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Changing Your Name- The Process

Changing your name after marriage can be a time consuming process if you have a lot of cards or legal documents. However, it can also be just as simple of a process. You should not feel guilty if you decide to change your name. You should also not make your children feel like they should keep their maiden name. With the proper paperwork, most states allow you to easily change your name even if you have not gotten married. In most situations, changing your name requires a legal document such as a certified copy of your marriage license or divorce … Continue reading →

Options for Changing Your Name

Since birth (and before birth for many of us) our name identifies us. In some cases, our name is our history and our heritage. Many parents put a lot of consideration into the name of their child. Therefore a woman changing her name after marriage can be major decision. Many women choose to keep their maiden name for professional reasons and only use their married name for social reasons. Famous singers, movie stars, lawyers, and doctors may choose to keep the name under which they began their career. They fear that they may not be known under a different name. … Continue reading →

Changing Behaviors

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When it comes to marriage, we all have to adjust our attitudes. No matter how often you tell yourself that you fell in love with the person for who they are – you are going to change some behaviors in yourself from the moment you become committed. Don’t believe me? Let me ask you this – do you plan to date after your married? Do you plan to hit the singles scene? Do you plan to go grab a movie and some grub with friends without calling your spouse? Do you plan to spend the mortgage on the latest game … Continue reading →

Starvation Diet Doesn’t Work

Have you ever tried a starvation diet? Many years ago I did and quickly discovered that this doesn’t really work. Sure, it can help shed some pounds but it could also be harmful. And without changing your eating behaviors, you will likely end up putting the weight back on. So what is the answer to losing weight? According to new research there are three specific ways you can drop pounds without depriving yourself. The first is something I have written about in the past, the benefits of keeping a food journal. When you monitor your eating habits it can help … Continue reading →

Discipline and the Developmentally Delayed Child

To put it simply, discipline is hard. It is one of the hardest parts of parenting. But when done consistently and correctly, it can help you to raise strong, well-behaved, emotionally mature children. Still, it’s a tough job. Each stage of childhood means a different type of discipline. How you discipline depends greatly on the age and maturity of your child. If one of your children is developmentally delayed, it will take him longer to reach those different stages and his age will truly be just a number. Have patience. It will take your child longer to adjust to stages … Continue reading →

One Strategy for Overcoming Underachievement

In my last post, I described some of the ways in which people undermine their own success. If you own your own business, there is likely no one around (except perhaps a friend or a well-meaning spouse who may not want to bring up the subject) to suggest to you that you may be doing some of these things. As the owner of your own business, you are responsible for checking yourself to see whether underachieving is preventing you from reaching your full potential. George Eliot said, “It is never too late to be what you might have been”. That … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: Red Lights and Half Doses

“You wouldn’t take only half the medicine your doctor ordered,” said my weight loss book, The Complete Beck Diet Solution. Why, Dr. Judith Beck continues, would you expect to lose weight by doing some of the things you need to do and not others? Well, it seems logical to me that I’m better off implementing some healthy behaviors than none. In fact, Beck herself encourages people to change one habit at a time. Her plan, though, calls for changing several habits before officially entering the weight loss phase of the plan, which does involve carefully sticking to a planned diet … Continue reading →

Histrionic Personality Disorder (2)

In our previous article on Histrionic Personality Disorder we looked at how Sarah-Kate overdramatized everyday situations, was overly effusive to relative strangers and could not be relied upon by colleagues and friends. The link to this article is listed below. Today we will look at further characteristics of this disorder. Apart from having a style of speech that is excessively dramatic and lacking in real detail, the HPD sufferer is uncomfortable in situations in which they are not the center of attention. Thus if the conversation in a group situation should turn to subjects about which the HPD sufferer has … Continue reading →

What is Dependent Personality Disorder? (1)

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We are all dependent on each other to a certain extent to survive. We need contact with other like souls for our mental health, and when we are ill we often need a helping hand to get us back on our feet. But what about a person who is constantly reliant on opinions, advice and help from others simply to get through the day? Lori suffers from anxiety and occasional panic attacks, but the root cause of these problems is her excessive need for approval, and her submissive and clinging behavior. The latter is driven by her fear of separation … Continue reading →