Thursday May 17th 2012

‘Moving On’ Archives

Should I Break Up With My Boyfriend?

Should I Break Up With My Boyfriend?

Question: My boyfriend and I have been having a rough patch in our relationship. We’ve been together for four years but the last one year has really been very difficult. He got laid off and has not been able to get a stable job since. He has become withdrawn and not the fun loving man I knew him to be. Whenever I ask him about us, he just says, [...]

I Regret Breaking Up With My Ex – How Do I Get Him Back?

I Regret Breaking Up With My Ex – How Do I Get Him Back?

Question: My ex was shocked and very upset when I broke up with him. He said he had no idea things were that bad. For months I tried to tell him I was not happy with the way things were between us but he always dismissed it and didn't want to talk about the relationship. I finally broke up with him, once I realized how miserable I would [...]

Help! I’m Losing My Boyfriend – What Should I Do Pt.1

Help! I’m Losing My Boyfriend – What Should I Do Pt.1

Question: My boyfriend and I have been together a good 5 years. But the last one and half years have been really hard on both of us. I started to sense that he was checking out of the relationship by noticing small things like I was the only one who called, the only one who made plans for the weekends, the only one who initiated talks on our [...]

What Makes Moving On After A Break-Up So Hard

What Makes Moving On After A Break-Up So Hard

You may be one of those people tired of people telling you that you should just get over your emotional pain (fear, frustration, anger, despair, disappointment, feelings of betrayal, broken heart etc) and move on. May be even been told that your pain and suffering is a choice and that you have the “power” to stop it with just the right [...]

Cure For Emotional Pain – By Seeker Of Peace

Cure For Emotional Pain – By Seeker Of Peace

There's a simple fact that I've discovered that almost no one really gets. Stated as simply as I can, it goes like this: when ever I experience any kind of pain it is because I am healing.   I can apply this directly to the shin I bumped on my kid's toy box. I bumped my shin, I got a bruise, it hurts and because it hurts my mind knows where to [...]

Why Nothing You Do To Fix Your Relationship Is Working

Why Nothing You Do To Fix Your Relationship Is Working

Love is not supposed to hurt and relationships were never designed for us to suffer or struggle. But why do many of us struggle with relationships? When you fall in love, you want to believe that a loving connection will always be present in your relationship. You want the good times to last forever, but when the other person does not [...]

Will My Ex-Boyfriend Contact Me?

Will My Ex-Boyfriend Contact Me?

Question: My boyfriend of 7 years (we’ve been together since college), told me he was breaking up because we do not want the same things. We have had a few break ups in the past but got back together. Looking back, it seems that we just found ourselves back in the relationship but it was really me who made the effort to get him back. This time [...]

Self-Sabotage – Why Your Ex Is Resisting You

Self-Sabotage – Why Your Ex Is Resisting You

At some point in our relationships, all of us meet resistance and all of us have “rough patches.”  Most rough patches occur when some apparent difference arises between what we want and what we have, or what we want to happen and what is actually happening. When this happens, it’s almost natural to always think the other person is the [...]

Is Your Ex Trying To Be Difficult?

Is Your Ex Trying To Be Difficult?

If trying to talk to your ex about an argument, a heated discussion or a break up only leads to more arguments, heated discussions, frustration, anger and even more distance, then you might be interested in this study. According to new research from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, your ex may not [...]

Hurting People Hurt People – Taking The High Road

Hurting People Hurt People – Taking The High Road

Keeping positive in the face of consistent negativity is not an easy thing to do for even the most positively cheerful of us. Excessive criticism, put downs (veiled or otherwise) and passive-aggressive behaviour (where you feel that someone is getting back at you indirectly, without telling you why) can put a damper on your positive cheerful, [...]

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