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How to Convince Your Man to Go to Couples Therapy

How to Convince Your Man to Go to Couples Therapy

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Many women share the same frustration. Although conflict, tension, and disconnect may be obvious symptoms in their relationships, oftentimes women find that their men are unresponsive to requests to seek professional advice. Why are men…
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Death & Grief Coping Skills That Work

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When something “bad” happens to us, our friends, family and colleagues—even mental health experts—are often inclined to alleviate our suffering by reminding us of the all-too-familiar idiom: “it could be worse.” But what happens…
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Bean Burritos: Curse or Pride of School Lunches?

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I did something for my kids today that I absolutely dreaded when my mom did for me as a child. I made them burritos for lunch. Specifically, bean and cheese burritos. I had to make my lovies their lunch for school today, and the most…
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'Facts of Life' vs. 'The Real Housewives': When Females on TV Supported Each Other

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Before Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, and even before Dorothy, Blanche, Sophia and Rose—there was Jo, Blair, Natalie and Tootie: The first fabulous foursome from The Facts of Life.  These girls essentially gave us all a primer…

Racism In America: Latinas

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In a YouTube series titled Racism in America, the talented team at Reckless Tortuga serves up a healthy does of smart and funny twists on uncomfortable racist situations. You can’t help but laugh! In this episode, we witness the "Mexican"…
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What Is Latina? An Interview with Marabina Jaimes

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Marabina Jaimes is the Emmy Award Winning-Host of PBS’ Storytime! and the voice of Mary Alice Young, the narrator of Desperate Housewives, in the Spanish version of ABC’s hit primetime series. With hundreds of commercials in both Spanish…
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20 Things You Didn’t Know about Atheists

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Some atheists are well known and open about their non-belief, while others are more noncommittal. Kevin Bacon’s name graces many lists of celebrity atheists. Given the Six Degrees of Separation game, we wondered what would the Six Degrees…
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Atheists Among Us? Absolutely.

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It was 1988 and I was sitting in my junior year religion class at my Catholic high school. Despite the best efforts of my teacher (a perky ex-nun, think Kathy Najimy in “Sister Act”) I was bored to tears. Suddenly, the door to the classroom…
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An Open Letter to Demi Moore

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  Dear Demi, I don't know you. So I ask you to forgive my false familiarity. We have New Mexico in common, and I know of people who knew you growing up in Roswell. From what I've heard, you had a rough start in this world. So I…