Oprah | JOB | Voicemale | Jerks | Latest Mars/Venus in Bookstores - 1/24/08

[Smartmarriages]

- OPRAH
- MARRIAGE JOB IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA!
- VOICEMALE 
- NO JERKS
- WHY MARS AND VENUS COLLIDE NOW IN BOOKSTORES
- WHEN CAN WE REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE??

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- OPRAH ON ADULT CHILDREN OF DIVORCE: FRIDAY

> Oprah's show on adult children of divorce airs Friday.
>  
> I'm one of those children and still have serious feelings about the whole
> thing, although I might be a vapid woman if their divorce hadn't shaken my
> sheltered world. It's a puzzle to me still.
>  
> By the way, I have no idea what the show on Oprah will be like, but the idea
> of confronting my parents is not warming to my heart. I wouldn't mind having a
> heart to heart with them, but confrontation seems too 1960-1970's to me. -W

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- MARRIAGE JOB IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA!

Job Title:  California Healthy Marriages Coalition (CHMC)
Special Projects Assistant - posted 1/24/08

Job Description:
The Special Projects Assistant is a full-time employee responsible for
coordinating CHMC's Outcome Evaluation Project and providing clerical
support to the Special Projects Manager on a variety of other projects.

The Special Projects Assistant will report to the Special Projects Manager
and will work as part of a team implementing CHMC's $2.4 million per year
Federal Healthy Marriage Demonstration Grant. Through the Outcome Evaluation
Project, CHMC intends to measure the comparative effectiveness of all
marriage education taking place in California.

This is a full time position with a start date of February 1, 2008.  The
Special Projects Assistant will work out of CHMC's Corona office.

For FULL INFO SEE: http://www.smartmarriages.com/jobs.html
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- VOICEMALE 
Diane, Thank you for your ongoing support of my research and writings on men
and family life. The list might be interested in these new findings on
fatherhood, relationships, and other men's issues. - Neil Chethik
 
January 2008 VoiceMale Newsletter from Neil Chethik
<http://www.neilchethik.com/newsletter-08-01-15.htm>
Topic 1: What is the Essence of Good Fathering?
<http://www.neilchethik.com/newsletter-08-01-15.htm>
Topic 2: When Do Men Cry?
<http://www.neilchethik.com/newsletter-08-01-15.htm>
Topic 3: What Couples Argue About
<http://www.neilchethik.com/newsletter-08-01-15.htm>
Topic 4: Update: Neil Producing Videos for www.About.com
<http://www.neilchethik.com/newsletter-08-01-15.htm>
 
Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think of Their
Wives, Their Marriages, Sex, Housework, and Commitment (Simon & Schuster
2006), will present at the San Francisco Smart Marriages Conference.

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- NO JERKS

> Diane:  I'm surprised you didn't mention John Van Epp's "No Jerks" program for
> both the online dating and brain injury inquiries.  If 'How to Avoid Marrying
> (and we say Dating) a Jerk' isn't smart dating, it doesn't exist.  As for
> individuals with brain injuries, the program is flexible enough to be adapted
> to any participant, yet teaches the basics of getting into and maintaining a
> healthy relationship. BTW, we just completed our first round of "No Jerks" in
> a Federal prison setting, to great reviews from the staff that we are making a
> difference.  :-))
> Julianne M. Bock, CME
> Executive Director
> Marriage Resource Center of Wayne County

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- WHY MARS AND VENUS COLLIDE NOW IN BOOKSTORES

John Gray, PhD, our Saturday Night Live keynote presenter, the top selling
author in our field, (he's sold more than 30 million copies of "Men Are From
Mars, Women Are From Venus") has a new book out this week: "Why Mars and
Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women
Cope Differently with Stress".  The book will be the focus of his Sat night
keynote. 

On The Early Show Tuesday, Gray discussed the ever-increasing role stress
plays in today's relationships, how each gender handles stress and why
there's a difference, and three of the ways couples can nurture and support
each other when they're stressed out.

To watch the segment:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/22/earlyshow/leisure/books/main373544
8.shtml


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- WHEN CAN WE REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE

> I received one of your yellow postcards.  It says visit the website to
> download a brochure and register on-line.  There is no place to do either.
> When will this be available?

Sorry about that. Check back mid Feb when ONLINE registration will be
posted.  Brochures should be available for download even earlier. And, if
you'd like to receive one in the mail, send your postal mail address.
- diane 


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