Taking The High Road: Revenge Is Seldom Worth It

It’s not at all uncommon for women (and people in general) to want to exact revenge on someone in their life who has “wronged” them.  If their husband had an affair, women often want to make him pay.  If they’re too scared of losing him as a result of their revenge or...

Keep Your Focus on You and Watch Your World Change

Time and again I watch men and women constantly pointing their fingers at the other person.  They spend all their time and energy trying to change what the other person is doing.  Both men and women believe that if the other person would just be kinder, talk more,...

Are You Passive-Aggressive?

Relationships often struggle when one of the partners is passive-aggressive.  Trust me, I know.  When I was first married, I used to struggle with being passive-aggressive and I know it was not easy for my husband to deal with. I’d like to say that now I’m perfect and...

Why so Many Relationships are Failing…and What to do About it

With so many divorces, failed dating relationships and increasing friends with benefit couplings it’s a wonder any couples survive.  So what’s the magic that makes one relationship work while ten others fail? Is it karma, luck of the draw or plain old coincidence that...

8 THINGS I TRY TO LIVE BY (Inspired by Andrea Lee)

Below is a post from my new blog http://lmerlobooth.typepad.com/straight_talk_4_women/Enjoy! I just read an article by Andrea Lee about 8 things she tries to live by.  It got me thinking about what my 8 things were.  Here’s what I came up with.  I challenge you to do...