Your Relationship With Family And Friends: Practical, Helpful Articles

This page has needed a revamp for a long time. I’ve decided to remove the articles dealing with children and put them on a separate page. The pieces you’ll find below deal specifically with topics connected to the relationship you have with family your friends. Click on any heading to go to the original articles' pages. I’m sure you’ll find a treasure chest of remarkable tips and ideas.

Please note: all of these articles are my original creations. If you quote any part of them, regardless of how small, you're required to accompany that quote with a link to this blog.

How To Cope With Grief 

As we get older, we’re bound to lose people who’ve meant a great deal to us for a very long time. The first of these people to go are usually our parents. How do we cope with this loss and rebuild our lives while nurturing this immense pain inside our hearts? Here are some workable suggestions.

10 Ways To Make Someone Else's Day

Because of our modern busy lifestyles, it becomes easy to forget that we live alongside others who have needs just like we do. We treat people like props set up behind an orchestra which solely exist to play the background tunes to our lives.

This article sums up some vitally important points and events we miss in our lives. It signals to us, and brings our attention back to the things that are really important.

10 Fresh Ways To Make Someone Else Happy  (Part 2) 

Part one was a definite hit, topping the charts for relationship articles for a very long time.

Read about some more fantastically unique ways to share some happiness around. The world needs it badly.

Face Book Friends Are Real People

A ‘friend’ has become such a generic name for people with whom we spend our time. These days we’ve filled our lives with so much time-wasting junk, that too many people have more time for their online ‘friends’ than they do for the real ones they can touch. 

Emotions That Heal and Emotions That Don’t 

Having a healthy relationship with your inner-self is based largely on the ‘feelings’ you allow yourself to dwell on. Sure, as humans we invariably experience several different kinds of emotions every day. The important question is, which ones do you place most emphasis on and how do they impact on your well-being.

Below are some emotions that heal and motivate, and some that chip away at your mental and physical well-being. Which ones have you chosen to dwell on today?

What Would You Do If... Questions About Your Life And Humanity You Daren't Have Asked Before

I’ve thought through these questions to cover most aspects of our lives. Based on the answers you give, you alone can work out how content and happy you are with the events and people in your life, and where you stand as a human being. Answer one question (honestly) before you go on to read the one that follows.

What Kind Of Friend Are You

Are you the Judas, or the Jesus type? Or maybe you place yourself somewhere in between?

Enjoyable Things To Do For Your Sister

How can we let our sister know that she still means the world to us? Here are some fabulous (inexpensive and expensive) ways to show her you still care, and that the years that have gone by have only made your love for her stronger.

Nice Things To Do For Family And Friends

My article, Enjoyable Things To Do For Your Sister has generated such an enormous response from people searching for this information, that I was encouraged to do this piece on nice things we can do for the family as a whole, and indeed close friends who make a difference in our lives. Take your pick of the suggestions below, put a smile on the face of someone you love, and make someone else's day.

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Fantastic Father’s Day Presents 

Father's Day is obviously not just about presents - but it helps to be able to put a smile on your Dad's face by giving him something he can use or enjoy. After all, this is one of the very few times in the year where dads are receiving, as opposed to giving (most Dads, anyway).

Friendship Fails You Never Knew You Were Guilty Of 

Being a good friend has a lot to do with how we read the other person's silent thoughts. Friends love for us to share our lives with them, but it takes a thoughtful friend and a wise person to keep some things hidden too. Has someone suddenly 'unfriended' you or no longer seem to find the time for a cup of coffee? You may have committed one of the following friendship fails without being aware of it.

Key Vitamins: Who Needs What In Your Family 

A list of some vitamins and minerals targeted especially for the different members of your family in terms of age group. A balanced diet definitely the way to go when it comes to healthy eating. Taking supplements should never be the end-all or cure-all for your family’s nutritional needs. Giving your family a large variety of foods should supply all the vitamins/minerals they need for good health, strong bones, alert brains and generous energy supply. However, supplements can play a vital role in healthy living. Here's what you need.

Basic First Aid: What You Should Know 

A list of the basic first aid solutions to situations that often arise in every day family living.
Of course it's necessary to seek medical help for potentially life-threatening accidents in and around the home. Any foreign body embedded into the skin should obviously be removed only by a medical practitioner. Nasty bumps on the head, heavy nose bleeds, animals bites or falling unconscious should all be taken seriously. This article is about handling other little accidents we or our children may have. Always keep your first-aid box well-stocked and ready for use.