Friday, August 20, 2010

Marriage counseling

With all of the problems going on with relationships in this country, it is refreshing to see that least marriage counseling is becoming more popular. It wasn't all that long ago that marriage and family counseling was frowned upon. Going to a marriage counselor meant that you just could not handle problems yourself. If you were a woman, it meant that you were neurotic. If you were a man, it meant that you weren't sufficiently authoritative. Thankfully, those days are gone, and marriage counselors are completely accepted in the mainstream in this day and age. After all, good marriage therapy has saved many a relationship.

A lot of people think that marriage counseling is only for people who are at the end of their rope. I thought this for a long time. I love my wife, and never thought about getting a divorce, but I just wasn't exactly happy with the way our marriage was going either. We had certain fights over and over again, and it seemed like we weren't as happy as when we first got together. Some people told me that this was normal, but I refuse to believe it. I thought that marriage counseling might help and, despite the snickers of my friends, went and gave it a try.

My wife was more than willing to try it out with me. She is always very cooperative, and we have always seen our marriage as more of a partnership than anything else. When we went into the marriage counseling together, we both did it knowing that we wanted our marriage to prosper like it used to. It wasn't anything like I had thought. Neither of us lay down on the couch, and the marriage counselor took a very informal tone with us. It was kind of comfortable, and even relaxing. There were tough moments in the marriage counseling, of course. We both had to face up to some very difficult realities. Nonetheless, overall it was a good time. We were getting along better and better, and it was clear that the therapy was working.

Marriage counseling doesn't work overnight, but it does work. In my case, it took a good eight months before we were really working as a team again. It might seem like a lot of time, but compare that to a lifetime. Eight months of marriage counseling is worth another 30 years of marital bliss if you ask me. It is simple mathematics more than anything else.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Using Interpersonal Attraction To Attract Relationships

nterpersonal attraction in simple terms is what causes relationships and friendships. It is a major situation in psychology that is studied. There is not much data on what would cause a person to be attracted to another and then be repulsed by someone else. Despite all the studies, interpersonal attraction remains a mystery. Of course, certain principles are at work.

There is a belief that people are attracted to people who have the same level attractiveness physically. Also people from the same social background or similar economic situation will be experiencing the interpersonal attraction when they are drawn together. However in some cases, people who are opposites will be attracted and happier together than two people who are similar in personality and dominance. You may have more control over interpersonal attraction than you think.

You may be unable to use concentration when trying to attract a certain person; however you can use certain concepts when attracting a certain type of person to you. Like attracts like, so says the universal law of attraction. Based upon what you believe, magnetic attraction will draw certain things to you. A conscious creation of your personal reality can affect you as well.

Your first step is to decide what you would want in a person, and believe that there is a person out there that fits your criteria an is able to come into your life. You must believe in what you want and whether it is available to you in order for the person with those qualities to be drawn to you. The attraction of a person that complements us, called interpersonal attraction is affected by belief and thoughts just like other types of situations or finances are affected by thoughts. If you have decided that you will have prosperity and can attract it, then you can also have a positive person in your life by attracting them. The positive belief that you have will surround you in an aura of possessiveness. This will affect those that you seek to attract because it puts out a signal for others that are positive.

Since it is believed that people will gravitate toward those that will complement their personality, then the positive aura that surrounds you will attract those that are positive. Being open to financial prosperity and good fortune will work in your favor as well, because it will attract people that hold the same belief. Amazing things can happen with the power of positive thought, not just with finances or a job but with the people you attract to yourself. Attraction must be mutual in order to work and when you believe positive things about yourself you help interpersonal attraction work to draw positive people to yourself.