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• The Year of Peace

  November 18, 2009

  • It's almost December, and year end  is the time when a lot of energy is spent on making resolutions, most of which we don’t manage to keep.  So, this year, I propose a different kind of resolution. Will you join me in resolving to create a year of peace?   Peace begins inside yourself.  When you can remain calm even though things are not going well, or someone is being annoying, or ...
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• Friends in Need: Interventions for Domestic Violence

  October 7, 2009

  • Recently, I received the following email from an old friend.   “A topic I would like you to cover/explore is that curious phenomenon which permits otherwise independent women to be dominated...even abused...by males with whom they share some sort or relationship.  Why is it that a seemingly strong, intelligent woman would allow herself to be hurt...her life to be altered in a negative way ...
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• Ask Dr. Romance: i need advice because I'm going crazy

  November 24, 2008

  • i have been married for about four years now and my husband and i got married at 18 we have 3kids all under the age of four and it gets stressful sometimes for both of us... he is in the army hes been a soldier for almost 3 years now he was deployed in Iraq last year and ever since he came back he came back a different person i sometimes don't know who he is anymore... i try to do everything that ...
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• Review of the Commuter Marriage

  November 24, 2008

  • Divorce360.com was kind enough to review Dr. Romance's The Commuter Marriage, and accompany it with an interview: for $11.96 for $14.95 for $14.95 From Military Couples to Job Travelers, Author Gives Tips to Connect during Long AbsencesDo you know a married couple who live far apart because of their jobs? Are you one of those ...
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• God Must Love Anne Lamott, and So Do I

  November 24, 2008

  •     Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faithby Anne Lamott                  OK, so I loved Anne Lamott before I read this book, but now I love her more. Her lecture agent once told me that Anne had a problem when people who read her books thought they were friends, because, of course, she doesn't know them. Well, if I ever saw her in person, I'd want to hug her, too. She writes with ...
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• Dr. Romance Blog

  February 14, 2008

  • please see my syndicated blog at http://drromance.typepad.com/dr_romance_blog/I haven't figured out how to import it here yet.
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• Helping each other

  January 30, 2008

  • Hello Fellow Authors: I have a brand-new book out: Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media, January 2008) and another one, The Commuter Marriage, on its way in April. I need reviews, Amazon reviews, and cover blurbs. I'd be happy to review your book, if you'll review mine. What does anyone think about this idea? Can we iconoclastic ...
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• The Next New Publishing Thing?

  January 14, 2008

  • Hello, Red Room!I'm brand-new here, but not to writing. I've published 13 self-help books since my first one in 1980.Publishing and I have both been through a lot of ups and downs since 1978, when I signed my first book contract, and we're in the beginning throes of a new publishing revolution -- small presses, special focus online bookstores and new, small special interest bookstores are about ...
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