Starting Over Blog

Emotional Entanglements Between Men & Women: Part 2-The Causes

By Mark Skalberg and DiAnna Steele  Celtic knots fascinate and mystify me. No matter how long I stare at one I’m unable to figure out where it ...
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Emotional Entanglement Between Men and Women: Danger Signs

  By Mark Skalberg and DiAnna Steele, Recently at a gathering of friends our host brought out metal puzzles and challenged guests to separate the ...
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Love Beyond Illusions: The E’s of Love

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele “Love is simple but it is never easy.”  Every living human entered this world with a longing to receive ...
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Relationships:Connecting the Dots – “Love’s Illusions”

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele In 1968 Judy Collins sang, “It’s love’s illusions I recall.  I really don’t know love at all…” For most ...
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How Can You Develop Endurance?

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele Previously, we considered inevitability of waiting, challenges of waiting patiently and the necessity of endurance in waiting. Supermarkets and ...
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What Are You Waiting For?

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele Thanks for all your input about pet peeves related to waiting.  It appears one of the biggest frustrations with ...
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Divorce and Parental Alienation

Dear Friends, Periodically I come across information and articles that are impactful and can help all of our relationships, especially when it has to do with our ...
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Trust In an Age of Mistrust

According to this week’s international news fromColumbia some U.S. Secret Service agents cannot be trusted with the protection of national security due to their indiscretion. ...
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What Is Courage?

We can never be successful in life without courage. We’ve all heard amazing stories and acts of heroism that are worthy of the news broadcasts. ...
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The Power of Respect

Few of us need to be convinced of the value of respect – at least insofar as we want others to show it to us. ...
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