Making Connections

Tim Sanders describes an exercise from his book “The Likeablity Factor” in a post on his blog, Sanders Says, called “Develop a Sincere Interest.” It’s a great way to make connections with the people in your life. Here’s a summary of the steps:

Write down the names of your most frequent contacts.
Write down the interests and [...]

Tracking loving actions

Personal Development System
Part Two: Relationship Tracker Cards relationshipset.pdf
This set includes four cards:
1. list your main primary and secondary relationships.
2. fill out a contact card for each of the relationships you listed.
3. conversation starter card.
4. an emotional account card to track loving actions.

Loving Actions

Personal Development System
Part One: Relationships
Learn to speak in each of the five love languages with this lovelanguages.pdf. Master the language that speaks loudest to your significant other.

Love Lessons

Love Lessons
One of the most popular posts here at the Daily PlanIt is “The Different Kinds of Love.” This is something of a puzzle to me…I would have guessed the one on “Love Books” provides more insight into this topic from several books. Those looking for more information might enjoy The Art of Intimacy [...]

Discovery of the Day

Six Steps to Developing Healthy Relationships at Dr. Paul White’s Blog.

What is Your Love Language?

Dr. Gary Chapman describes “The Five Love Languages” in his book:

Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch

One love language speaks most clearly to us, and it may be a different one for your partner. Use the one that connects to communicate your love. At the Five Love Languages website, there is a 30-second assessment [...]

9 Things That Helped Me During the Divorce

Email to a Friend
Date:8/18/2006
From:Me
To: My dear friend
Subject: Dealing with divorce
I know how difficult it can be when you’re going through a divorce. Here are a few things that helped me:
1) I spent a lot of time playing the addictive bubblet game. Don’t say I didn’t warn you that it’s addictive!
2) The book “How to Survive [...]

Searching for Answers

You know how sometimes you may be about ready to give up and someone gives you a word of encouragement that keeps you going? A big Thank You to whoever wrote the post about the Daily PlanIt at Lifehack.org! Now the pressure is really on to keep coming up with ideas! I’m reminded of the [...]

Who Are You? Part One of Discover U

Whether you are searching for a career, want to create a great relationship, or are wondering what you want to do with your life, there is one place you have to start. You have to know who you are. And that’s not always an easy task. It’s not just about where you live or what [...]

Being who we are and loving

A convergance of several experiences have led me to reflect again about the difficulties of love and relationships. Dr Robin L Smith spoke about her new book “Lies at the Altar” on Oprah, describing how women often lose themselves in marriage. Then I watched the movie “Shopgirl” and was profoundly affected by it. Combine that [...]