Infidelity Discovered? 10 Ways to Calm Your Powerful FeelingsWritten by Dr. Robert Huizenga, The Infidelity Coach
When you find out about affair, first few hours, days and weeks can be emotionally wrenching to say least. Or, if someone you deeply care about begins "pulling away" you may also experience intense feelings. Read through this list and pick out a couple things you can do to help yourself during these times. 1. Walk. Run, if you are fit enough to run. Work out. Get blood flowing. Physical exercise drains off adrenaline and physically you feel better. You also think better of yourself because you are caring for you. 2. Talk. If you typically handle problems by talking them out, find someone who will listen as you pour out your heart. Give them explicit instructions: "I need to talk, vent, cry, rage, and question. Just look me in eye, nod your head and listen." 3. Write. Get a kitchen timer. Set it for 5 minutes. Spend that time writing...anything, everything that comes to your mind. Don't censor. When bell goes off say to yourself, "OK, there it is. Now I need to get on to other things. I will come back later and write more." Put writing in a safe place or destroy it. 4. Find a safe place and spend some time there. Do you have a favorite lake, wooded area, park, room, chair where you feel safe and can "get away." Intentionally spend some time there. 5. Use good "self talk." Tell yourself, "You are ok. You will be ok. This too shall pass. What you are feeling is normal and will not destroy you." Develop that "observing part" that can speak to your turmoil.
| | Marriage Finances 101Written by Robb Ksiazek
Marriage is a wonderful thing, but planning wedding is a difficult task. The coming together leaves many things as an afterthought to wedding. Each has their own credit cards, checking accounts, and utility bills. Hopefully, neither has a lot of debt.Most people do not think about finances when they are getting married. It takes romance out of it. But it is necessary to make some sort of arrangements, or at least a plan of how to get things consolidated. Let’s start with checking accounts. There are a couple ways to go about it. Many financial experts believe that you should keep your individual accounts. It will be easier to manage and keep track of transactions with only one hand in cookie jar. Open up a joint account for your expenditures. Each should deposit a certain percent into joint account to cover your allotted expenditure budget. What is left over can be deposited into your separate accounts and savings account.
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