Tips for More Satisfying Relationships

Dr. Nancy and other experts have been there. Read these helpful articles and tips for stronger and more satisfying relationships with every passing year. Find out about relationship fitness, physical health, abuse, sexuality, stress … and how to fight it, and how to talk to men.

It’s not just about a relationship with a partner, either. We need healthy and positive relationships with children, with friends, and with people in the community at large. They are all part of what sustains us emotionally and physically throughout our lives.

These are articles that Dr.Nancy has written for WomenSpeak and other publications, along with tips from other smart, amazing women. Enjoy!

Abuse

• Protect Yourself From Abuse
• Beware: Women’s Danger Increases As They Leave Abusive Relationships

Conflict

• Managing Marital Conflict – Woman’s Day
• When Female Friendships Fizzle – Smart Woman Online
• When He Drops a Bomb – Women’s Health Magazine

Family

• Get Your Grandchild to Spill It – GrandParents.com
• Snap Judgement – Mom’s Easy Chair

Health

• Coping with Your Husband’s Midlife Crisis
• How To Be a Good Wife (1950′s style)
• Research Shows Happy Marriages Are Good for Health
• Tips for Keeping That Man Alive

Holidays

• 15 Valentine’s Day heart-breaker gifts – BankRate
• Vivacious In Vegas  – Good Housekeeping

Relationship Fitness

• Get Back on Balance.pdf
• Marriage is a Job.pdf
• Be Very Afraid.  Relationships can come with STDs.
• Are You Really Ready for Marriage?
• Passive Men and Wild, Wild Women

Out and About

• 10 Reasons to Feel Hot At Midlife (And I’m Not Talking Hotflash)
• Cougars and Their Young Men – AARP
• Dating Older Women: Does Age Matter? – WebMD
• The ins and outs of dating—and marrying—a grandparent - GrandParents.com
• ‘Baby Loves Disco’: clubbing for the Mommy-and-me set – Yahoo News

• Girls Night In – Star Telegram
• Celebrity CEOs – Encarta
• Britney Spears shaved her head. Baltimore Sun

Money and Spending

• Mall therapy. Is your $pending out of control?- Of Like Minds
• How to love, honor–and avoid bankruptcy – Medill Reports Online, Chicago

Stress and What To Do About It

• Take a Real Vacation . . . Unplug Yourself from the Office.pdf
• Stress: The Uninvited House Guest
• Sandwich Generation.
• Women Helping Women.  It’s better than the Yellow Pages
• Life’s a Circus.  Juggle for balance.

Talking with Men

• Book Review: Code Switching. Learn how to talk so men will listen.
• Women’s Conference Speakers Inspire and Motivate Others to Change the World