Love Is Not Just for February
What 85 years of Harvard research says about the one thing that actually matters
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Relationships & Family
39 articles from Amanda Gore’s newsletter on relationships and family, newest first.
Want a great relationship? Do these 12 things
I created a little poster the other day after reflecting on the secrets of great relationships - of all kinds - in my life!
Relationships & Family
Feel Your Feelings!
Tip 3 of the top ten tips for a joyful 2015 is to feel your feelings! I know that sounds silly but it’s really not!
Mindset & Self-Love
How Do You Give Love?
My gift to you this month is something that came to me a long time ago but is so useful!
Communication
Your Ticket to Joy
A good friend of mine has a large database of women and recently did a survey. The three most important things to these women were:
Relationships & Family
Christmas: Giving in a Different Way
Here are a couple of quotes and a video clip that inspired my Christmas message!!
Holidays & Seasons
Valentine's Day 2012 - The 12 Stepping Stones to being a good lover!
That the12 steps to JOY are the same 12 steps we need to be a great lover!
Relationships & Family
Who Taught You How to Love?
Once upon a time, many years ago, I went out with a man called Hugh. (The names have been changed!) During that time I learned a big lesson!
Communication
Joy News, October 2011
This month we focus on finding the JOY in relationships, and feature a video of Amanda talking about 'How to let people know that you love them'. Scroll down to the bottom left hand-side of your screen to tune in.
Relationships & Family
Movie Marriage vs Real Life
Last week, the spiritual realms intervened in my life again in a very obvious way!
Relationships & Family
Who Are You Pointing At?
Whenever we blame someone else for anything, we are non verbally (and sometimes physically) pointing our finger at them!
Relationships & Family
Wake Up to What You Are Hanging Onto!
How many of us live in the past! Or the fears and beliefs from the past? How many of us let those fears and beliefs ruin our present lives?
Mindset & Self-Love
An Angry Heart
If you haven’t read a book called ‘The Hearts Code “ by Paul Pearsall then rush out today and order it! Or call it up on amazon.com. I met this man years ago and this book will transform the way you think about the…
Mindset & Self-Love
Emotional Intelligence: Manage Relationships
In the last two columns, we have worked out who you are and how to manage your own moods. Today we explore managing relationships, in 300 words! So it’s short and not comprehensive! LOL
Relationships & Family
The New Secrets of Success
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." John F. Kennedy
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
The Dragonfly Project
In the bottom of the old pond lived some grubs who could not understand why none of their group ever came back after crawling up the stems of the lilies to the top of the water. They promised each other that the next…
Communication
Valentine's Day 2009, Light Up Your Insides!
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. " -Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
Relationships & Family
What Do I Do to Make You Feel I Love You?
Have you ever wondered about how we show someone we love them and where we learned how to give love? If we stop and think about it, there are no lessons on 'love giving' at school! And who asks us about how we would…
Relationships & Family
Connect with Gratitude, Not Grieving
I have had a host of friends whose parents have passed in the last couple of years, I must be in ‘that’ age group! Well, I am in that age group! And of course you all know it has happened to me.
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
Valentine's Day or Intimacy Day?
Here is a different focus for all of you on this Valentine's Day!
Relationships & Family
Have a Zootiful Day!
Many of you who have heard me speak will know the story of my Mum and her zoots! For those who have not…zoots began in 1994 when my step dad passed away. A devoted couple, he had been ill with cancer for five years and…
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
Awe and Wonder and Reverence
Last week I was presenting in Cabo (c'mon guys…someone has got to do it!) and it was to a wonderful group of folks who worked in financial services and insurance. They were the top of their field, ran successful…
Communication
From My Heart to Yours
First, I'd like to say thank you to the many, many kind people who wrote to me after last month's newsletter, with kind words about my Mum's passing and shared their stories and love. It took me awhile to reply to all…
Mindset & Self-Love
Make a Difference to Someone You Love!
A few years ago, when I wrote for newspapers in Australia, to my great delight, I received a letter from some alert readers -- class 5C from Montrose Primary School in Victoria. Apparently, their (very intelligent)…
Relationships & Family
Everyone Could Use a Wife!
I received a wonderful letter from a Mrs. Doherty, in response to one of my previous articles, which reinforced my beliefs on the importance of a housewife. It's unfortunate many women are embarrassed to respond to the…
Relationships & Family
Thanksgiving: How Friends & Family Keep You Alive!
Having loving friends and family, being connected to your community, faith, or interest group, a pet, or even a plant can prevent disease…believe it or not?
Relationships & Family
A Mother's Love
A quote in a volume of Reader's Digest attributed to Dr. Bernadine Healy caught my attention. She says, "People facing death don't think about what degrees they have earned, what positions they have held or how much…
Relationships & Family
Mother's Day!
The most wonderful moment of my life was the closest I have ever been to motherhood! Many years ago now, when my adored niece and nephew were living in Sydney, I was fortunate enough to babysit them. It was bath time…
Relationships & Family
Valentine's Day Year Round!
Whew! You made it. You survived last year and now another Valentine's day is approaching!
Relationships & Family
Encouraging Traditions
I have just watched the movie 'Pay it Forwards' and if you haven't rent the DVD now! It is one of those special movies that really makes a difference - or can if you let it! I don't want to tell you too much cos it will…
Relationships & Family
Are You REALLY Well Matched?
For those of you in love with someone at the moment, remember what your relationship was like when you first met. If you are not in love at the moment, can you remember a time when you had newly fallen in love or were…
Relationships & Family
Who Loved You?
Love and intimacy are the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine - not diet, not smoking, not exercise... not drugs, not surgery - that has a greater impact on…
Relationships & Family
Valentine's Day Ideas
If there was something you could do that you know would make your partner , parent, friend or child feel that they were really special to you, what would it be?
Relationships & Family
Christmas Gifts
Christmas has become a time for giving - as I recall, it was originally a time for thankSGIVING and being grateful! It now seems that everyone celebrates Jesus' birthday by giving everybody else presents.
Holidays & Seasons
Cruella
If you have seen the Disney film, 101 Dalmations, you will know all about Cruella, the wicked (but glamorous) witch who wanted a Dalmation fur coat. Well, last week for 13 days (not that I was counting), I babysat my…
Relationships & Family
Marriage Success
I recently bought a brilliant new relationship book by John Gottman. Titled “Why Marriages Succeed or Fail” it is full of practical and useful tips based on 20 years of his scientific university research. I strongly…
Relationships & Family
Valentine's Day vs Relationship Day
Well, Valentine's Day is almost here again! Yes, it's a commercial opportunity for most florists, gift shops, underwear manufacturers and card shops. But before you scowl at the notion and mutter I'm not going to say 'I…
Relationships & Family
Valentine's Day 2002
Well, it's the 14th of February again. 'So what' you ask. It's Valentines Day! 'So what' you say again! For those of you who think Valentine's day is a gross, over the top, crass example of commercialisation, you're…
Relationships & Family
Be Generous With Your Time
Just because you can’t do everything, you should still do everything you can.
Relationships & Family