How to Strengthen Your Relationship/Expert Profile


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(I have expertise in both, "How to choose a compatible mate"--or--"how to bridge personality differences") Relationship challenges: communication, power struggles, controlling issues, partner being late, affection and closeness, little irritations, pouting, mood swings, criticalness, perfectionism, opposite environmental needs, companionship challenges,stubbornness,dealing with a skeptical partner, too thrifty, too generous, helps everybody but you, and when boredom sets in.

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Hundreds of people from all walks of life.
Experience: 25 years in the field of Personistics (innate personality characteristics)that includes: private personality profiling, Life Guidance Coaching, Business consulting, teaching numerous classes & seminars, lectures, and participating in radio talk shows.

What do you like about this subject?

We each are made of over 60 innate personality traits. Twenty two of them greatly influence interaction with others. It is wonderful to get away from blaming and hurt feelings, and talk about trait differences. When you understand traits, there are simple and specific things you can do to bridge your differences and strengthen your relationships

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

Since each person is unique in his own combination of traits, every time I do a personality assessment I learn a little bit more about how traits interact with each other. This helps me in my goal to spread this knowledge throughout the country, and thus help people see themselves and their fellowman in a kinder way.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Did you know that according to the latest studies on genetics, some experts estimate 80@ of our behavior stems from our genetic pattern? That leaves only approximately 20% to our environment. This means that we have been wasting a lot of time in examining our past to solve today's challenges. I can help you focus right now on what you can do about the challenges in your relationships.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

You can look at another person and read his personality traits. While today, I hardly get any strange looks when I tell people what I do; 25 years ago many thought it was pretty weird. Each trait is centered in the brain and each has a physical counterpart. This means the shape of your nose, lips, cheeks, eyebrows, chin, eyes,ears, and various parts of the head, show your personality. You also c

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Recent Answers from Sharon Crandall

2009-11-21 Help please!:

Hi. Usually it is best to ignore people like that, for the most part, but also to be friendly to them. I say that because people who are rude usually do it because they know they are getting to you and

2009-11-21 Relationships:

Hi. Many people feel that way at your age. The problem is that it takes until around 25 to know what you really want in life and what kind of life you want. There are many things that make a lasting relationship

2009-11-20 Boyfriend lost his job and may be moving:

Hi MIchele, Well, our relationship must have not been very important to you and I would be screaming, too. The only thing positive about this is that you found out now. He is being very uncaring and

2009-11-19 my boyfriend said he met someone else:

Hello Taylor, One thing that people get mixed up about is love. It is not love when a man doesn't treat you very good and you still want to be with him. It is more of an addiction. When you need somone

2009-11-18 Break Up:

Hi. It would be alright to write her but your need to express yourself can hold you back. I think it is much better to be more mysterious about it and not say anything but help her move and be nice. What

 

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