Beware Of The Unavailable Client

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“I am a magnet for unavailable men,” says Jennifer Lopez’s character, Mary Fiore, in the romantic comedy, The Wedding Planner. How well I can relate. For the past 40 plus years, my relationships with men were more built on a guy’s potential then his actual follow through. Let me tell you, potential can only take [...]

Developing Mutual Respect In Your Relationship

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Every relationship has its ups and downs; and who doesn’t want to have more ups than downs when they are involved with someone? Interacting with people can be very challenging in and of itself; however, when the exchange is between two people who are involved intimately or married, the lack of respect for your mate [...]

Walking The Hard Road to Forgiving Infidelity

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Too many times couples break up over one of the most widely known relationship killers – INFIDELITY! We as a people are conditioned to believe in the U.S. that we must be in monogamous relationships, yet infidelity is very familiar to the majority. Someone recently asked me whether or not I believed we were designed [...]

A Story Of Grace And Forgiveness Interview with Karen Johnson [Episode #35]

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Karen Johnson is a woman of faith, a mother, and a life coach with a background in wellness and fitness. She is the author of an autobiographical book entitledCovered and Kept, The Tearing Between Two Worlds, which is a true testimony of her experiences in dealing with a very traumatic and public tragedy, through the [...]

Passion Into Action: You Have To Press Through The Pain

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Many of us have gone through those situations which you just cannot put how bad that they hurt you into words. That divorce, those close friend or relative’s death, that layoff or firing, that sickness that almost took you out of this World. Somehow, you were able to wake up the next morning after the [...]

Stop Acting Like An Employee

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“Stop acting like an employee!,” my Wise Self urged as I was about to snuggle further underneath the covers of my bed. You see, typically on Mondays, I tend to lie in my bed and attempt to meditate while my mind goes from one thing to another. I’m sure God shakes his head for the [...]

5 Qualities Of An Effective Leader

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This is a two-part article that expounds on the qualities and behaviors of an effective manager and leader as well as an ineffective manager and leader. Part I deals with managers and Part II deals with leaders. Both articles focuses on the role of a “supervisor” in the workplace but it could certainly apply in [...]