A friendship with platonic intimacy gives you the best of both worlds. It’s a relationship without the sex and complications that are inevitable with a romantic partner, but there’s a profound affinity that you can’t get from mere friendship alone.
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Mindful Summer Projects to Give You a Respite from The Daily Grind
A few days into summer, everyone’s (okay, maybe not everyone) favorite season, and it’s never too early to start planning for summer projects. Ditch your usual summer activities, take a break from the daily grind of life and do something worthwhile.
Step outside your comfort zone and be more mindful and involved in caring for the environment. Stop paying lip service to charitable causes and act on your concerns. Improve or learn skills that count.
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Home Management for Common Health Issues Older Adults Face
Even before adults technically become seniors, which may be 60 or 65, a lot of common health issues present themselves and changes become apparent. Physical appearance shows graying hair, loose skin, and wrinkles. But more than looks, older adults face challenges that, along with medical intervention, may be helped by home management.
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Lessons I Learned From My Father About Parenting
Now that I have kids of my own, I have come to appreciate the delicate balance of discipline and affection that my father had to maintain in handling us, his own children. Fathers have their special parenting challenges that are different from mothers.
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Coming to Terms with Grief: How to Heal Yourself
One of life’s most difficult challenges is dealing with grief, the feeling of sadness over the loss of someone or something significant. Although grief is normal, the pain can be overwhelming, and the sorrow so profound that it defies description. You wonder if you can ever heal yourself.
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Get Real: 6 Unrealistic Expectations You Shouldn’t Carry into a Relationship
The unrealistic expectations you seek in a relationship are probably the result of reading too many fairy tales or watching romantic films where the couple ride off into the sunset. Or you may pattern your relationship based on your own parents’ happy marriage.
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