FUEL Shortage: 4 Relationship Areas Often Underestimated

Published on YourTango on 11/9/12 The shortage of fuel after Hurricane Sandy parallels fuel for relationships often taken advantage of In recent weeks, Hurricane Sandy has affected many dimensions of life in the greater New York area.  Among this has been a shortage of fuel which has not been seen since the 1970s.  Those who drive in […]

Maintaining Confidence During Sandy’s Aftermath

Published on YourTango on 11/9/12 My interconnected response to Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy is one of the disasters I have lived through in my life. During Sandy, I was living and working in New York City. I am thankful that others have challenged me to be introspective and think about what I have experienced and what can be learned […]

Published on YourTango on 11/9/12 Natural disasters help highlight relationships and interconnectedness in today’s world Our world has become connected in ways that a couple of decades ago could only have barely been imagined.  Often this is taken primarily as a matter of technology, a matter of ease of getting information, a matter of the speed […]

4 Reasons You Might Want To Date A Criminal

Published on YourTango on 9/19/12 Don’t write off a date just because of a pesky criminal record. He could be the one! Many people would say that there are dangers of dating a criminal and even advocate checking criminal records of online daters. In many situations where your potential date is a criminal there is reason to be cautious. Sometimes this fact will be […]

New Beginnings: 5 Lessons from Rosh Hashanah

Featured on Daterly on 9/18/12 Have you ever heard the sound of the shofar? Its sounds is one that you would remember, whether the short blasts or the longer sustained blast that goes on over many seconds. This ram’s horn sounds one hundred notes a day during Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the Jewish New […]

New Beginnings: 5 Lessons from Rosh Hashanah

Published on YourTango on 9/18/12 New beginnings are often needed in our lives and relationships – learn how from Rosh Hashanah Have you ever heard the sound of the shofar? Its sounds is one that you would remember, whether the short blasts or the longer sustained blast that goes on over many seconds. This ram’s […]

The Couple That Prays Together …

Published on YourTango on 9/18/12 How shared spirituality can help strengthen your relationship. Spirituality has been linked to mental health by a number of studies including one from the University of Missouri. While this study focused on how spirituality was linked to individual mental health, increased spirituality also helps in the area of forgiveness in couples. The capacity for forgiveness is […]

Sudden Changes In Life: 5 Lessons From Passover

Published on YourTango on 4/6/12 Our world can change suddenly, like it did on Passover or Good Friday – how do you find a future? Many things can drastically and suddenly change our lives. With the economy, we all know people who were doing well (or at least okay) who lost their job and as […]

Conflict In The Family: 4 Lessons From Maundy Thursday

Published on YourTango on 4/6/12 Finding peace and wholeness in the midst of family conflict, by drawing on Maundy Thursday lessons. If you are like most people, you experience some form of conflict within your family whether it is just two of you, involves children or even the extended family.  Sometimes this conflict can be  just in […]