What happens to a marriage that lasts for 20 to 30 years, where there has been no infidelity and ends in divorce? Did the partners not find the Right One? Is the cause lack of communication, fighting, or could their be another love that is interfering? Where should our priorities lie when we are married?

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What do you do when you’re in a relationship and you find out your partner is cheating or cheated? And what do you do when that same relationship is a long distance one? And what do you do if you’re really in love? For some, the answer is an easy one: I really love them, so I’ll forgive and move on. For others the answer is equally clear if different: GET OUT! For yet others, they love and wish to continue loving, but they also feel betrayed…

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Money. Now there’s a real love/hate relationship for many of us: It’s value is fictional, yet our lives depend on it. Money is a tool, yet instead of us using the tool, the tool uses us. Our lives revolve around having it or getting it. And because these pieces of paper are linked to our survival in this world, it becomes more important than our REAL needs.

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As we look for a suitable life partner, a great deal of emphasis is placed on finding someone who shares our interests, a person that we are compatible with. but is compatibility the best way to go? For Dawne and I, compatibility was not an issue, because we had almost none! this podcast takes a closer look at how your incompatibilities might be just the thing that you need to lift your relationship to the next level.

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Each of us needs to be needed: A human being without this need fulfilled feels useless. All of us are necessary or the Universe wouldn’t have put us here. It’s just the way things work - no redundancies: Everyone is necessary. But how do we determine when and where we’re really needed?

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In our relationships with others… Think about that phrase for a moment. Do you realize that this applies to every time we meet, however briefly, anybody? Yourself, your lover/partner, your children. Your neighbor, the manager of your apartment building, the cashier at the store, the person you walk by on the street. Each encounter is a relationship and how you are, affects each one.

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Here’s a question for you:
If you knew the world was going to end, what would you do? For the sake of argument, let’s say the world had 1 month. There’s nothing that can be done to save it; it’s just going to end. Knowing this, how would you spend your time?

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I call it the People Before Products rule, and it states exactly what it sounds like, that we should wherever possible put human beings as a higher priority over things. Getting this wrong can lead to unnecessary strife and even the dissolution of entire families. I remember when my maternal grandfather passed away my uncles [...]

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Due to circumstances beyond our control, Dawne and I have been unable to enjoy our accustomed level of intimacy for the last several weeks. This kind of thing is normal in any relationship, but if mishandled, can put a considerable strain on a couple. Fortunately, we have developed some effective strategies for handling these periods in our lives, without going for each others throats.

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There is a saying: Energy flows where attention goes and attention goes where energy flows. That means wherever you place your focus, you give energy to the situation. It also means that when you concentrate on changing a situation and keep your focus there, others will follow after a while.This applies to all areas of our lives, whether personal, professional or social: It’s the magic formula for achieving dreams. And we apply this formula just by existing - as long as you think and feel, you do this.

But… When you apply this to something negative, it will work just as effectively as when applied to something positive. In fact, just as it can help you to achieve your dreams, it can tear your life down.

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