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Addicted To Her

Addicted To Her by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of August 4, 2003 I dated a woman I work with for four years. In both our minds we were soul mates. A year and a half ago she broke it off. I never found out the real reas...

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Game-Set-Match

Game-Set-Match by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 21, 2003 I don't know whether to call it jealousy or insecurity. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years. Last year at my husband's surprise bi...

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Not My Assignment ... If You Didn't Create It, Then It's Not Yours!

My Assignment... If You Didn't Create It, Then It's Not Yours! by: Edward B. Toupin Life consists of lessons. Living is continual learning. Therefore, if you take on someone else's issues and responsibilities, or lessons, would th...

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Impaired Judgment

ired Judgment  by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 23, 2002 My husband has a twofold addiction problem, drinking and drugs. In the six years we have been married, he has had periods of sobriety, but they don&ap...

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Homework Doesn’t Have to Be a Battle of Wills

Homework. It doesn’t have to be a daily battle of wills between child and parent. There are several strategies and elements that a parent can use to maximize an opportunity to support a child’s education and to massage the parent/child bond. For ...

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English speaking and foreigners

Sins I am a foreigner and English is not my language I would like to tell you about how I write and read articles. When I write article I sometimes have to write them in Norwegian and translate them in to English even if Norwegian is not my language...

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Maintaining Your Assertiveness Rights

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Shake the Tree

How would you respond to this question posed by writer Logan Persall Smith?: “What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?” I believe that, in the context of weight management, the “p...

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Doing Favors versus Being Of Service

At the end of interviews, Oprah Winfrey asks people “what do you know for sure?” I know exactly what I will tell her when she asks me that question. One thing I know for sure is that the grandest changes in our lives come from subtle shifts in ou...

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What's the Balance in Your Personal Trust Account

We think we know ourselves better than anyone else becausewe spend 24/7 in our own skin.But many times, we say and do more damaging things toourselves than we would ever consider inflicting on someonewe detest. We believe that we know the "real" us a...

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