Uplifting Relationship Resources

February is here. That means Valentine hearts and candy and flowers, or really what is it that a girl wants for Valentine’s Day? I remember the first Valentine’s Day I was dating my husband. After years of wanting a really good relationship at Valentines Day and never really having any luck, I had finally found [...]

“…husband and me kissing…but the kids at school say ‘Eww, gross.’ about their parents kissing…the misplaced ideas we hold in this world about love, sex and marriage…Do Tell® embraces this process of change…it’s what draws us closer in relationship to each other as parents and children…

“…people love to talk about love…in today’s 140-character world, they love nothing more than pithy quotes that sum up their life and personal experiences…buying a card with a pretty picture, taking out the inside and writing my own sentiments….Laughter is the best thing to keep love going…”

I’m hoping another woman improves my relationship with my husband. She’s impersonal, impartial and very professional – and I’m looking forward to giving up to her part of what’s always been my role in the relationship. No, this isn’t some sort of “Big Love” experiment – no relationship status announcement. I finally bought him a [...]

If you think about the last time you played the game of Risk or Pictionary, it was physically with other people in a relaxing social atmosphere. When you remember the evening highlights, do you treasure “the strategic move” during the board game? Or do you “remember more the jokes that were circulating around the table”…

…PBS’s This Emotional Life… had an affair…therapist helped them communicate…She simply didn’t understand why he kept on talking about basketball..We often don’t take the time to ask questions. To find out what makes each other tick, or to find out how our past has influenced us.

Appreciation changes us, and that changes the way we see other people. It is a mindful choice about how to interact with the world. And you’ll find that you literally uplift the energy that belongs to a relationship or situation in your life, when you think about and speak appreciation. Your new reactions may change others. Your compliments certainly will begin to build a bridge… read more

When the journey seems like a lot of hard work….. wanted to go, but it’s not nearly as joyful as it could have been if we had gone a different way.

That doesn’t mean you won’t encounter road blocks sometimes, but you’ll get where you want to go if you just keep going and enjoy the journey…read more

A broken heart can be an opening. Piver says, “When your heart is broken you have direct access to these qualities that through one lens feel genuinely terrible. But if you could just shift… That kind of happiness will come through better connections with ourselves and others.

Nearly four centuries ago Rene Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” While this was breakthrough thinking at the time,… it does not seem complete… emotions are a part of our fiber

instead of thinking that emotions are getting in your way of making the right choices, think of them as an internal guidance system to head you in the right direction.

So, the next time you find yourself “emotional” over a situation. Don’t criticize yourself. Don’t stuff it. Stop. Pay attention and you can take a step towards connecting to a happier you.

We use to entertain often, eating out and seeing movies with friends at least once per week. Our friends did the same circuit as well with us and other friends. Well, now life has changed, we have to live life within our means, …and still be social….

The older I get the more I realize I must actively participate is keeping connected with everyone. Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace are fine for updating everyone on my latest trip or I have a toothache, but it really doesn’t give me the space, platform, or audience I need to “share me as I am today”….

…the Do Tell experience ensures all players, single men and women, get acknowledged as….