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Relationship Tips That Are Actually Terrible Advice
Many people consider personal relationships with their loved ones very precious, some of the most valued things in life, so it is no wonder there are so many books and trainings on how to improve your love life. Everyone and their cat is practically ready to jump at a chance to give you advice on how you should go about organizing your relationship. The truth is, if there was a universal way to make a relationship work for a long, happy, and steady time, there wouldn’t be so many relationship books, specialists, and advice floating around. That’s all good, but there’s an underside. Not all relationship tips are working. Others aren’t working for you specifically, and some can be downright harmful. Here are a few relationship tips that shouldn’t be taken at face value.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Humans
Tips for Improving Parent-Teen Relationships
Teen years are one of the hardest periods in every human’s life. Your body is changing, your mind is changing, you experience so many controversial feelings; it’s impossible to handle sometimes. You are not yet an adult and not a child any longer. People keep expecting things from you like you are an adult and keep treating you as a child. It’s just hard to be a teenager. And it might be harder still to be a parent of a teenager. A bond with a teenage kid is fragile like never before; this relationship is easy to break, hard to restore and keep even the semblance of peace at home. And yet, here are a few things you still can do to improve things between you and your tumultuous teen.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Families
Ideas for a Romantic Evening
Relationships are not easy. It’s simple to love the same cat the same way for 20 years, but feelings between two people change a lot during a course of years, and having a long-term, standing, healthy relationship requires work on both sides. One thing that often kills love between two people is routine. We simply get tired of seeing that same face, and doing the same menial things every day. Romance dissipates. We begin to feel bored, unloved, and unloving. Luckily, routine is relatively easy to combat, and romance can be sparked and thrive even, if you and your partner have been together for a very long time. Here are a few ways to bring a bit of spark and diversity to your everyday life, without throwing too much money, time, and effort into it.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Humans
Interesting Recipes Around the World
Spicy Beef and Bean Nachos For delicious spicy beef and bean nachos, preheat your oven to 180° C. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the chopped red onion and cook for two minutes. Then add the minced or ground beef, and as it cooks, break it up with a wooden spoon until browned. Take the Heinz Fiery Mexican Beanz Creationz, Mission Taco Seasoning and stir it into the brown meat. Add tomato paste and a ½ cup of water. Simmer for 5 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Feast
At Home with a Child
Get dressed Encourage your children to learn to dress themselves. Take a look at their wardrobe and show them how to make simple combinations and color coordinations that they can understand. Begin with the basics like underwear and continue to dress them with explanations as you go along. Finish up with socks and shoes. Then get them undressed again and have them start to get dressed by themselves. Help them along when they need it and encourage and compliment them when they need it. Once they have the basics of dressing have them choose a school outfit each night and put it out so that in the morning they can dress themselves for school. Soon it will be routine and they will be able to do it all themselves.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Families
Healthy Pregnancy
Prenatal Health Care It is very important for women who have found out that they’re pregnant to get prenatal health care. Prenatal health care is especially important at the very beginning to be sure everything is alright with the baby and that there are no problems. Then, regular follow-up visits are important to see if the baby is growing and developing right inside the mother’s body. Your health care provider will be able to let you know how many weeks pregnant you are and will be able to determine when your delivery date should be. The health care provider will then set up a schedule of visits for you:
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Families
10 Useful Health Tips for Those Over 40
Now and then we all have the urge to binge on things we should not be eating and drinking. However, if you indulge occasionally, it does not mean that afterward you should punish your body by stretching it to the max exercising. As long as you basically keep up with a healthy diet and regular exercise, you can treat your body now and then to the things you have been craving. Keep making healthy meals when you are home like szechuan shrimp, and you’ll be on the right track with your healthy lifestyle.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Longevity
Mood Color
Color Psychology Each individual’s choice of colors or thoughts on colors are deeply personal. Where one might favour one color, another might deeply despise it. It is often difficult to get two people to agree on color. However, even though two people might not agree on the color orange, they will agree on eating a delicious sweet potato cake. And if we are talking about brown, then everyone definitely loves chocolate chip cake.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Longevity
Three Cookies You Can Take in Travel
Travelling, either by car, train or plain can be quite stressful without any prepared snacks. You can’t always rely on supermarkets, stores or cafes for food, so it’s better to always be ready for different situations. Most articles would recommend sandwiches, sliced fruit, crackers, and pasta salads as travel meals. But what about something delicious and comforting like homemade cookies? They are easily made in batches and then transferred in air-tight containers for a couple of days. So what are you waiting for? Try out these three cookie recipes and find out your favorite!
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Feast
The Best Shrimp Recipes
Shrimp is a delicate and delicious type of seafood that you can order and enjoy at a fancy restaurant. This food item may seem tricky and time consuming to prepare on your own. But you can actually easily cook it at home and use in a variety of recipes. And you only need a few extra ingredients to have an actual shrimp feast! Here are a few examples of how to do it.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Feast
Overcome Fear
Understanding What Fear Is In this life, one of the most powerful emotions that can strongly affect our minds and bodies is fear. Fear can bring on very strong signals throughout our bodies when we are placed in emergency situations like the breakout of a fire or if we are being attacked. We can also experience fear when we are pressured to do something like going on a job interview, taking a test, or even going on a first date. If we think that something can go very wrong or if we imagine that something can be a threat to us, we can experience anxiety. Both fear and anxiety can last for just a short time and then pass. However, there are times when they last so much longer and we cannot get rid of these feelings. Soon they take over our lives and we have trouble eating, sleeping, concentrating, and going on with our lives. These feelings can paralyze us so that we cannot leave our homes and go to work or school. Soon it seems that our lives are controlled by fear and anxiety and we have no control over what we are doing as long as we try to avoid these feelings. In the long run they can affect our health.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Motivation
Relationships in a Large Family
What About the Future? Growing up or raising a large family is a most exciting experience. It is fun, it is stressful, it’s never boring, it’s challenging, it’s tremendously time and effort consuming, it’s extremely rewarding—you name it.
By Alyssa Day5 years ago in Families