The first step in AA is admitting there is a problem, and it wasn’t until I experienced the lows of a particularly painful relationship that I came to terms with my addiction. Like many, if not all people, my relationship issues can be traced back to my relationship with my parents. For whatever reason I was ashamed to acknowledge this, but the further along I got in my studies of psychology, the more I realized that ignoring my pain would only delay my healing....

RELATED: Woman Confronts Friend’s Husband After Seeing Him At Hospital With A Pregnant Woman Do you think the life you are living right now would be better for having these psychic abilities? Or, do you think this is simply not possible and there is no way that such things exist? Do you have psychic abilities? Here’s how to tap into your inner psychic abilities, because everyone’s a little psychic. As someone who was born intuitive and empathic, otherwise called “psychic,” I can tell you that there is indeed a sixth sense available to all of us....

It certainly seems like an appealing soulmate theory on the surface: Focus on living a happy life and becoming your authentic self and your soulmate will just … show up. But is it true? Will it work? Let’s break this soulmate theory down and see if it holds up to scrutiny. RELATED: 7 Little-Known Secrets About Soulmate Love First, there should be some agreement on what is meant by a soulmate....

And then I would walk out that door and revert to who I had been my whole life. RELATED: The 10 Seconds That Ended My 20-Year Marriage I respected my marriage counselor. And it was a relief to vent and have my feelings validated. Still, in the beginning, it wasn’t easy to hear my emotional truth. But eventually, I shifted from feeling victimized and blaming my husband to wanting to work on myself....

Swingtown notwithstanding, the imagined benefits of an open relationship (Sex! All the time! With friends and neighbors!) are quite titillating, but (alas) often untrue. RELATED: 101 Smart Ways To Improve Your Relationship Right This SECOND What is true, however, is that most people practicing open marriage are usually both romantic and realistic about the probability of remaining monogamous over a lifetime with one partner. If studies are any indication, most people who pledge monogamy aren’t actually faithful anyway, so you could say people in open marriage or relationships are simply being more honest about their desire to mess around than the average American....

Today’s daily tarot is focused on the Empress while the Moon spends another day in Libra. The Empress encourages us to listen to our inner voice which speaks loud and clear when we take the time to listen. RELATED: The Daily Horoscope For Each Zodiac Sign On Sunday, December 18, 2022 Quite frankly, that’s a tall order when we are all preparing for the joy of this season. For some of us, thoughts of past memories—some less favorable— can come up....

RELATED: The Daily Horoscope For Each Zodiac Sign On Sunday, November 20, 2022 Learn what your zodiac sign’s daily tarot card reading has in store for you on Sunday, November 20, 2022. Aries (March 21 - April 19) Tarot card: Seven of Swords A state of calm is what you need. Wipe out from your schedule all the things you know you don’t necessarily need in your life. Try to find those moments that allow you to experience a complete state of calm....

The Sun will leave the zodiac sign of Libra this weekend, and the Moon will start to transit Virgo starting today. We are at a turning point in our lives in so many ways, and as the season changes, we feel open to what could be. RELATED: The Daily Horoscope For Each Zodiac Sign On Friday, October 21, 2022 Learn what your zodiac sign’s daily tarot card reading has in store for you on Friday, October 21, 2022....

RELATED: Each Zodiac Sign’s Weekly Horoscope For October 24 - 30, 2022 Learn what your zodiac sign’s daily tarot card reading has in store for you on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Aries (March 21 - April 19) Tarot card: Six of Pentacles, reversed Relationships that are one-sided typically do not withstand the test of time. You are a giver, Aries, and even though you don’t demand or expect to receive anything in return, you still do want to know you’re thought of....

RELATED: The 3 Zodiac Signs Leave The One They Love During Moon Trine Jupiter On September 30, 2022 Learn what your zodiac sign’s daily tarot card reading has in store for you on Friday, September 30, 2022. Aries (March 21 - April 19) Tarot card: Six of Swords, reversed It’s time to let go of a grudge. Once you understand people say thing they don’t mean because they are hurt, it’s a lot easy to forgive even if you cannot forget....

The truth is that you’re not daydreaming, you’re thinking about cheating and these urges can quickly become too strong to resist. When you’re caught up in the midst of a new attraction, you might not be able to see the reasons behind why you’re looking to stray. RELATED: Is There Such A Thing As “Ethical” Cheating? This Website Says Yes Take a look at the top reasons you might be thinking about cheating and see if you recognize yourself — and find possible alternatives to looking outside your marriage for fulfillment....

People can lie to both themselves and to others; however, our bodies can’t lie and that’s what makes a mind-body connection so powerful. And science has found a new way to predict if a man is really ready to be a father, but it’s not from talking to them; it’s how they react physiologically to porn. RELATED: 10 Surprising Health Benefits From Semen According to a 2015 study published in Psychological Science, young men who reported more interest in babies showed a lower increase in response to sexually explicit material than men who weren’t as interested in babies....

Riah Elese shared two videos detailing the interaction — the first one was recorded the moment she witnessed what the woman was doing and another video later to explain what went down. In one TikTok, the woman is seeing typing a racist text after she was bumped into. “There was a Karen on my flight today,” Elese writes in the video, “Read what she sent her family.” In the video, Elese appears to be standing near the woman as she frantically types out a message while seated on a packed flight....

Kevin responded, “I married a wonderful woman and made the commitment to apply myself to the relationship with the same energy that I place into other important areas of my life: school, work, health, friendships. I didn’t want to be casual about the relationship nor take it for granted. My partner has pretty much done the same thing. Consequently, we make a great team. I can’t imagine being without her....

I suspect many of the people who make negative and shaming comments about Kim Kardashian and her sisters don’t consider themselves bullies or mean people at all, and yet they say things about these women that they likely would not say about women they know. They likely don’t think about how their commentary about these celebrities affects the girls in their own lives — their daughters or granddaughters. I think back to a few years ago when one of Kim Kardashian’s “sexy” selfies went viral....

A day or two later he called, leaving a message on my answering machine (again, back in the day and get off my lawn), and soon set up a lunch date. It was terrible. It turns out two drunks can’t meet in the daytime. But we saw each other in the bars over the years, chatting occasionally as casual friends. RELATED: Why All The Best Couples Meet In Bars In November of 1992, several random events pushed us into each other’s arms again....

In today’s world of co-parenting, many parents who choose to separate often live close together in an effort to maintain a more cohesive front. It was not strange to me. In fact, it would fall in line with the way the Kardashian’s have co-parented with their children’s fathers. RELATED: Husband Kills Cheating Wife I commend Kanye for wanting to be present in the lives of his children, and from what we can see from the outside looking in, he has always seemed to be a present and involved parent....

However, the pandemic has shattered many of those dreams and the recent report on stress in America tells us war, inflation, and money issues are increasing stress levels and contributing to an alarming increase in inactivity, unhealthy eating, and poor sleep. Consequently, physical, mental, and emotional health problems are on the rise as the body has become Ground Zero for the stress of our time. Caring for the life within our body is thus an essential first step to living life at its best....

So, when my wife asked if I knew what day it was one morning, my mind began to race. I sorted through my mental Rolodex of important dates. Our wedding anniversary? No. The anniversary of our first kiss? No. Someone’s birthday? No. And then I realized it as she said the date out loud, it was the first anniversary of our retirement! I can’t believe it’s been a year. RELATED: 3 Surprising Things You Can Do In Your Spare Time To Live Longer We retired on Friday, June 4th, 2021, and left the following Monday for a weeklong camping trip on the Oregon coast in our new teardrop trailer....

For others, it might be a wake-up call to keep one’s eyes open when it comes to money. All in all, we’re looking at a fairly good week with a few outrageous episodes in the mix. This week also implores us to stay aware, and do not automatically trust situations that look safe; there are troubles lurking in the midst and we need to avoid getting stuck in them. This is the kind of week that will suck us in if we don’t maintain our own foundation; while success is quite possible, the main lesson here is to know when to strike and when to back away....