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Relationships

How To Be Confident in What You Have

September 2, 2010
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by Tiya Cunningham-Sumter Our relationships are mirrors of how we see ourselves. The insecurities, the doubt, and the lack of self love all play out in the partnerships we create. Their existence is based on our self beliefs. We expect to be treated a certain way based on the views we hold of ourselves. Sometimes [...]

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Stop Lying!

September 1, 2010
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by Harriet Hairston Embellishments…exaggerations…stretching the truth…whatever you want to call it, if it’s not the truth, it has no place within the confines of a marriage or any lasting relationship.  In fact, I would venture to say that secrets and lies are the two hidden horsemen that spell out doom for a relationship once the [...]

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Youknowwhatimsayin? Some Eye Opening Differences in Male and Female Communication

August 31, 2010
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By Harriet Hairston Dr. Deborah Tannen wrote a book about the conversational style differences between men and women that really opened my eyes up to help me understand my husband better (as opposed to getting lost in translation so often).  Although her book discussed many generalities, she broke those general assumptions down into more specific [...]

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VIDEO: Barack and Michelle Obama: A Love Story

August 30, 2010
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Came across this Youtube video on Facebook. Check it out and let us know what you think. The First Couple is still the ultimate example of a positive image of black marriage. The pictures, videos and images that are shown of them daily around the world do more to break stereotypes than anything else that [...]

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Is TV Hurting Your Marriage?

August 30, 2010
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by Tara Pringle Jefferson I recently read the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (PLEASE pick it up if you haven’t already – he’s spitting knowledge!) and discovered that the way I process love is through quality time with my spouse. When I shared my revelation with my husband he kind of shrugged. “But we [...]

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Whatever You Dwell on Will GROW

August 27, 2010
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By Harriet Hairston Sometimes life throws cliches at me that I never pay attention to until way down the line.  Lately, the cliche that has been playing over and over again in my mind is this:  “Whatever you dwell on will grow.” There’s something about the power within the mind that will attract the very [...]

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Is There A Such Thing As “TMI” When You’re Married?

August 26, 2010
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by Tara Pringle Jefferson Recently, I was brushing my teeth before bed. My husband was already in the bed, half watching me, half watching the TV. As I turned to spit out my toothpaste, I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Oh, Lawd – is that what I look like when I brush [...]

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Kiss Your Spouse!

August 25, 2010
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by Aja Dorsey Jackson A couple of weeks ago at church a visiting pastor asked the married members of the congregation to stand to their feet. Off topic, but given the number of stories about Black marriage being virtually nonexistant, it was encouraging to see the number of married couples representing all ages. The pastor [...]

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VIDEO: Trinity UCC Married Couples Ministry Dance Shuts It Down!!!

August 24, 2010
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VIDEO: Today Show- What Makes Men and Women So Different?

August 24, 2010
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How to Combat “The Marital Slide”

August 24, 2010
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by Harriet Hairston I read a book by Bruce Wilkinson that really opened my eyes to some of the negativity that I had allowed to enter my psyche regarding my marriage. He made it plain that no matter what happens externally in our marriage and general lives, how we respond is strictly up to us [...]

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