by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
On Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals, a reader asked for breakup advice. “How do I stop feeling depressed about a relationship breakup?” She wants to learn to think positively about letting go of the man she loved.
I have some breakup advice for her – but first, a quotation from a funny woman!
“I love [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Online relationships are common and destructive; these suggestions for surviving an internet affair will help you reconnect with your partner, save your marriage, and rebuild trust!
Here’s what Steve said on my Tips for Surviving an Emotional Affair article on Quips & Tips for Achieving Your Goals. He had an internet affair and wants to know [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
The life lesson: leaving an abusive relationship involves five stages of separation. The successful woman: Tina Turner – one of the greatest singers of all time – who was in an abusive marriage for 16 years.
“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself,” says Tina Turner. “If you are unhappy with anything . [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
The life lesson: though it seems like it should be easy to leave a relationship that involves spousal abuse, mental abuse, or verbal abuse…it’s not. The successful woman, who’s “been there, done that”: Elizabeth Gilbert.
“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men,” writes Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for [...]