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Can You Have a Good Relationship With Your Ex After Divorce?

Would you believe that there is a holiday to celebrate ex-husbands and ex-wives? Ex-Spouse’s Day is April 14, and the purpose of the day is to…remember the good times? Look on the bright side? See the glass half full? Bury the hatchet,…
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How to Spring Clean Your Relationships

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Spring is about personal growth, new beginnings. But before flowers bloom and life flourishes there is death; there are endings, and this is true of relationships too. How do you know which should end or remain? How do you nourish your love…
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Forgive or Forget: Celebrating Reconciliation Day

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It’s been 21 years since Ann Landers suggested making April 2 Reconciliation Day. Afterwards, she wrote, “I heard from thousands of readers who did pick up the phone and call friends and relatives with whom they had not spoken for a long…
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The Healing Power of Social Networks

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What better way is there to chase away the winter blues than getting together with your friends for a fun evening? Have you ever called a pal just to chat on a day when your spirits were down? The instant gratification we feel when socializing…
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How Couples Can Make Friends with Other Couples

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It was easy to make friends when we were in college. A classmate living down the hall could easily become a comadre and confidant. We made time for our friends then because we were less busy. Then we graduated and everything changed. We…
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Role Models, Dreamers, Friends: The Power in Our Online Community

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Recently, Mamiverse hosted an uplifting and motivational Twitter party, with the #DreamUp13 hashtag. It was all about sharing our dreams and goals for the New Year, and finding accountability partners to help motivate one another throughout…
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Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships

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The need to tell stories is by no means the sole purview of women. But women have a capacity to share their stories with other women, in ways that are both universal and unique. There is a magical quality to that space where fears, joys, achievements,…
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Soccer: The Universal Symbol of Friendship for Kids

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Last summer when we went to Haiti, I watched my nine-year old son jump a low fence to go play soccer with a group of boys on the beach at Cayes-Jacmel. My son did not speak Creole and the kids playing soccer did not speak English, but within…
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Write to a Friend Month: Reviving the Dying Art of Letter Writing

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When was the last time you received a handwritten letter in the mail? When was the last time you sent one? Not just a greeting card—but an actual letter on paper. Chances are you remember receiving many more handwritten letters in years…