http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com By Dr. Linda Miles My granddaughter, Merritt Miles, at five years old, was the inspiration for, 8 Keys to Lasting Love. While reading her a fairy tale I was very disturbed by what I was about to say to her when I read; "And they lived happily ever afte... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107218_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Using simple techniques Moms can learn how easily they can whisper relaxing phrases to their babies during pregnancy, delivery, and post-partum. Dr. Linda Miles, inspires and instructs Moms, using a practical, proven effective me... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107216_61.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles "It´s a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the very best, you will often get it." W. Somerset Maugham. Are you focusing on who and what you want with a partner? Or are you focusing on who and what you do... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107215_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Do you ever recall walking into a room and immediately feeling the heavy, lingering negativity after a couple has had a fight? How can couples learn to manage those powerful emotions that can be generated between them? To cre... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107214_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles It is difficult to become a good listener who both validates the pain of the other, while maintaining the ability to look at themselves. Each person must listen compassionately to themselves and each other. Within many relationshi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107213_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Fairytales play an important part in childhood development, because they give imaginary solutions to real fears. For example, Jack and the Bean Stalk, is about a little boy conquering a big person. When Jack gains power over the gian... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107210_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles A characteristic of childhood thinking is the child’s assumption that whatever happens “is all about me.” The tendency of children to blame themselves for their parents’ difficulties causes them great pain, and if this kind o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107124_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles When Ann came to see me, she was in the process of counting how many times in the past year her husband had turned on the television when she wanted to talk to him—not that she had ever told him she wanted to talk. She left him ob... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107123_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles The rapture phase of love gives each partner a feeling that is buoyant, lively, and fulfilling. You project onto your partner images of beauty, goodness, and love as if your partner were a canvas waiting to be painted on. The energy ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107122_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Expressed as a two-way bridge between childhood and adulthood, magical thinking is a developmental stage during childhood that serves a very important function in the process of creativity and imagination. Like so many of our develo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107120_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles When we are children we do not yet have an identity. We learn about who we are through the mirroring that we get from our parents. It is called mirroring to describe the ability of good parents to gently hold up an imaginary mirror ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107119_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Harry Stack Sullivan, in The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry , argues that human beings have a biological drive to develop and establish interpersonal relationships. In Biological Basis for Human Social Behavior , R.A. Hind sugge... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107117_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. linda Miles When we fail to get the response or connection with our partner that we want, perhaps we should stop and look at our own thoughts and behavior. It may remind us of frightful tigers from our past stalking the room. Sometimes a calm a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107116_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles If life is a journey across uncertain terrain, love is the mountain commanding the landscape. When you scale that mountain and survey the area, everything falls into place, and everything makes sense. You can see forever, and it all... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107114_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles 1. CELEBRATE VALENTINES DAY EVERY DAY: Love is a practice. Say I love you in the morning and at night... more is better.Share with one another the things that give you the greatest pleasure and help one another's dream come true. For... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107113_35.html 18th November 2006 By Dr Linda Miles 1. Dont let anxiety and stress take a toll: There is a growing body of research that shows anxiety and stress, in some women, lead to pre-term birth, smaller babies, and potential problems later for the child from respiratory illness ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107112_61.html 18th November 2006 By Dr. Linda Miles Although raising a child alone may not be ideal, it is an increasing reality. Some experts speculate that single moms now head half of all family homes. With the divorce rate around 50%, and more women making the choice to be single ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107111_27.html 18th November 2006 By Dr Linda Miles Experts on facial expressions are not fooled by the big smiles of teen-age girls. It is evident when a girl is truly happy inside, because she has a “Duchienne smile.” With this smile the involuntary muscles around the eyes are wr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_107110_40.html 18th November 2006