From the category archives:

Relationships

Ten Journal Writing Prompts for New Love

August 31, 2010
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SO, YOU THINK you’ve just met the perfect boy, girl, man, or woman. Journaling through all the ups and downs at the beginning of a new relationship can help you understand your emotions and keep your head in the process. Journal writing gives you the opportunity to express and clarify your feelings in a safe [...]

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Five Ways to Build Healthy Boundaries

May 12, 2010
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THIS AFTERNOON, spurred by a blog article in Christina Katz’s e-zine, “The Prosperous Writer,” I pondered the subject of boundaries and all the ways boundaries serve us in life, both professionally and personally. Boundaries are, in essence, the lines that mark where the emotional and physical space of one person ends and another begins. They [...]

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Family Affairs

April 17, 2010
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HAVING JUST RETURNED from my oldest son’s wedding in Florida, I’ve been thinking a lot about family this week. Images of the bride’s family and of mine keep flashing through my mind—a grand mix of ethnicity, language, and age. Traditional images of family are turned upside-down when our children and grandchildren are the same age, [...]

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