being in the mood later in the evening, if you set aside a time and create a romantic space, you might later surprise yourself when you become aroused.   </p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t be passive about passion&#8211;successful couples work on creating passion.</p>
<p><b>3. You believe sex is mainly physical.</b></p>
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<p>Sex is psychological, emotional and physical. For many, the road to great sex starts in their mind. You&#8217;ve probably heard the adage: &#8220;The most powerful sex organ is between the ears.&#8221; Your imagination and fantasy life can be a great aphrodisiac. For this to occur, you and your partner need to openly communicate about your sexual desires and interests. </p>
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<p>Feedback and discussions about what works and doesn&#8217;t work in the bedroom will pave the way to a more fulfilling sex life.</p>
<p><b>4. You still believe in &#8220;the quickie.&#8221;</b> </p>
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<p>Nothing kills passion like a hurried atmosphere. You&#8217;re not a teenager any longer, translated: Your body and libido have slowed down a bit since raging sex hormones were the new kids on the block. Do you warm up before exercising? Do you let your car idle before heading off to work in the morning? You and your partner may have different warm-up times before feeling ready for sex&#8211;respect these differences and take it slow.</p>
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<p>Give passion the time it deserves.  </p>
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<p>While you might not be able to recapture the sexual glory days of a new relationship, you (and your partner) can take the steps necessary to resuscitate romance and keep passion alive.  Awareness of the above four mindsets is an important first step in reversing the toll the years often take on passionate relationships. </p>
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<p>To discover other tips about how to build a more loving, passionate relationship, visit <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://StrengthenYourRelationship.com/">http://StrengthenYourRelationship.com/</a>  and sign up for Dr. Nicastro&#8217;s Relationship Toolbox Newsletter. As a bonus, you will receive the popular free reports, &#8220;The Four Mindsets that Can Topple Your Relationship&#8221; and &#8220;Relationship Self-defense: Control How You Argue Before Your Arguments Control You.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Passionate Sex: How to Overcome Boredom in the Bedroom</title>
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> I love my husband, but somewhere along the line we&#8217;ve become more like friends than lovers. We had an amazing sex life early in our relationship but now we&#8217;re lucky if we have sex once a month, and when we do it&#8217;s pretty unremarkable. I really enjoy sex and I&#8217;d like to make it a regular part of our life again. Any suggestions?</p>
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<p><strong>A:</strong> First of all, you need to take solace in the fact that you&#8217;re not alone with this problem. Most couples in long-term relationships note a marked reduction in the quantity and quality of sex as the years progress. When you&#8217;re wrapped up in the heady euphoria of a new relationship, it&#8217;s hard to imagine that the grinding reality of daily life can ever dampen sexual desire, but, voila! Here you are, years later, juggling kids and a mortgage and a new career, and sex just isn&#8217;t a priority. And the first step in rejuvenating a lackluster sex life is the awareness of this natural ebb and flow.</p>
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<p>Providing there aren&#8217;t medical reasons for your dwindling sex life (if you&#8217;re not sure, have a doctor check you out), there are some simple ideas you can incorporate into your life now that can help you and your partner resuscitate your sexual desire:</p>
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<p><strong>1. Prioritize sex.</strong></p>
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<p>Both partners need to make a commitment to nurture the physical aspect of the relationship. It&#8217;s a big step to acknowledge that you&#8217;ve been neglecting passion. But once you do, you can begin having the discussions that will get you thinking about sex and eventually bumping it up on your list of priorities. There is no shame in saying, &#8220;Hey, we got caught up in life and left something behind that we really miss. Let&#8217;s agree to openly and honestly work on this together.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>2. Plan for sex.</strong></p>
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<p>Once you&#8217;ve both agreed to make sex a priority, it&#8217;s time for some planning. You may be thinking: &#8220;Sex should be a spontaneous, natural experience. Planning for it will ruin the magic.&#8221;  Not at all! Quite the contrary: many of the most enjoyable, rewarding things we experience in life are things we must plan for. And when couples put effort into creating the time and space they need for physical intimacy, they temporarily take themselves away from the stresses of their hectic lives. This planned-for time and space actually allows spontaneity to flourish.</p>
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<p><strong>3. Plan for romance.</strong></p>
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<p>A word for some of you men out there (you know who you are): Planning for sex doesn&#8217;t mean buying a new multivitamin and sprinting into the bedroom for a quickie. The type of sex that fosters a couple&#8217;s connection occurs within the context of a loving, intimate relationship. When you nurture romance and make your partner feel special, you set the stage for an evening of passion and great sex. Romance doesn&#8217;t have to be costly or time consuming (of course, it can if you want it to be). A sensual body massage with your partner&#8217;s favorite lotion can go a long way in setting just the right mood for passionate love making. Pay attention to romance first, and sex will follow.</p>
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<p><strong>4. Become playful and provocative.</strong></p>
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<p>Couples in long-term relationships need to revisit the art of flirtation. Flirting and teasing are great ways to fan the flames of desire. Have you ever noticed how people in a new relationship excel at teasing? Whether seducing each other at the supermarket or while sitting at a red light, new lovers discover ways to turn each other on in the most ordinary of circumstances. Unbeknownst to them, these couples are actively creating opportunities to flirt and entice each other.  Are you ready to enter the game of flirting with your partner?</p>
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<p><strong>5. Nurture your sexual attitude.</strong></p>
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<p>The art and skill of flirting starts with a particular attitude. The most important part of this attitude involves giving yourself permission to be playful and provocative with your partner. Without permission, you will remain inhibited and lose the freedom necessary to have a fulfilling sex life. Learn to give yourself permission to have fun with your partner.</p>
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<p><strong>6. Talk about sex. </strong></p>
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<p>Your assumptions about what your partner enjoys sexually might be standing in the way of a great sex life. You&#8217;re both evolving&#8211;your partner&#8217;s tastes in music, food, and clothes have probably changed over the years, so why do you assume that his/her sexual desires are the same as when you first met? Ask your partner what turns him/her on today. Don&#8217;t assume you know (even if you believe you know your partner really well). Maybe there is something s/he would like you to try sexually that s/he would find exciting. Information about your partner&#8217;s sexual desires and fantasies can go a long way in creating an exciting sex life.</p>
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<p><strong>7. Become less predictable.</strong></p>
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<p>Some couples fall into a rut because their sexual routines have become too predictable. While familiarity is comforting and helps build trust, it can also become a little boring when it comes to sex. Uncertainty and novelty feed excitement and can give your sex life an electrical charge. Experiment together (there are many good books available to help couples work on improving their sex life) and create a shared sense of adventure in the bedroom (or the living room, or the study&#8230;)</p>
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<p>Is your relationship worth protecting? Are you ready to make your marriage everything it can be?</p>
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<p>To discover more relationship tips, visit <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://StrengthenYourRelationship.com/">http://StrengthenYourRelationship.com/</a> and sign up for Dr. Nicastro&#8217;s FREE Relationship Toolbox Newsletter.</p>
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<p>As a bonus, you will receive the popular free reports: &#8220;The four mindsets that can topple your relationship&#8221; and &#8220;Relationship self-defense: Control the way you argue before your arguments control you.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>After Marriage: 4 Surefire Ways to Kill the Passion in Your Relationship</title>
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<p>Anyone in a marriage or a long-term relationship understands the challenges of keeping romance and passion alive. Candlelit dinners, gazing into each other’s eyes, and the priority of talking and making love begin to buckle under the pressure of busy schedules, the demands of maintaining a household, the stresses of work, and for all those parents out there, the constant attention and energy children require.</p>
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<p>Familiarity is a double-edged sword for most couples. Familiarity and repetitive routines can make you and your partner feel safe and comfortable with one another, but these same relationship staples can slowly cool the embers of passion.</p>
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<p>For many, passion and novelty go hand-in-hand&#8211;new love is inherently passionate and sexually exciting. Just remember the level of passion you and your partner experienced early on in your relationship and you&#8217;ll know what I&#8217;m talking about. But those spontaneous fireworks cannot last indefinitely—at some point deliberate attention and effort are needed to nurture this part of your relationship.</p>
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<p><strong>Are you contributing to a no-sex (or low-sex) marriage?</strong></p>
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<p>In addition to the natural erotic lulls that accompany long-term relationships, many couples are surprised to discover that they are doing things to contribute to a no-sex marriage. In particular, these couples espouse anti-erotic mindsets that make passion nearly impossible (and they might not even realize it!).</p>
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<p>See if you or your partner hold any of the passion-annihilating mindsets listed below:</p>
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<p><strong>1. &#8220;Foreplay is a waste of time.&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p>Some people are anti-foreplay. They&#8217;d rather jump right into sex, even if their partner isn&#8217;t in the mood. Sure, some people like to start slow and their sexual arousal levels require a little attention and nurturance, but people who hold this particular mindset are probably convinced that they don&#8217;t have the time or patience for foreplay. As a husband once said to me, &#8220;Doc, I work sixty-five hours a week. Foreplay isn&#8217;t economical—it takes too much time and effort.&#8221;  Since when does foreplay have to be so time consuming? Even a &#8220;quickie&#8221; can include a little foreplay.</p>
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<p>If you want to chase all lasting remnants of passion out of your relationship, forget the warm-up and embrace an anti-foreplay attitude. But if it&#8217;s satisfying love-making that you&#8217;re after, learn to embrace a pro-foreplay attitude.</p>
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<p><strong>2. &#8220;Passion shouldn&#8217;t take planning&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p>You keep telling yourself that once the job stress vanishes or the kids grow up and leave for college, passion will magically find its way back into your relationship (so there&#8217;s no reason to bother making the effort now). Part of this mindset includes the erroneous belief that passion should remain natural and spontaneous.</p>
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<p>Most couples in a long-term relationship discover that great sex often results from sex that&#8217;s planned (but they&#8217;re not the ones reading an article on surefire ways to destroy passion). So, if you want to be sure the bed is used just for sleeping, throw away your daily planners and keep your fingers crossed that passion will find its way into your relationship.</p>
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<p><strong>3. &#8220;You can&#8217;t teach an old dog new tricks.&#8221; (AKA: Don&#8217;t disturb a good rut.)</strong></p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s a really effective passion-drain: Resist any change or initiative that might add zest to your relationship; prepare the same meals, eat at the same restaurants, use the same exact script each time you make love, and for heaven&#8217;s sake, never ever carve out alone time for you and your spouse.</p>
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<p>As an added bonus, here are two passion-destroying beliefs that many couples end up endorsing. If you&#8217;re stubbornly set on creating a relationship without any passion, you can repeat these statements each morning, but please only repeat them if you&#8217;re totally serious about obliterating all signs of sexual energy from your relationship:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Nothing will ever change, so why bother trying.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been together for so many years, it&#8217;s useless trying something different.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>4. &#8220;Why bother touching each other if it isn&#8217;t going to lead to sex?&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p>Touch (both sexual and nonsexual) can add a layer of sensuality to your relationship while making you and your partner feel closer to each other. However, making a commitment to touch each other more frequently isn&#8217;t that straightforward. Here&#8217;s just one unforeseen complication you might face:</p>
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<p>You&#8217;re watching television together while holding hands—sounds good, right? But what if you like to alternate channel-surfing hands? Within seconds things can get pretty convoluted and for some of you uncoordinated types, a little dangerous. Imagine your humiliation when you reach out to touch your partner but accidentally clip her in the side of the face with the remote. Or even worse, you put the remote down in order to hold hands and your spouse ends up gaining control of the remote!  Keep your hands to yourself (for safety&#8217;s sake).</p>
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<p>There are many paths to a passionless relationship—the above passion&#8211;destroying mindsets are just a small sampling of how couples inadvertently chase the sex out of their relationships. There are also steps you can take to build a lasting and meaningful relationship, but some effort is needed. Are you ready to take this next step and create a meaningful relationship?</p>
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<p><strong>Warning</strong>: the contents of this article may upset you. In fact, I strongly recommend that you close this page. If you&#8217;re like most people, you have a child-like naïveté about romance. I don&#8217;t want to spoil that. Sure, you were able to handle the truth about Santa Claus and the tooth fairy (oops, you didn&#8217;t know about the tooth fairy? Sorry…), but maybe you&#8217;re not ready to learn about love&#8217;s painful truths. </p>
<p>Okay, if you&#8217;re reading this paragraph, you&#8217;re either very curious, stubborn, or downright foolish. I warned you not to read further, so if you continue, do so at your own risk. </p>
<p><strong> Twelve painful truths about love:</strong> </p>
<p>1. Love will not make you happy—not in the long run. In fact, it&#8217;s never been love&#8217;s job to make anyone happy. But for some reason, more and more people enter into relationships thinking that they&#8217;ve signed up for a life full of happiness. </p>
<p>2. Love is unpredictable and offers no guarantees. If it&#8217;s certainty that you&#8217;re after, do yourself (and your partner) a favor and remain in the dugout. When you&#8217;ve entered the game of love, you&#8217;ve gambled—like it or not. There&#8217;s no way around this truth. </p>
<p>3. Love is not enough to keep your relationship healthy and running smoothly. Although the Beatles announced that all we need is love, the truth is they were wrong. (And just for the record, love didn&#8217;t prevent John, Paul, George and Ringo from ending up divorced.) </p>
<p>4. You can love someone and not like them. Life can be pretty unpleasant living with someone you love but don&#8217;t like. For some reason, couples stop behaving in ways that maintain their likeability factor. Big mistake. </p>
<p>5. Love doesn’t keep passion alive—passion keeps passion alive. If you don&#8217;t nurture romance and eroticism, you&#8217;ll end up in the land of platonic love. While this might work for some, many unhappily deny their need for sex in order to preserve their relationship. </p>
<p>6. You can feel lonely and still be in love. This painful truth often results from a lack of trust or an inability to take the risk of sharing all of yourself with your partner. People who feel lonely are vulnerable to looking outside their relationship for what&#8217;s missing (ironically, this pattern of loneliness can follow you from relationship to relationship). </p>
<p>7. That old adage, &#8220;Love is blind&#8221; has merit. Your feelings (and your desire to be in love) can obscure certain painful truths about your partner, especially in the beginning of the relationship. Rather than appropriately dealing with the shortcomings of your relationship as they arise, your myopic love-vision may allow problems to fester and grow, and before you know it, love is a thing of the past. </p>
<p>8. Even within committed, stable relationships, love can be imbalanced and inconstant. You may find that you love or need your partner more than s/he loves or needs you. And at other times the reverse might be true. Because humans are dynamic, evolving creatures, the love they feel for each other is also subject to change over time.</p>
<p>9. Love involves a fall from grace. People often enter relationships with unrealistic expectations and ideals that have more to do with a Hollywood script than real life. If love guided you into the arms of your partner, it&#8217;s up to you to toss the Hollywood script and prepare for the day-to-day work needed for love to survive. </p>
<p>10. Being in love can hurt. Loving the wrong person hurts even more. Here&#8217;s the irony: if you want to receive the gifts of intimacy, you must humbly stand at love&#8217;s door without the protective armor that has shielded you throughout your single life. When you take this risk, the joys and wonders of life intensify—and, sometimes, so do life&#8217;s sorrows. </p>
<p>11. For some reason, love doesn&#8217;t prevent ruts, arguments, or unreasonableness. If you forget this truth, you are less likely to remain committed to each other through the inevitable downturns that all relationships travel. </p>
<p>12. The love you feel may not last. This is especially the case when couples fail to give their relationship the attention and effort needed to keep it healthy. Because of the euphoria that accompanies new love, you might falsely assume that your relationship is immune to the struggles others face. The reality is, all relationships (even yours) are vulnerable and can buckle under stress. </p>
<p>There you have it, some unattractive truths about love. Are you still willing to step up to the plate and enter the game of love? If you&#8217;re like most, you probably answered &#8220;yes&#8221; to this question. Despite all the risks, people love being in love. If you&#8217;re the type of person who idealizes love, keep this list handy and refer back to it just in case you need a dose of reality. </p>
<p>To discover relationship tips to help you build a lasting relationship, visit <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.StrengthenYourrelationship.com" target="_blank" title="Strengthen Your Relationship">www.StrengthenYourRelationship.com</a> and sign up for Dr. Nicastro&#8217;s FREE Relationship Toolbox Newsletter. </p>
<p>As a bonus, you will receive the popular free reports: &#8220;The four mindsets that can topple your relationship&#8221; and &#8220;Relationship self-defense: Control the way you argue before your arguments control you.&#8221; </p>
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<p>Richard Nicastro, Ph.D. is a psychologist and relationship coach with over fifteen years experience helping individuals and couples live more fulfilling lives.  His relationship advice has appeared in national magazines, television and radio. </p>
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              I&#8217;m constantly asked, what can I do after breakup while I&#8217;m still in love with him? My answer has always been this, how do you need to feel? I acknowledge that this is not the answer you&#8217;ve imagined but it&#8217;s odd that a man you used to make love to, the one you devoted all you had, turns out hurting you the most. As they say, &#8216;love is hurting&#8217; which gets us all foolish sometime.</p>
<p>You have no problem to say love hurts when you are not in pain but when you are in an intimate relationship with somebody who doesn&#8217;t spend some serious time with you it&#8217;s like been in hell. Can you imagine all that caressing&#8230; may be those Pinks flowers&#8230; all that &#8216;I care for you&#8217;&#8230; those chocolates and flirting, disappeared, that&#8217;s intense isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Now you may ask what is well for you?</p>
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<p>Calling your man is not advisable. Asking for a a pardon to return is something you don&#8217;t want to do. Now you may ask what is well for you? To begin with you have to be informed that love is simply a state of mind, it&#8217;s the way you feel about the person you love. When you alter that feeling, there is no attraction. Are you getting it? Let me make it plain to you clearly.</p>
<p>Simply consider this, before you got involve with his life, you had no feelings or any bond with him. Even when I were to give all details about him it wouldn&#8217;t stimulate you the way you do now. Do you acknowledge why? Because the whole time you are crazy about a guy, you build emotional response, which is anabled, in your neuro system. The longer you stay together in affectionate way, the more you reinforce those neuron pathways in your brain and that means you build more allurement (love).</p>
<p>Hence, as you break up with a man there is an overwhelming acquired passion that makes you feel hopeless. If there is no way of getting back together then you must have an issue. This is the reason you can&#8217;t put your head together decently or why you get uncomfortable about your looks because of stress caused by breakup<br />
break up. This affects how you perform actions and your over all behaviors. The only way to play with this is to change the way you embrace these emotions. You have to change how you feel about your man.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll dissclose&#8230;</p>
<p>Pick up any book you can acquire around, grasp it while seeing the front part then move it 180 degrees and then see it from different sides . You will observe that, its display look different base on which side you are seeing it. The book didn&#8217;t change but the way you look at it, changed. Now, I&#8217;m not comparing your ex boyfriend with the book. What I&#8217;m saying here is this, when you change the how you feel about your ex boyfriend, break up will not affects you. Probably you have a numerous enquiries of how to follow up on this? The good news is there is a trick to help you forget your ex boyfriend quickly. This technique will make you move on after break up completely, you will be sexier than you can imagine.</p>
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