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		<title>Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection (part III)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection (part III)   “Avoiders“ want to avoid conflict.  They want to have things run smoothly and hate to argue. It’s just easier to give in.  Attackers have to be really careful if they are coupled with an “Avoider,” because sooner or later the “Avoider” will feel resentful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection (part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection (part II) In this blog I will continue with a discussion of the “Pleaser” style of negotiator &#160; &#160;  “Pleasers” need to be liked.  Many of us have a need to be a pleaser and will “go along to get along.”  That can be a problem if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiation Handbook for Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection (part I) &#160; I find in working with couples that effective negotiation is an essential element in helping people get through difficult issues.  My book Negotiation Handbook for Couples: From conflict to connection, is designed as blue print for couples as to how to effectively negotiate with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision Making and Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 22:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decision Making and Couples   When I counsel a couple in addition to dealing with communication and anger issues, we work on the skills of decision making.  One difficult problem to deal with is when one partner makes a decision on their own.    &#160; Years ago, I saw a couple where the man got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Decide  by Jonah Lehrer (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How We Decide  by Jonah Lehrer (Part II)  In the continuing discussion about how we make decisions without knowing why we decide; and on irrational factors that influence us, I will talk about this in the frame work of why we buy what we buy and about why we “choke”.  Lehrer’s research examines how we make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Decide  by Jonah Lehrer  (Part I of II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How We Decide   by Jonah Lehrer  (Part I of  II) “How We Decide” is an interesting book that explains how our brains work. The book points out that we are not as logical or as aware as we think are when we make decisions. &#160; “How We Decide” describes the neuroscience behind decision making.  The author, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips from my book “The Essential Guide to Lasting Relationships”.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tips from my book “The Essential Guide to Lasting Relationships”. &#160; Below are eight factors to take into account that will help couples maintain a sense of closeness to each other. &#160; 1. I ask my partner about their day &#160; 2. My partner asks me about my day &#160; 3. I spend at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness – What Is It and How Do You Increase It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happiness – What Is It and How Do You Increase It?    Based on my blogs on happiness, you probably realize that happiness is not something that just happens, you have to work at it.  Below is a “Happiness Check List”.  If you like, you may want to rate yourself in each of the 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness – What Is It and How Do We Increase It?  (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happiness – What Is It and How Do We Increase It?  (Part II) This blog is a continuation (and the last installment of my blog on April 23, 2012) about tips on how to be happy.   &#160; Below are nine things that you can do that will help in your journey toward happiness. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discernment Therapy and Relationship Rescue Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Marty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discernment Therapy and Relationship Rescue Therapy (Part II) Therapy to determine whether to Stay or Go : &#160; Discovering Why Your Partner Wants Out of the Relationship  This is taken from my Relationship Rescue Manual &#160; This next exercise will help you identify why your spouse does not want to stay in the relationship.  Before [...]]]></description>
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