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NEWSLETTER June 25, 2010
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Notes From Arlene: Mixing Constant Contact and Constant Comment
Arlene Harder

For a long time I've been very frustrated with AWeber's newsletter templates, although I didn't have any complaints about how they handled subscriptions. However, their template's WYSIWYG, an acronym meaning "what you see is what you get" wasn't always what you got.

Because creating the newsletter was so troublesome, I would keep putting off a new issue despite my desire to keep these messages shorter. The longer I take between sending them, the more there is to include that has been added to the blog and website since the last one - and the more likely you are to miss something you'd really like to read.

So now I've started using a new program called Constant Contact, which I always want to call "Constant Comment," a tea I buy. So I say it very slowly, making sure I keep my contacts from my comments. I imagine you are like that with certain words that get tangled on your tongue. You just know you're going to foul up if you're not careful; that seems to be particularly true when the wrong word has a sexual connotation you hadn't planned to express. I won't tell you what words those are for me, but if I were talking with you, I would say the right one very slowly.

In any case, here is a new newsletter format from Constant Contact, where I hope you will discover ideas that enrich your lives and your relationships. There are a few tweaks I want to make in this newsletter, but I will just have to make those changes later. If you want to send me a note about the newsletter, you can use the information at the bottom of this page or the Contact Us page on the website.
Blogs: From Too Much Self-Imposed Pressure to Chalk and Cheese

Man laying down in a bed of poppiesHow We Can Put Too Much Pressure on Our Bodies
June 10, 2010
Here is an example of how, in the stress of over-burdened lives, our bodies sometimes need a break.

Graphic of a woman of headphone listing to relaxing musicShould You Listen to Advice on Relieving Stress?
June 13, 2010
How much do you need to know about reducing stress before you take the advice you already know is right?

What Are You Waiting For?
June 16, 2010
How often do you stop yourself from doing what you claim you want to do because you are waiting "until" something else happens first?

Three llamas at Machu Picchu How Has Travel Enriched Your Relationships?
June 21, 2010
Read how a trip to Machu Picchu is enjoyed by a couple who has learned how to travel well together for fifty years. Watch "How to get to Machu Picchu."

Sticks of sidewalk chalkAre You and Your Partner Like Chalk and Cheese?
June 25, 2010
Pile of chunks of Swiss CheesAre you and your partner happy even though you are as dissimilar as chalk and cheese, or are you happy because you are very much alike?
Two Special Relationship Articles

Joyce and Barry Vissell are one of my favorite husband-wife counseling teams. She is a nurse/therapist and he is a psychiatrist who give workshops for couples and for people who would like to become a couple. They also share wonderful stories in their monthly newsletters.

When Disappointment Strikes: How to Comfort a Loved One

When a person faces a disappointment, how can his or her partner help to make things better?

The Dance of Fairness: How to be selfish and unconditionally loving at the same time

Is a desire for fairness in your relationship a bad thing or a good thing? How do you decide when one person is getting "too much?"

Incidentally, if you are interested in going on a retreat to Assisi, Italy to visit the sacred places of St. Francis, you may want to join the Vissells this October in a beautiful and comfortable monastery across the street from the Basilica of St. Francis. This is not a Catholic retreat (none of the three leaders is Catholic), but they hope to help people contact and deepen their connection to the divine in all forms. Most of all, this retreat is about relationship with each other, with ourselves, and with our Higher Self.