Lifestyle

Love Wide  Open is so excited to be adding the category of Parenting to the website.  We hope you enjoy all of the upcoming articles.   It’s the most wonderful time, of the year…. Wait - it’s not quite Christmas…
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We all have been through times of loss. Job loss, relationship breakups, money or in the worst cases death. Of course, people around us try to help as much as they can, but there are definitely things you should avoid saying when someone…
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Having a happier existence means that no matter what is happening in your life right now, you feel happy to be alive. You are satisfied with the things life offers you and, although, you may have goals for the future, you have feelings of…
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We all have those moments in life where we feel like we can’t go on for another day. We struggle with how to keep going. Fed up at work, wish you could quit your job… family life is falling apart. If you are waking up in the morning and…
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Sometimes finding time for YOU feels impossible when your life is so busy. Perhaps, you have to go to work, clean the house, find time for the kids? Perhaps you have a business or side project that demands your attention 24/7? It seems like…
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time. -Billy Joel You may have noticed the world getting faster. Transportation is faster. Communication is faster. Many of us live in the fast lane.…
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Procrastination is something that we all experience at one time or another. It can be extremely detrimental, especially when you are on a time crunch. It is all too easy to go down the path of procrastination. After all, there’s always so…
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So many people can annoy us in life. I would love to share my list of the most annoying ones. 1. The Ooops-I am-late-again: You know they will be late, and their apology is that they have ALWAYS been like this, just unreliable,…
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Have you ever been in a situation where there is an issue or problem in your life that seems to follow you wherever you go? How about a problem that you had in a previous relationship that seems to have manifested once again in your new…
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Maybe you read this article on a Monday Morning, realizing that your job sucks. You hate it. It was difficult to get out of bed, and you just keep fingers crossed that this week will pass quickly and you have your weekend again for…
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Are you familiar with the law of attraction?  In this blog, we are going to share a special secret with you that has the potential to change your life forever. We are going to give you the number one best working method for attracting…
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Rejection is a part of life. It’s something that everyone has to experience at some point in their lives and most likely multiple times. Yet, knowing this detail doesn’t seem to make it any easier. If it’s rejection in love or rejection on…
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Sometimes our brains are very much like our living space. If we just allow them to fill up and not declutter them, it can get really messy in there. Every day you have an intense amount of thoughts running through your brain and a good…
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There is a misconception among people that emotions are not good. That we should shy away from them. For this, there is a very good reason. As a general rule, avoiding emotions for some individuals is better than allowing themselves to be…
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We all have a desire to find happiness. From a young age we are told by adults that when you’re young, anything is possible. All your dreams can come true., but should you follow your heart or another path? We think that happiness is found…
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Journaling can have a profound impact on your life. From Hemingway to Ben Franklin to Virginia Woolf to Mark Twain, George Lucas and many more, we see a common thread. These people were extremely insightful contributors to the way we view…
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Are there ways to tell if you will have a lasting friendship? If there is one thing that can be said for certain about friendship, then it would probably be: it is complicated. Sometimes true friends must say things that are hard to hear.…
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A recent article published in Psychology Today says, “One of the most destructive human pastimes is playing the blame game.” What exactly is this “blame game” and how is it destructive? The blame game is pointing fingers at others and…
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Stress, anxiety, and even depression are all emotions that we spend most of our time trying to avoid or cure. Although it is healthy to let go of these things to a certain extent, it is also important to learn to listen to what these things…
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We have all kinds of emotions that rule our world.  But when we are in the presence of others or surrounded by nothing but the silence of ourselves, do you tend to lead with a dominant emotion?  'Emotion', encompasses a wide range of…
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