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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Erica Goodstone is a highly professional, experienced and knowledgeable psychotherapist, author, lecturer, and seminar leader. Her training spans the gamut from traditional talk therapy to experiential mind/body awareness and stress management techniques to etheric spiritual connection. A few sessions of Dr. Erica's supportive, gentle and highly effective sessions can actually transform your relationships and your life. Issues that may have been lingering in your thoughts and consciousness for many years seem to almost magically dissiplate and disappear. As you experience yourself and those around you with a more accepting, less divisive and more inclusive approach, you will find your ... ]]></description>
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<title>Valentine's Day Is a Global Holiday for Giving Gifts - But the Gifts May Be Different</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Have you bought for that special someone a perfect heart shaped gift, a box of special chocolates, heart shaped jewelry, a bouquet of flowers and a handwritten card espousing your eternal love. Isn't this what most women want and even secretly expect to receive from the man in their life? That seems to be the universal custom in Northern America.]]></description>
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<title>How Much Do You Desire Love?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you know how to attract, create and sustain love and loving relationships in your life? I know my thoughts are powerful, my desire is essential, and now I understand I must hold onto a vision of my desire as if it is already being manifested. And I need to take continual steps toward the realization of my dreams and keep trusting that it is materializing into physical form regardless of the appearance of my current physical reality.]]></description>
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<title>The Art of Creating Love</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you know how to create loving relationships? When you are truly living your passion and following your heart and your own inner wisdom, you naturally become an attraction magnet. People want to be around you. People want to have what you have and bask in the high level of energy you exude. Creating love becomes an easy and natural habit.]]></description>
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<title>Sexual Desire - The Most Powerful Human Desire</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:41:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sexual desire is the most powerful of human desires. When filled with sexual desire solely for the purpose of having a "sexual" outlet, a man or woman's actions may be disorganized, distorted and even destructive. But when sexual desire is "mixed with the emotion of love," it is the most powerful combined force for creation, procreation and living in a healthy society.]]></description>
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<title>Love Is the Only Power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I believe there is only one power in this world - LOVE. Negative emotions, evil thoughts, and even demonic actions are actually merely the absence of love. Where love exists, there is little room for anything else. If we can find a way to bring back the love we once shared with our current partner or the loving anticipation we once felt at the thought of meeting someone new, then all things may be possible.]]></description>
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<title>Creating Love - Do You Know How?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:03:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Love is everywhere. Watch a baby smile with total love for life and for all those who reach out with love. Observe a couple in the early stages of passion or an aging couple sharing years of memories in each precious moment together. Each of us can tap into the love that is available or we can shut ourselves off and focus on everything that is not love. Love spreads. The more love you give, the more you are able to receive and the more you enable others to give and to receive.]]></description>
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<title>The Evils of Masturbation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, in this 21st century, there are still many people who have been taught and believe that masturbation is evil. When first practiced as a youngster, adolescent or teenager, it is often a new and exhilarating experience. The sensations that fill your body can fill you with a sense of power and delight. You can imagine making love to your ideal partner without the dangers of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases or a broken heart.]]></description>
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<title>Physical and Psychological Causes of Low Sexual Desire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Low sexual desire can certainly put a damper on the enjoyment of time together with a romantic partner. Some couples meet and feel intense desire and passion for a certain amount of time. But as the relationship progresses and the closeness and commitment intensify, some people begin to lose that spark that they had felt toward their partner. The person who does not feel desire often does not suffer as much as the person who craves the touch and intimacy but keeps being rejected. Persistent rejection can wear down the self-esteem of even the most self-confident and sexually secure person.]]></description>
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<title>Relationship Anger Is Not Cool - Return to Love</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:51:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Anger management involves remaining "cool" under emotionally stressful situations. To prevent the rage from growing intense, you need to recognize the triggers that set you off when they first begin, way before your thinking mind has given way to your more primitive reptilian brain. Learning how and then actually practicing anger management in the heat of a triggered emotional pattern requires premeditated courage.]]></description>
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<title>Negotiate For Love</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:34:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is not a fairytale. We don't find love, get married, ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after. Even in the very best of circumstances where the love has been expressed profusely and the trust is impeccable, two people will not and cannot always see eye to eye. Eventually there will be some points of disagreement and conflict.]]></description>
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<title>6 Ways That Sex Is Healthy For You</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Did you know that sex can be really healthy for your body, mind and spirit? If you are connected with a partner and both are freely choosing to be together, the actual physical act of sexual contact can actually be beneficial to your health.]]></description>
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<title>Men And Women Feel Love and Show Love Differently</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Even though most of us tend to believe that men and women are from different planets, our wants and needs are not really so different. It seems that our desires and what we like to hear and feel tend to play out slightly differently. Underneath it all, both genders want to feel attractive, sexy, desired, comfortable to be themselves, accepted and appreciated, acknowledged, understood and loved. Both sexes tend to be happy when they know they have a partner who cares, is interested and understands what makes them feel good.]]></description>
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<title>Want Your Marriage to Work? - Try These Simple Techniques</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:50:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The commitment of marriage cannot be taken lightly. Unless you believe in starter marriages and leaving when the going gets tough, your sense of commitment, duty and honor keep you plugging along in what seems like a hopeless situation. Take heart and have hope. Where there was once love, where there was once joy, those wonderful feelings CAN be rekindled.]]></description>
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<title>8 Warning Signs That An Argument Has Gotten Too Hot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When an argument begins, it may be just a discussion. Then one person has a negative reaction and responds in a harsh way. The other person becomes defensive and perhaps raises his or her voice. The first person becomes indignant at the other's response and gets even louder. The argument begins to escalate into in your face confrontations, finger pointing, blaming, swearing, and insulting. If the intensity keeps rising, physical violence may be the next step - pushing, slapping, punching or much worse.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Pursuing Short Term Pleasure or Long Term Love?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:37:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are pursuing short term pleasure, you may feel really good right now. You may wake up smiling and feel as though you are flying through your day at work. Your mind may be focused on and eagerly anticipating those upcoming moments of bliss with this person who makes your heart sing. This is the stuff that love songs are made of, the joy of those early days and months and first few years when excitement reigns supreme and sensual love fills all the pores in your body.]]></description>
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<title>You Don't Deserve Love</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:32:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you feel you deserve love, are entitled to love, and should be loved by anyone, even a particular person that you have given everything to, then the problem is your own faulty thinking. Whether you like it or not, nobody owes you anything and certainly, nobody owes it you that they should love you.]]></description>
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<title>I Hate You, Please Love Me</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would anyone in their right mind choose to get involved in an intimate relationship with a man or woman who hates them? Logically, it seems that would be a big turn off and the impetus for an instant break up. Unfortunately, very often, the exact opposite happens. Many of us say that we want a loving partner, someone who cares for us above all others. We tell our friends that we are looking for a kind, generous caring man or woman. We write in our journal that we want all these wonderful, giving qualities in our chosen partner. And then we fall in love with someone whose traits don't quite match what we say and believe we want. Why does that happen?]]></description>
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<title>The Road Not Taken In Love</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:26:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite poems that I read as a youngster is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. It begins with a simple dilemma and ends with a realization that one choice eliminates the other choice. We cannot take both paths at the same time. I loved this poem when I first read it, so easy to understand yet so profound. But I had not yet lived my life and taken those paths with no turning back. And I had never before thought of that poem in terms of relationships, especially intimate relationships.]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Know If Your Partner Is In Love With You?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:49:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Loving someone and being "in love" can be two entirely different matters. We love many people. We may love our parents, our children, our friends, our co-workers, our neighbors. When we love someone, we care about their welfare, we show an interest in what they say and do, and we may be willing to listen to their tales of stress and woe.]]></description>
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<title>How To Love A Man Without Scaring Him Off</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:52:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you met the guy of your dreams and you think to yourself, "This could be it." He fits all of your most important criteria - and more. He calls when he says he will, he shows up on time, he brings you thoughtful gifts, he takes you out on interesting dates, and your conversation seems to flow. Recently, you have gotten past the initial niceties and he remains attentive and loving, kind and caring. He talks about future plans and you feel your relationship is in the bag. Watch out!]]></description>
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<title>Couples Conflict Management</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The tension and hostility are building. You either lash out at each other, sometimes saying some pretty mean and insulting words, or you clam up and create a wall of silence. Conflict between two people in a relationship, any close relationship, is not only inevitable but can be healthy and cleansing. Engaging in conflict, no matter how difficult, emotionally painful, or frustrating, can actually lead to resolution and better communication.]]></description>
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<title>My Partner Doesn't Know I Have an STD</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:50:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, you think you have an STD. You have a few symptoms and you've looked online and think your symptoms match those of an STD. Your partner has no idea but you are agonizing over this terrible discovery. What should you do now?]]></description>
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<title>Low Sexual Desire Hurts</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:26:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Low desire by one partner toward the other hurts. if both have low desire, then they may be content to just live like roommates with occasional contact. But when one person longs for connection and sexual pleasure and the other resists or avoids it, the emotional pain can become excruciating. This article suggests what can be done to bring back the desire, return to love, and enjoy intimacy again.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Committed to Happiness?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:07:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Commitments are powerful. They are life transforming. When you commit to doing something, doors open and paths appear. When you commit in word and action, people appear to support you in your quest. Commitment leads to change. Decide what you are committed to and your life will change in that direction. Are you willing to make a commitment to happiness?]]></description>
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<title>Post-Sex Depression - Are You Sometimes Sad After Sex?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:56:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sadness, especially such deep sadness as depression, are definitely not known to increase sexual desire, arousal or satisfaction. In fact, depressed people often refrain from sexual activity. Men may find they are unable to become aroused and women may just avoid physical contact.]]></description>
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<title>Believe You Can - And You Can!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:29:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do YOU think you can? Henry Ford once said, "If you think you can, if you think you can't, you're right!" So often we give up without even trying, just assuming that we can't do whatever it is we are attempting. Many people run from relationships when the emotional conflicts begin to emerge. They may run into someone else's arms to assuage the uncomfortable feelings because they think they can't bear it. But they can't bear those feelings because they think they can't. There are many other people who endure intensely painful periods in their relationships but know that they can and will get through it. "If you think you can, if you think you can't, you're right."]]></description>
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<title>Searching for Love - STOP NOW!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:24:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for love, wishing for love, searching for love and longing for it. STOP NOW. CEASE AND DESIST! Love is a gift, given to us by our creator. We are already love and so is everyone else. But life has thrown us many darts and caused us to place walls of invisible armor around our hearts, just for a false sense of protection. We don't want to be hurt again so we stop ourselves from remaining open to love.]]></description>
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<title>Be the Love You Are Looking For</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:23:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Focus on your own self. Give to yourself whatever it is you would love to receive from someone else. Just doing that will take the burden off your most intimate partners. If they cannot provide you with the affection, kind words, understanding and love that you crave, the more you demand it and expect it from them, the less you will receive. The more you want to receive it from that other person, the more you will feel deprived and needy and inadequate.]]></description>
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<title>Sexting for Love - What Is Happening Here?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Teenagers are sexting now more than ever before. What is sexting? According to Wikipedia, "Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily between mobile phones."]]></description>
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<title>Mindfulness in Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:28:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mindfulness is often practiced as a meditation. You create a comfortable, distraction-free environment. You sit or stand, remain still or walk, in an upright, strong and relaxed posture. You gaze downward focusing a couple of inches in front of you rnose. Your eyes are open and soft. You notice your breathing, observe it and allow its movement in and out, and you watch yourself become increasingly relaxed. You notice your thoughts and decide not to pay attention to them right now, maybe later, and you bring your awareness and focus back into yourself.]]></description>
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<title>Your Life Purpose and Your Relationship Purpose - Do They Match?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:27:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you truly know your purpose for being in any given relationship and you are living in alignment with that purpose, you can't help but feel inspired, motivated and willing to give it all you've got. You will be willing to do anything, to endure almost anything and to forgive some of the most unforgivable human frailties.]]></description>
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<title>Core Values - Which Ones Do You Live By?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our core values rule our life. Often we are not consciously aware of those values and we may actually think we are living according to noble values. Yet, the people we have relationships with, those who spend time with us, may have a completely different view of us.]]></description>
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<title>Success Is A 4 Letter Word</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:22:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Success can be defined by several 4 letter words. Each word by itself provides a great deal of value to the person who possesses that quality. But when combined, all these 4 letter words cannot help but lead the possessor of these qualities toward success. Do YOU possess the 4 letter words of success?]]></description>
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<title>Six Proven Benefits of Chocolate</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In one of the famous director Woody Allen's comedies, many years ago, his main character declared that some day they will find out that chocolate is healthy for you. We in the audience laughed. How funny to think that chocolate could actually be beneficial to our health. It seemed ludicrous at the time. This delicious sweet delicacy that many of us craved and indulged in too frequently, could not possibly be so tasty and also good for our health.]]></description>
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<title>Money Is NOT a Big Problem in a Relationship - Unless It IS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:45:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Youngsters are often optimistic and have full lives ahead of them. Their potential is limitless and many already have financial security from their parents. But even if they are struggling financially, the flood of hormones and the excitement and newness of romance, sexuality and spending time with someone they love, can make life together seem rosy.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Diet Rich in Potassium?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:37:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Potassium helps our body to maintain a proper pH (acid/alkaline) level. It helps to offset the effects of sodium and regulate our blood pressure, bone mass, neuromuscular function, heart, kidney and adrenals. Potassium also converts glucose into glycogen which helps us to use glucose for muscle energy. Without proper functioning, our muscles become weak and start cramping and aching. This multi-functional nutrient also helps to eliminate carbon dioxide from the lungs and seems to be required for healthy functioning of several of our main body systems.]]></description>
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<title>Can Strenuous Physical and Sexual Activity Cause a Heart Attack - And Death?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:44:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If we have not been physically active for awhile and then we suddenly engage in a spurt of physical activity, is that dangerous and life threatening? Can an intense sexual encounter after months and maybe years of celibacy cause a sudden deadly heart attack? These are the questions that were recently raised in a paper published in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. And the conclusions can leave us all afraid to be physically active despite all that we have read about the benefits of physical activity. Studies have also shown that if someone we love does not love us back and breaks up with us, this could trigger a heart attack. Should we then cease from seeking love for the remainder of our life, to stay alive?]]></description>
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<title>Are You Really In Love or Is It Just Lust or Infatuation?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:20:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you know if you love someone? How can you tell if you feel true love or sensual lust? How do you decide if the love you feel is enduring love or merely a temporary infatuation? Feelings can peak and we can be blinded from the truth. Feelings can peak and we can develop lasting intimacy. There are many signs that signify you are in a state of limerance, but these states do not necessarily indicate love.]]></description>
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<title>Sex Problem? No Problem!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sexuality is a gift that is designed to bring us intense pleasure and sweet intimate contact with another. However, in our stress-filled society, sexuality can be fraught with anxiety, frustration and our own private sense of shame and inadequacy. Find out what you can do now if you think you have a sexual problem.]]></description>
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<title>Break Up, Make Up and Return to Love</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:55:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Breaking up is hard to do. You have a fight, you storm out angry, and maybe you have expressed some unforgivable, painful words. You cannot retrieve the words exchanged, but somehow, a few days or weeks later, you fall back into each other's arms again. You have returned to love. The passion looms strong. You believe that all is well, once again, and this time the love will last.]]></description>
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<title>The Immaculate Conception of Love</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:24:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this view of love, not unlike the currently popular Law of Attraction, love begins in our consciousness. Sometimes, love begins beneath the screen of our conscious awareness. We may feel a bodily sensation, the stirring of an emotion, a subtle message from our body, or even a fleeting thought. We may not instantly interpret the signal as love.]]></description>
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<title>The Gift of Tennis</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:03:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tennis was not always my first love. It wasn't until nearing my 20's that I first picked up a tennis racket. Do you have a passion or love for tennis or for some other physical activity in your life? Do you have a passion for some other type of activity (e.g., knitting, crocheting, gardening, building cars, collecting, painting, photography)?]]></description>
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<title>Sexual Reawakening in 10 Simple Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:49:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your sexuality is with you from the very beginning, guiding you to follow our destined life path. Take the time to look back on your early childhood influences. Take a few moments to reflect upon your previous sexual relationships and intimate love affairs. Recap, for yourself, what types of experiences and people have brought you the most sensual pleasure and emotional joy. And then make a personal commitment, to yourself, to get back those old buried feelings. They are not gone, just suppressed and hidden from your conscious awareness.]]></description>
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<title>A Broken Heart Can Be Dangerous to Your Health</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:16:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors have actually discovered that a broken heart can be dangerous for your health. The condition was originally called takotsubo, cardiomyopathy. Now it is often called stress cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy or apical ballooning syndrome. This is a temporary heart condition brought on by an emotionally painful and stressful situation, such as the loss of a loved one or a severe breakup.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Living Your Dream Now?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:12:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our dreams are so powerful. When we were children we dreamed big. There were no limits to our thinking and our imagination. What happened to YOUR dreams over the years? Have you continued to pursue them relentlessly? Have you attained what you dreaming of getting and have you become what you dreamed of becoming?]]></description>
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<title>Healthy Eating Is Easy, Even When Eating At Restaurants</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:36:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Healthy eating is easy, that is, if you know what to eat and you teach yourself how to schedule it into your day. Do you often wake up, shower and completer your morning bathroom routine and then decide "What do i want to eat?" or worse, "What do I have time to eat?" That is the approach that often leads to inadequate nutrition, eating on the run and overeating filling foods that lack nutrition.]]></description>
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<title>3 Small Diet Changes That Can Transform Your Health</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:25:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you been suffering from body aches and pains, join stiffness, inability to lose weight, high cholesterol and blood sugar imbalances? Then you are certainly not alone. The average American diet has been creating and sustaining a host of chronic ailments. There are 3 foods, if you truly incorporate them into your diet regimen daily, you may see amazing healing that you never thought possible.]]></description>
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<title>Lentils Are Good for Your Health</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:06:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lentil soup is delicious. But lentils can be eaten as a vegetable side and they come in many different colors ans tastes. Harvested only for their seeds, they are a type of legume, described as a "pulse" crop. The advantage is that they do not have to be soaked overnight as most other legumes require. They can be prepared quickly and easily and can be ready in 15 to 20 minutes. And they add an interesting flavor and color to any meal.]]></description>
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<title>Leader, Manager or Worker - How Do YOU Handle Your Relationships?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:52:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 3 ways to be involved in a relationship: as a leader (transforming your relationships), a manager (handling what is given to you) or a worker (going along with the established program). Discover which one you are in your important relationships and decide if you are ready to step up to becoming a leader.]]></description>
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<title>How Strong Are Your Knees?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:30:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An increasing number of baby boomers are now choosing partial or complete knee replacements at an early age. When knee replacement surgery was first introduced, it was designed for elderly patients with a fairly restricted lifestyle who would not add undue stress to their joints after the surgery. But the new wave of knee replacement patients are often athletic and determined to continue participating in sports indefinitely.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Know the Six Steps to Viral Marketing on the Net?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:37:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The internet is here to stay, yet many individuals and even large companies are still reluctant to avail themselves of social media marketing and all that is available online to exponentially grow their businesses. According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia: "Social media marketing is a recent addition to organizations' integrated marketing communications plans... Integrated marketing communications [includes]... advertising, personal selling, public relations, publicity, direct marketing, and sales promotion."]]></description>
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<title>Emotional Wounds - Healing in 3 Simple Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Before you can even begin to heal your wound, you must be aware that you do have a wound. You need to reveal the emotional wound, buried deep in your subconscious, and bring it up to your conscious awareness. If you don't know if you have such a wound, ask your closest friends, intimate partner or family members. Sometimes other people who know you can see something that is glaring to them and somewhat hidden from you.]]></description>
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<title>Relationship Sins - Have You Committed the 3 Most Serious?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:14:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How healthy are YOUR relationships? If you are like most of us, without realizing it, you have often inadvertently created problems that could have been avoided. The acts and attitudes and behaviors that may seem natural, innocent and even harmless at the time, can sometimes lead to irreparable damage. Relationship sins are like that. They are sometimes subtle, surprising and difficult to understand the long term negative consequences.]]></description>
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<title>Love Heals - But You Have to Know How?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:06:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you are in a relationship, any relationship, there is a certain way you are thinking, feeling, believing and behaving. The other person is both responding to you and also providing their own ways of thinking, feeling, believing and behaving. This often leads to miscommunication, unexpressed upsets, subliminal attitudes and demands, and outright manipulation, control, disagreements and fighting. To remain in a state of love, regardless of outward circumstances or the attitudes and behaviors of others, requires a very strong inner constitution. Love necessitates powerful self-respect and a higher understanding of the way the world works.]]></description>
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<title>Adversity and Unexpected Problems - What Do YOU Do?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:18:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is filled with adversity - financial problems, career and work issues, relationship struggles, divorce, chronic disease, problems with children or with parents, substance abuse and other addictions, life threatening sudden illness. Even the most successful, talented, wealthy and celebrated people are not immune to experiencing the adversities of life.]]></description>
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<title>Return to Self Love</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:58:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Loving our self is probably the most difficult love to attain in this lifetime. Although most of us, most of the time, focus on the love we are receiving or not receiving from others, our focus is in the wrong direction. Instead, we need to bring our attention right back to our own self and discover, establish, connect and nurture our own self love. Creating and sustaining self love is truly a lifetime task and only a few dedicated people really achieve it.]]></description>
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<title>Giving or Receiving - Which Is Better for You?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:40:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it better to give than to receive? Of course, it is really ideal to find a balance between giving and receiving in all aspects of your life. But that is often not possible. When we feel we have abundant resources and someone we care about is deficient in something (time, money, love, affection), it can feel as if the best thing to do is give. We have the resources and they don't. Why not share our abundance with someone who is lacking?]]></description>
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<title>Failure - Is It a Catastrophe or a Setback?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:35:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can view failure as either a temporary frustration, even a necessary step, on the way to success. Or you can view even a temporary setback as a total failure and an adequate reason to quit trying. However, success seems to have only one way of feeling.]]></description>
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<title>Couples Therapy or Individual Counseling - Which Is Best for Healing Relationships?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:47:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it possible for couples to work on themselves as individuals simultaneously with working on their relationship as a couple, or should they focus on one aspect at a time? Not only is it possible, IT IS ESSENTIAL, for couples to work on themselves as individuals at the same time that they work together on their relationship. Every relationship consists of two or more people. Each person brings thoughts, attitudes, memories and behaviors to the relationship. Each person affects, influences and has the potential to alter the thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of the other person.]]></description>
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<title>The Counselor's Magic Wand</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:12:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was once asked me the following question. "If you gave a two-minute "elevator pitch" counseling session to someone who needed encouragement during a hard time in their life, what would you say?" My answer was quick and to the point. I would ask the disturbed and disgruntled person, "If you had a magic want that could instantly and permanently eliminate this problem or hardship, how would you feel and what would your life look like?"]]></description>
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<title>Self-Reflection - The Missing Piece in Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:11:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Self-reflection is an important basic skill that seems to be lacking in many people's lives. So many of us are focused on what we want and expect to receive from others. We can begin each day with a positive expectation, a sense that we will take steps to create what we want in our life. And then, at the end of each day, we can stop to reflect upon the day's events and evaluate whatever occurred in terms of our own thoughts, behaviors and actions.]]></description>
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<title>Mind Body Connection - Do You Feel It?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:08:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is NO SEPARATION between mind and body. Our body does not act on its own accord. Even so-called involuntary body responses are, in fact, regulated by our own thoughts. Advanced yogis and others have revealed that with our bodies are capable of performing feats we do not ordinarily believe is possible. Are you aware of the connection between your mind and body? How often do you feel that connection? Do you notice the effect of your thoughts upon the sensations in your body? And do you realize how much your body sensations alter your thoughts? Change one and you change the other.]]></description>
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<title>Cheating, Monogamy and Hormoses in Men and Women</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:56:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Monogamy and cheating have created unrest, chaos, depression and rage throughout the centuries and within every known culture. In the study of human psychology, we have reasoned that monogamy results from attachment. The theory continues that in the beginning there is attraction, desire, passion and even lust. But as two lovers share their bodies, their hearts and their daily lives, they start to bond and become attached. Why then, do people in intimate relationships cheat?]]></description>
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<title>Therapists - Are You Ready to Build Your Business Online?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:52:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it really too late to build a thriving, financially successful therapeutic type business online? Yes, if you expect it to happen quickly. No, if you are willing to devote the next 3-6 years feverishly building your brand and unique selling proposition. If you are new to this online world you have gotten here late. Many other therapists have been here before you. Many of these excited and pioneering web coaches and mentors have given up and returned to their private practices with deflated egos.]]></description>
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<title>Therapists - How Well Are You Marketing Your Practice Online?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:14:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you've decided to jump on the bandwagon and build your online coaching, mentoring or counseling program. You know this is the wave of the future, that the internet is not going away, and that you want to be part of this online world. You have worked for years to develop your counseling skills in your unique area of expertise. After many years you have built a fairly substantial local counseling practice. Now you are ready to expand your reach to the world. But are you really prepared to MARKET your work and your Self?]]></description>
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<title>The Pain of Moving</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:52:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Moving can sometimes be difficult, stressful, and actually feel impossible. Pain is the signal from our brain that tells us we have a problem in our body. At first, we may notice a slight twinge, some stiffness or a little soreness. We sense there is a problem but it is in a low level of our awareness. We let it be there and are not too concerned. Since we feel just a mild discomfort, most of us will just ignore it and assume it will go away on its own.]]></description>
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<title>ABC Personality Types and Love Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:50:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Type A, Type B or Type C - Which one are you? Do you know? Discover for yourself which category best describes you. This information can help you to make wiser choices in dating and long term relationships. Knowing your own type and the types of those you meet, can help you to decide who to pursue for a more intimate relationship and why.]]></description>
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<title>Love and Gratitude in a Pain Filled World</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:11:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Love is all there is and gratitude is the way to attain it, sustain it and live it. To love another person, our self and our life can be easy when all the pieces fit well. How do we manage to feel love for our own self, for others and for our life when life has not been easy or has been downright difficult and painful? The answer, no matter what the problem or difficulty, is to somehow find a way to be grateful.]]></description>
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<title>Love That Lasts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:52:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take for love to last? Can it really endure through the daily trials and tribulations of life? How can we keep sweet love alive when struggling to earn a living, dealing with difficult or intrusive in-laws and other relatives, and fighting about our inevitable differences? Love is an art and a skill that requires practice and commitment.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Helping or Enabling Your Loved One?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:01:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are YOU helping a loved one (spouse, child, family member, friend, colleague) or are you simply enabling them to continue what they have been doing? The term "enabling" was first used in 12 step programs to describe the actions and behaviors of the partners and caretakers of substance abusers. Although the person "helping" may have had the most loving of intentions, often they were merely "enabling" the addict to continue acting out with destructive and self-destructive actions.]]></description>
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<title>6 Foods to Eat for Beautiful Skin</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:00:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why some people manage to have beautiful skin throughout their lives while others are plagued with acne, dry skin, wrinkles, and various spots and blemishes? Of course, we cannot deny that genetics plays an important role. And we are discovering how much our individual lifestyles can affect our appearance. This article reveals 6 important foods to radically improve the appearance of your skin.]]></description>
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<title>Simple Weight Loss Tip</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:46:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Where do we begin to regain that youthful bounce, the supple skin, the energy, flexibility and strength we desire? As I was buying some groceries, I mentioned to the person at the checkout counter how I was eating so much healthier and didn't seem to be affecting my weight. I was not easily losing those extra pounds. Drink plenty of water!]]></description>
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<title>10 Steps for Self-Care When Caring for a Loved One</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:22:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some people willingly care for someone they love, regardless of the personal toll it takes on their own time and energy and emotional well being. Others get thrust into this care taking roll, unexpectedly and feeling a great deal of resistance and resentment. If you follow these 10 steps, you can rest assured that you have done everything possible for everyone concerned.]]></description>
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<title>Female Sexual Dysfunction - Really?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:19:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) - Is it real, does it really exist, and can it be treated with a little pink pill? That is the current question posed by film director, Liz Canner, in a documentary called Orgasm, Inc. It was not too long ago. The year was 1998 and I was attending a conference organized by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. One of the speakers informed us that this new pill would soon be on the market that would help men with sexual dysfunctions. That little blue pill revolutionized the way we view sexuality and dysfunctions.]]></description>
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<title>Relationship Wisdom - Getting the Love You Want</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:25:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You want a relationship. You have always dreamed of meeting Mr. Right or Miss Perfect. Perhaps you have dated for quite awhile or maybe you are just beginning to socialize. You have held on to a dream ever since you can remember but it doesn't seem possible and you don't know where to begin. How do you find love in this world where people do not reveal themselves and you don't recognize the signs.]]></description>
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<title>Baby Boomers Begin Turning 65</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:29:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Baby Boomers are aging. Statistics state that there are between 76-78 million Baby Boomers in the United States along. This is touted as the largest demographic to date. This group, born between 1946 and 1964, are in the work force now but will be continuing to reach retirement age within the next two decades.]]></description>
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<title>Seniors Are Dating Online</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:15:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dating online for seniors can be complex and difficult, especially for those who have not yet grasped that they are considered seniors by the world at large. First, most online sites require a photo. That is the first decision to make. Is it better to post a true and recent photo, showing the way you look at this point in your life - or - is it better to post a more attractive photo of a younger and slimmer you? Second, many people lie about their age, their height, their financial status, their emotional health, their careers and anything else that might prevent a hook up.]]></description>
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<title>Foot Fetishes - How Common Are They?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:39:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foot fetishism is one of the most common of all the fetishes. Although usually associated with male sexuality and male preferences, women may also exhibit a sexual fetish although the focus and object would be different, e.g., a fetish for womens' shoes. Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is defined by Wikipedia as the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object. The object of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object....Arousal from a particular body part is not to be confused with fetishism because it is classified as partialism."]]></description>
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<title>You Cheated - She Knows - Now What?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:47:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You cheated. All those little white lies and bigger and bigger lies had you tied up in knots. You got yourself into a situation which felt great at first but started to eat away at you. The other woman seemed so appealing, so exciting, so understanding and so different from your wife. And you even rationalized that if your wife did know, she loves you so much she would get angry for awhile and then just easily forgive and forget. You weren't ready for what would really happen if the truth was revealed to her.]]></description>
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<title>The State of Love - Which State Do YOU Live In?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:34:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do YOU live in the state of love? You can easily discover what state you are living in most of the time and at any given moment. One clue is the way you feel. Those feelings in your gut have sometimes been described as your second brain. There are so many nerve endings there.]]></description>
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<title>Valentine's Day Is a Day of Love</title>
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<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/5882209</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:42:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day is a day that reminds us to acknowledge our loved ones with gifts, external displays of our internal feelings. All too often, the cards and gifts sent on Valentine's Day are given half-heartedly, with a sense of obligation and doing what the media sets us up to do. When we do not follow the media dictates, we stand the chance of hurting our loved one's feelings.]]></description>
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<title>End Suffering With the Four Noble Truths</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:58:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Four Noble Truths is a powerful set of beliefs, derived from the wisdom of Buddhist practices. Once we understand, accept and live with a continual awareness of these four noble truths, life as we know it now is transformed. We find we are able to live in the moment, each moment. We can more readily accept whatever life is offering us, find the joy wherever we can, forgive more easily, and let go more often.]]></description>
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<title>Successful Relationship Formula - Keep the Four Agreements</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:46:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are your relationships wonderful, joyful and happy? Have you ever heard of the four agreements? This set of very simple concepts can literally transform your life. The principles are so simple and the results can heal your emotions and keep you in a state of gratitude and love. But these 4 agreements can be extremely difficult to practice on a daily basis. "You need a very strong will in order to adopt the four Agreements - but if you can begin to live your life with these agreements, the transformation in your life will be amazing." From The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz's classic book of Toltec wisdom.]]></description>
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<title>Oppressed People Need to Be Resilient</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:47:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Research has found that there are certain qualities that enable a person to rise above this oppression, suppression and even abuse. These qualities can be summed up in the word "Resilience." To be resilient is to be free to overcome difficulties. A resilient person does not focus the mind and physical energy on feeling less than others. The resilient person uncovers the internal strength to overcome all obstacles and finds external support to move on.]]></description>
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<title>Valentine's Day - The Best Gift Is Love</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:41:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valentine's Days is a special day of the year. It was created to encourage love and romance. But it has become another vehicle for big business to push their products upon us. The fact is that many of us do not really crave these superficial or commercial displays of love and romance.]]></description>
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<title>Intimacy Doesn't Last</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:35:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intimacy creates a false sense that we are not ultimately alone. Intimacy lasts as long as it lasts and it ends when it ends. This is a phenomenon over which we have very little control. Change is the one quality that we can definitely depend upon. No matter how wonderful our life and our relationships may be at this very moment, we can be assured that something will change. We grow older. Our children grow up. We experience physical changes in our body. We experience changes in our professional life. We have all sorts of changes in our friendships and social circles.]]></description>
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<title>Love With Intention and Purpose</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:16:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Giving is more powerful than receiving. Intentional loving on your part, not waiting to receive that from your partner, is the way back to intimate love. When you do something pleasing for your partner, serotonin is released in their brain, helping them to feel relaxed and happy. But it is not enough for you to take action. It is important for you to find a way to elicit that same caring action from your partner toward you.]]></description>
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<title>Libido, Love and Physical Pain</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:00:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Libido is that delightful urge within us to seek physical, emotional and sexual pleasure and orgasmic release. Love nudges us to reach out to our desired partner. Love helps us to feel invincible, as if we can conquer all obstacles and overcome all difficulties. But pain can stop us dead in our tracks. Pain has sometimes been called the 5th Vital Sign. When we feel pain, especially sharp, shooting, spasmodic and intense pain, most of us can only focus on one thing - relieving or getting rid of the pain. Once in awhile, after an intense athletic workout, after an unexpected fall or injury, we may experience temporary pain which causes us to avoid sexual intimacy for a brief period of time. And usually our relationship does not suffer from such a brief hiatus...]]></description>
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<title>Heal Your Relationships by Healing Yourself First</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:43:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Relationships often begin with caring and loving attention. But over time, without clear and open communication, what was once a delightful friendship, a loving parent-child relationship or a happy intimate affair can become strained, difficult and downright unpleasant. Can a problematic relationship be healed? I believe that most relationships need some healing and that most relationships can heal if time, attention and skilled interventions are done.]]></description>
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<title>Divorce, Separation or Staying Married - Which Is Best for You?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:42:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Divorce, separation, trial separation, brief vacation - Have you been struggling with marital problems, feeling confused or stuck and not knowing what to do or which way to turn? If you are confused about how to handle your emotional conflicts and sense of deep unhappiness within your marriage, you are certainly not alone. Marriage is often a place of quiet and not-so-quiet suffering. It doesn't have to be that way, but years of not communicating effectively and numerous unresolved hurts and rejections can pay a huge toll on emotional well being.]]></description>
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<title>Law of Attraction, The Secret, and Other Voodoo</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:13:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marketers and motivation experts have always known certain secrets to attract customers and convince them to buy. Years ago, the emphasis used to be on "closing the sale." Nowadays, the objective is to just follow the law of attraction. "Ask and ye shall receive," Believe and it will be given unto you." If you observe a marketing guru in action, you can easily believe that the law of attraction works. You can be convinced that if you repeat your favorite positive affirmations regularly, the world will open up its resource bank and pour the goodies into your lap. And you can surmise, "If he or she can do it, so can I."]]></description>
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<title>Sexual Abuse Linked to Psychosis</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:33:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Childhood sexual abuse is a devastating experience that usually leaves lifetime scars on the victim. Recent research indicates that the scars may be not only physical and emotional but also mental. Early childhood sexual abuse appears to be an important risk factor for the development of psychotic disorders later in life, especially schizophrenia.]]></description>
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<title>Grief Therapy - What Can It Do For You?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:03:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have recently experienced the loss of someone you love, then emotional pain, suffering, grieving and mourning may be no stranger to you. Some of us cope better than others, but we all need the support of caring friends, family and neighbors. Attempting to grieve all alone is not a prescription for successful healing.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Your Communication Style?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:03:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever talked to a friend, family member or intimate partner and felt, hopefully only for the moment, that you could just not communicate? Somehow, no matter how you tried to explain yourself the other person did not seem to understand, did not "get it."]]></description>
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<title>Grief, Mourning and Living Again</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:40:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Grief may be one our our most difficult and complex emotional states. When a close family member dies, we are expected to feel emotionally upset, i.e., to grieve and mourn for the loss. We are expected to have tears in our eyes, to look sad, and to be obviously pained. However, sometimes when we experience a sudden or unexpected loss, we may be in a state of shock and our emotions may temporarily be blocked. That can actually continue for a long time, months and even years, and may interfere with our healing and connecting with others.]]></description>
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<title>Aging - New Realities</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:04:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The new longevity is not just about living longer, it's also about living better and maintaining a balanced, vital lifestyle." The time to begin is NOW, regardless of your current age or current lifestyle. When we are in our 20's and 30's, many of us believe that illness and aging will just not happen to us. We will be the ones to prove that we are invulnerable. But of course, nobody is immune to the ravages of personal neglect and aging. What we eat, how we live our lives, the amount of stress, the amount of sleep and relaxation, the quality of our relationships, the state of our finances, and many other lifestyle factors affect us now and for the rest of our lives. Are YOU currently living the lifestyle that your body, mind and spirit will thrive on for decades to come?]]></description>
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<title>Overweight? You May Be Missing Some Basic Nutrients</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:35:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Obesity is becoming an epidemic in the United States. Current research at John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health indicates that more than two thirds of adults and one third of children and adolescents in the U.S. are overweight or obese. If something is not done now to change this pattern, then the prediction is that by 2015, three quarters of adults will be obese and then by 2030 it may be even greater than 85%. If the trend continues, obesity may become the number one "preventible" cause of death in this country. But how is this possible when so many of us are obsessed with diet and weight and external appearances?]]></description>
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<title>Emotional Spam Control</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:54:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been inundated with spam in your email box? What did you do about it? Did you take the time to read every email? Did you believe what was being said and allow it to affect the way you responded to all your other emails? Probably you didn't even bother to open most of the spam and you quickly hit delete. How do we hit "delete" and knock the emotional spam out of our system and out of our life? The answer is actually quite simple...]]></description>
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<title>Using Your Head - Healing Through Indian Champissage</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:23:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is Indian Champissage? It is a unique type of head massage introduced in 1981 at the Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition in Olympia, England, by Narendra Mehta. He developed this unique method, based upon the ancient Ayurvedic healing system which included head massage. "Champi" is the Indian word that means "head massage." In traditional Indian families, women would often combine head massage with specific oils to keep their hair beautiful and strong.]]></description>
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<title>Laughter Is Better Than Pain</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:58:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Laughter, combined with breathing and moving your arms and your body, brings more oxygen into your body. As you laugh, it becomes more difficult to stand still so you can't help moving. And as you move and laugh, you also improve your balance. Endorphins are released, your body feels good, and whatever pain your have been feeling either lessens, dulls or actually dissipates. Laughter improves your immune functioning. It actually relaxes the tension in your cell membranes, allowing better blood flow and increased oxygen to spread throughout your body.]]></description>
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