How Abused Women Can Break the Cycle

Women who have a history of mistreatment in relationships tend to place themselves back into relationships with men that foster further abuse. Often, after the damage, women appear to be mystified as to why they set themselves up. They are easily lulled back into situations that potentially blindside them to personal attacks and betrayal. Renowned [...]

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Why Couples Fight Over Money

One of the major problems that married couples face is financial conflict. Many partners believe that if the issue of finances can be resolved, then their relationship will be restored. However, financial conflict in marriage is symptomatic of various underlying problems that warrant exploration. Renowned author and therapist James Krehbiel discusses what’s really behind it [...]

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Family Stories: Link to Our Past, Bridge to Our Future

Life is a tapestry of memories, some which unfortunately go unspoken. Stories define the nature of our life, and link us to our history and our future. Memories are made of the stuff that illuminate our legacy. Family stories help people become three-dimensional. They make our loved ones more than what we see on the [...]

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Viral Video Alert: ‘I Love the World’

Sometimes, there’s so much bad news in the world every day you forget how awesome it truly is. Well, Discovery Channel won’t let you forget it. The science channel’s stunning new ad campaign, aptly called I Love the World, begins in outer space, with two astronauts looking down on a breathtakingly blue Earth. They’re so [...]

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Dying Professor’s Last Lecture Becomes a Book

Randy Pausch, a 47-year-old college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, will have a new platform to share his story: a book. The Last Lecture is now being published by Hyperion, after a bidding war that reportedly resulted in a $6.7 million deal. In Sept. 2006, Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, [...]

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Cougars: Connecting Without a Connection

Did anyone really think the sexual revolution was over? Here we are in the new millennium, and sex is just as hot and heavy as it was in the 1960s. With the advent of the female cougar, the revolution has merely changed its form. We’ve had the hippies, the swingers, the swappers, “the cared-for” other [...]

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The Terror of Living with an OCD Wife

My wife is a neat-freak and an organizer. Sigh! I think it was passed down through the gene pool. On the other hand, I am a bona fide spreader. I confess, currently there are two empty coffee cups, two plastic water glasses, and a half empty soda can in my office. I suppose you have [...]

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Spring Clean Your Relationships

It’s March. You know the saying: In like a lion and out like a lamb. This month is traditionally a time for Spring cleaning. So it’s out with the old aggression and in with a new love. This is a great time to clean up your relationship area. These 7 tips from TheImproper.com’s Dr. [...]

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What’s Sex Got to Do With It?

Intimacy lies at the core of every significant relationship. Cultivating intimacy takes a lot of work. Many people, particularly men, get sexuality confused with intimacy. Sexuality should be viewed as a manifestation of the quality of a couple’s relationship, not an end goal. Renowned author and therapist James Krehbiel discusses what distinguishes sexual closeness from [...]

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5 Things Men Don’t Talk About

What is your partner really thinking when he goes quiet? What’s running through your date’s mind during the silences? Having interviewed dozens of men on topics they rarely discuss, Maggie Hamilton, author of What Men Don’t Talk About, has discovered that men—like women—long to be heard, accepted, loved and understood by their partner.

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