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Words that still matter

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:38:07 GMT

the hook-up culture forces students to settle for less than who they are and less than what they want in their sexual lives and relationships. Read more...

No time for Valentine’s blues

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:32:49 GMT

this year I was in a frame of mind where I didn’t spend the week before Valentine’s Day pining away. Maybe it was the fact that I was busy with things that I love, seeing friends and just trying to get out of myself and not always live in my own little bubble. Read more...

New Adult books and the message of love

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:43:37 GMT

I understand reading can be a needed escape from reality. But I wonder what all these New Adult books will do to the minds and hearts of girls around the globe. Read more...

Rise of the online bully

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:40:49 GMT

But today’s bullies aren’t just slipping notes in class or taunting in the cafeteria. They are taking to the internet and they are brutal. Read more...

What’s your word for 2013?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:35:06 GMT

How do you want to describe 2013? What’s the one word that encompasses a lot of what you want to achieve? Then for the next 12 months you focus on that word, instead of individual goals. Read more...

Emerald: the color of 2013

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:10:13 GMT

How to wear Pantone's color of the year, Emerald, in 2013 Read more...

Love and Fidelity Network opposes Harvard student group

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:24:01 GMT

The Love and Fidelity Network opposes Harvard University's formal recognition and funding of a group that seeks to associate human sexuality with violence, oppression, and humiliation Read more...

The benefits of gratitude

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:19:41 GMT

gratitude plays an important role, not only in rebuilding broken walls, but also in expanding our hearts and improving life satisfaction. Read more...

How to survive the holiday small talk of your love life

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:11:58 GMT

The holidays can be fraught with stresses, but nosy family members shouldn’t be one of them. At the very least, you can tell them to stuff it and go back to enjoying your turkey! Read more...

Thanksgiving - the day to reflect on all we have

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:59:14 GMT

Between the turkey carving, football games and slices of pumpkin pie, I like to take a step back to look at all I have to be thankful for. The list is long and truly overwhelming when I think of all that I have and how blessed I truly am to be living the life I am. Read more...

The inability to truly debate

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:57:00 GMT

But even after the elections determined President Obama would have another four-year term, the angry debates continued. And all of this had me thinking, we have lost the ability to debate rationally. Read more...

How to prepare for your job interview

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:10:42 GMT

Today you need to be even better prepared for your interview than ever before. Read more...

Staying sane through the job search

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:40:24 GMT

Staying sane during the job search is tough! Here are some tips for making it through the process: Read more...

Sexuality, integrity and the university

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:09:01 GMT

30 universities will attend The Love and Fidelity Network’s fifth annual conference on Sexuality, Integrity, and the University. The conference connects college men and women to leading scholars and experts in order to equip them with the best arguments and resources in support of marriage, family, and sexual integrity. Read more...

Life lessons from The Princess Bride

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:26:17 GMT

The Princess Bride celebrated its 25th anniversary a couple weeks ago! This fact had me thinking about the multiple life-lessons, especially of the quotable kind that the movie provides. Read more...

The beauty in waiting

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:58:35 GMT

This choice that I made for myself when I was just a girl has certainly tested me, challenged me, and made me think over and over again about what my values are and why I believe what I do. But if I could do it over again, I would. Contrary to popular belief on the matter, my choice to wait for my husband has always made me feel more feminine and lovely, not less so; it has given me an inner peace and an esteem for my own worthiness as a woman; it has taught me the real beauty in self-control, as opposed to the fleeting beauty in passion; it has landed me in the loving arms of a man who makes me very, very happy; and it has enabled me to give him a gift I've given no one else. Read more...

Top five fashion trends for Fall 2012

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:11:00 GMT

Five fashion trends for Fall 2012 to add to your closet. Read more...

Changing the voting age

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:42:37 GMT

I started asking high schoolers and every single one told me they didn’t want the vote. They didn’t want the burden. They didn’t think they were smart enough to make an informed decision. And, perhaps even more telling, they didn’t care. Read more...

Ignorance: innocent or inexcusable

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:18:47 GMT

I see much more clearly the importance of researching the facts others give us before handing them on to others as fact. There is so much misleading information out there, most of which can be cleared up with a little legwork on our part. Read more...

2013 Spring trends from New York fashion week

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:20:43 GMT

The spring and summer trends for 2013, according to the New York Fashion Week runways. Read more...

Australia style Spring and Summer 2013

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:16:21 GMT

Next season promises to be easy breezy, clothes and all. Here’s a roundup of our favorite Australian trends and designers we hope to see stateside soon! Read more...

The useless people in our lives

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:06:22 GMT

Admittedly it can be difficult to embrace those who will make our life harder, but the mark of any of us is how we embrace the weak and those whom no one else will love. Read more...

Women’s clothing and the blame game

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:14:23 GMT

Without saying a word, what you wear influences how people respond to your beauty. Perhaps it’s not that bikinis reveal too much, but too little. Read more...

Chastity in the sporting world

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:44:18 GMT

Tim Tebow is the type of sports figure we should admire. Forget the ones living with celebrity-models. Tebow’s the real deal. Read more...

From my wedding to our wedding

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:55:53 GMT

However as I have learnt recently a wedding is the celebration of two people and for that reason I think I see why it can be an excellent part of the preparation process, because it requires discussion and compromise. Read more...

What I wish I knew as a college freshman

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:55:22 GMT

My advice to college freshman, or better yet, what I wish I knew back then Read more...

The abnormality of a virgin marriage

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:56:19 GMT

My friend went on to tell me all the weddings she had been to between two virgins had been strange and awkward because the two parties had no idea what they were getting themselves into. She saw it as irresponsible and something only a religious nut would blindly attempt. Read more...

Do we admire integrity or the medal?

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:28:15 GMT

Cameron van der Burgh, who took the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke event, breaking a record in the process? What makes his story even more interesting… he admitted to cheating in order to secure his position at the top of the podium. Read more...

Ivy League brain on bikinis

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:52:58 GMT

Is it immodest to wear a bikini? What a neurology study found. Read more...

How much time do you spend watching TV?

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:31:32 GMT

In the month of June, Netflix users watched 1 billion hours of video, which comes to more than an hour of viewing per user per day! Read more...

Olympics in the social media age

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:03:49 GMT

While we are all anxiously waiting to see which events our country wins in the days ahead, the summer Olympics are already breaking records and creating buzz – social media buzz, that is. Read more...

When you’re hiding, it must be wrong

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:03:10 GMT

A college friend of mine is a TV news anchor for a major city. She’s covered a number of difficult topics and done some great interviews, but the story that was the hardest to cover… finding women to go on camera and talk about reading 50 Shades of Grey Read more...

How to orchestrate a successful set-up

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:17:46 GMT

The art of the romantic set-up is a tricky process. If you’ve watched one take place, you probably saw emotions ranging from acute awkwardness to utter obliviousness. Read more...

No Holds Barred: frank discussions with young people

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:05:51 GMT

What do young people care about? What are their concerns, dreams, worries, aspirations and fears? Read more...

Violence against women, Australia says…

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:15:09 GMT

It may seem on face value that Australia is serious about stamping out abuse but I wonder just how serious we really are. While all these sorts of campaigns are of some value they fall into the interesting category of a secular government trying to teach morality. Read more...

Wasting products (and money)

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:21:59 GMT

I've declared July and August to be the months of Good To The Last Drop. I'm going to refrain from buying new products and work on using the ones I have here, even if that means using ones I don't love but still work fine. Read more...

Why eat at the dinner table?

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:03:30 GMT

What accounts for this decline in families eating together today though? The data seems to point to two main issues: Overworked parents and overscheduled children. When mum and dad get home in the evening they are soon in the car again to whisk the children off to sport, music, tutoring, church activities and a host of other events. Read more...

The desire to never have children

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:30:48 GMT

there is something seriously wrong with women around my age. Why are so many of them shying away from children and motherhood? Why do they actively work to keep children at bay until it is biologically impossible? Read more...

Learning to swim through an engagement

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:08:05 GMT

Before proposing we were just a couple of teenagers hanging out and in an instant we had become adults! I have realised that being engaged does not fill you with some upgraded type of love, the love you have continues, but with a new, more serious goal in sight. Read more...

Do Fights Make the Relationship?

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:34:38 GMT

This concept that boisterous fighting makes for good romantic relationships is certainly not new, although I do think it is a millennial generation idea. Read more...

The summer of the modest swimsuit

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:30:17 GMT

This summer, for the first time in my life, the one-piece bathing suit is popular! Read more...

The problem with Fifty Shades of Grey

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:48:26 GMT

Their argument is that Fifty Shades of Grey is merely a book and what’s the big deal if people enjoy it in the comfort of their own homes? Here are a few reasons I have a problem with Fifty Shades of Grey Read more...

A fashion magazine worth subscribing to

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:02:02 GMT

The fashion magazine, which launched its first issue at the end of May, is aimed to fill a void that exists in the world of fashion magazines today. The creators hoped to build something that catered to what young women today were really going through. Read more...

Top Summer Fashion Trends

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:50:34 GMT

Summer trends for 2012 Read more...

Zuckerberg clothing choices

Thu, 31 May 2012 04:08:57 GMT

By wearing a sweatshirt and jeans to meet with business professionals, who were no doubt in business suits, he sent the message that this meeting wasn’t important enough for him to dress up for. Read more...

Protesting Lady Gaga

Tue, 29 May 2012 04:46:52 GMT

people are speaking out against Lady Gaga and her near pornographic concerts – and it’s making a difference! Read more...

To arrange a marriage or not to

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:27:46 GMT

I’m not going to try and tell you that we should all be getting arranged marriages - I myself shudder at the thought. But I do think we can learn from them – in my extensive network of Sri Lankan relatives and family friends, I have never seen one that didn’t work out. Read more...

The norm of cohabitation

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:13:26 GMT

While cohabitation is billed as an important way to get to know the other person and ensure a more secure future marriage there is really no evidence to back that up. Read more...

TV and the manipulation of emotions

Sat, 19 May 2012 07:30:06 GMT

In my opinion, too many people allow their emotions to be manipulated by the externals of a TV show – the costume, the scenery, the music, the fluttery feeling you have when two of your favorite characters are together. Not enough viewers look critically at these shows. Not enough step back and consider how they would truly feel if this happened to them. Read more...

Are electronic games making us stupid?

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:03:19 GMT

However, my assertion is that far more is to be gained by never playing electronic games than mastering such games and then looking for the supposed benefits. Read more...