tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61706826347026787102024-03-13T23:41:05.604-04:00A Lifetime to Love--Sharing Unconditional LoveThe purpose of this blog is to help you have healthier relationships by giving you information and skills to change how you relate with others. I would like to help you gain experience in giving and receiving unconditional love with your partner, family, friends, acquaintances & strangers. It is open to all people: young or old, single or married, all faiths and denominations, and it is GLBT-friendly.
Click on tabs below to learn more! These pages are often updated.Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-25000509518602100392014-11-19T19:21:00.001-05:002014-11-19T19:21:05.463-05:00Nutrition: Eating to Live
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Despite grief I choose to find joy and marvel in the beauty every day that I've been given another day to celebrate a life well lived.
Our 6th baby in my belly~last night together
Thank you dear friends for all of the warm meals, tokens left on our porch, emails, text messages, private messages throughout the last couple of weeks, and upon reading my post yesterday. Sharing somethingFreddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-61635536934929913372014-11-13T12:21:00.000-05:002014-11-13T14:45:08.979-05:00Chronicles of My Miscarriages
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Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-2599010113893690382011-09-09T13:33:00.000-04:002011-09-09T13:33:56.930-04:00Melissa Stockwell (www.melissastockwell.com): A World Away. Again.Melissa Stockwell (www.melissastockwell.com): A World Away. Again.: So, I’m over 2 months from writing my last entry but forgive me if I focus on what’s happening today instead of what’s happened in the past....Not just motivational, but inspirational. You can go beyond boundaries & do whatever you'd like to do all it takes is courage, stamina, and an unwavering spiritual belief. This is what Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-61926132180100026022011-07-26T13:57:00.000-04:002011-07-26T13:57:21.145-04:00Share this ProfileShare this ProfileCheck out my profile on NAPW too!Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-45801201489021323742011-07-26T12:53:00.002-04:002011-07-26T12:53:48.169-04:00YourTango Expert!How exciting! I've taken the plunge, and found my community.
Enjoy the new articles I posted today!Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-8668400018493627622011-07-13T14:07:00.002-04:002011-07-13T14:07:49.787-04:00Google+, & Instilling Ethics, Values, and Social-Emotional IntelligenceI wrote an article today on Google+. What are the ramifications and implications if we forget to instill ethics, values, and social emotional intelligence in our younger generations as they grab hold of this latest technology. Check out the article on eZine soon!Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-57091262281997112322011-07-11T01:04:00.001-04:002011-07-11T01:04:05.985-04:00New Content on Absolute Potential, LLC's Website!Check out the new content!
Let me know if you like the new format. Included Site Map on each page for easier navigation too.Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-15093486039203525802011-04-29T11:17:00.000-04:002011-04-29T11:17:21.329-04:00A Lifetime to Love--Sharing Unconditional Love: The Royal WeddingA Lifetime to Love--Sharing Unconditional Love: The Royal WeddingFreddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-74110845501604077312011-04-29T11:16:00.000-04:002011-04-29T11:16:45.211-04:00The Royal WeddingHave you watched any part of the Royal Wedding? I'm curious to hear why you're watching. The theories abound from wanting to watch a real fairytale unfold, to wanting to be part of a global phenomenon. What's yours?
While thinking and wishing and hoping for great relationships is fun to daydream about--and having a prince charming or cinderella, why not learn some skills that will help you Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-55781492302678424002011-04-27T09:32:00.000-04:002011-04-27T09:32:51.509-04:00Mother's Day & Parenting as a GiftToday, as I was posting comments on Psychology Today about parental influence on tweens and teens, I found I had a lot to say. The article that follows will be up on Your Tango under our Pro Connect profile. The title should be something to the effect of Mothering Tweens and Teens--The Gift that Keeps on Giving. Let me know what you think!
The focus today for commenting tended toward the life Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-61917952019177142752011-04-17T11:48:00.000-04:002011-04-17T11:48:38.957-04:00Spring Clean Your Relationships!Jump into spring by making a continued committment to carry out your New Year's resolutions.
New content up on the Teens and Tweens page, as well as Intimacy page.
The question to ask yourself is this--is what you have been doing in your relationships up to this point working for you?
At any point, you can always learn new skills to help you have healthier relationships. Your relationships Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-45054852900660804362011-04-15T11:44:00.000-04:002011-04-15T11:44:09.372-04:00UpdatesSometimes we question what life is all about.
As I work on branding for my company, Absolute Potential, LLC, and I explain to others how I'm involved as a coach promoting gender intelligent communication with Mars Venus Coaching...I keep coming back to my main focus--relationships.
Without relationships and effective communication--we have conflict, misunderstandings, and suffering.
This is Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-26477391136998489152011-02-17T20:47:00.001-05:002011-02-17T20:52:49.882-05:00About Life: Creating & BalanceHello! Life's about creating things. And, I've been caught up lately in getting my business registered and launched, instead of posting blogs here. I am also contributing articles for a number of different news sources..., as well as commenting about six times a week on blogs (BNET, Financial Times, Forbes, Psychology Today, Life Inc./Today Show, Lifestyle/MSN) as the Mars Venus Coaching, Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-42034677727710666992011-02-14T16:40:00.000-05:002011-02-14T16:40:50.462-05:00Dr. John Gray Intoducing Mars Venus Coach Lyndsay KatauskasFreddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-73562738894014544222010-12-20T12:44:00.000-05:002010-12-20T12:44:05.651-05:00The Golden RuleTreat others as you would like to be treated. It is a very simple concept, yet we as the human race manage to bungle it up royally. For me, I get confused when I see people, myself included, sometimes acting out of our own fears or saying things aloud (from our negative self-talk), without really thinking what the consequences of our interactions will be with others if we choose to focus on the Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-79555479986485564342010-12-10T17:29:00.001-05:002010-12-10T17:30:53.504-05:00Creating Balance to Achieve Joie de Vivre...Daily!Creating balance in your life when it has become unbalanced is a lot like hopping back on a bicycle. Do you actually remember what balance feels like? Like hopping back on a bike, or trying something new for the first time...you don't know until you've tried it. If you don't know if you've had balance, then why not try changing things up in your life if what you have been doing hasn't been Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-66860256163739171102010-12-05T15:59:00.003-05:002010-12-05T15:59:57.727-05:00Thinking About It vs. Doing ItDo you have a big "it" in life that you think about, dream about, talk about..., but you hesitate to really take the actions necessary to make the "it" a reality? After much research, planning, and thinking…I’ve decided to leap into a new path in life. Some people like blindly leaping into new aspects of their life. Some prefer to know a bit before they jump. And, some like to know everything Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-41965369544053183862010-11-28T19:31:00.001-05:002010-11-28T19:32:16.045-05:00Quality TimeOne of the best things for me about the Thanksgiving holiday is the time my family is able to devote to nurturing our relationships. It is one of the times during the year that when you tell other people you have family coming in and you’re going to be busy with them—that you are granted a free pass to put off those other “pressing” matters for a moment. The only time we have is the present. And,Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-46026882352394160222010-11-19T10:49:00.000-05:002010-11-19T10:49:46.560-05:00Do We Really Want Healthier Relationships?When do you get to the point that you realize what you are doing in your relationships are not working? How long does it take until you see a pattern with the way your intimate relationships keep failing? When is it okay to say, “hey, I know I need help, let me allow myself to find it?” If we read fitness articles and work out to have a healthy body, why not read about and do new things to have Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-51796051556346719512010-11-17T15:16:00.000-05:002010-11-17T15:16:20.142-05:00Emotions: Helpers or Control-Freaks?Recently my husband and I received some “great” news. In fact, it was so “great” it had a rock plummeting to the bottom of my stomach, and made me wonder if I needed to make a run to the bathroom. The news was so “lovely” the only thing we could do in those first few minutes was fixate on how we were being meddled, okay screwed, over by someone who has attacked something dear to us _____ (you mayFreddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-72375033073983970112010-11-10T15:58:00.003-05:002010-11-10T17:13:34.447-05:00Do You Listen as Well as You Think You Actually Listen?Often we think we are listening to someone, only to find out that we missed what they said. Either we were busy listening instead to the voices in our head, or we've become distracted by whatever is happening around us. When people ask how they can have better relationships with others, the first thing I point them to is active listening. What is the difference between listening and active Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-84927402811479202602010-11-08T11:53:00.002-05:002010-11-08T11:53:21.013-05:00Sign me up for a lifetime of love like that!Does anyone get excited about the fact they are married/committed, and their mate loves them warts and all? The fact that he or she will be with you until the day you die? That no matter what you or say or do, you’ll be forgiven? How about the fact that you get to bear witness to the greatness of your mate on his/her life journey? How awesome is that? You, and in turn he/she, gets to be privy to Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-64895653622836312012010-11-05T14:49:00.001-04:002010-11-05T14:52:11.714-04:00Balance--in relationships, with work, and achieving dreamsBalance. Balance with our relationships, our work, and marrying this to our dreams--do we have it? Are we willing to pay someone to work with us 1 on 1 to help us achieve these goals? No, seriously, I want to know. I'm willing to do what it takes to be the place you can come to work on these issues. I know the material and the interventions needed. I'm in the process of starting up my own small Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170682634702678710.post-66513297298869931522010-11-03T17:11:00.001-04:002010-11-03T17:17:22.375-04:00Stop Following Failed Celebrity Relationships! Stop!!! For Your Sanity!So let me quickly say this...today it's a quick post, because I have to go do a P90X workout before my son wakes from his nap, and my hubby comes home from work! I need the me time, but I also have a deep need to share this information and get the word out there.
No, I am not taking on the world's problems, but I get quite agitated at times when it seems like everyone is hanging onto the failingFreddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221545135306638283noreply@blogger.com2