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Office of Fleet Management
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Frontier Communications
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Motivational Magic presentations and it is amazing how he keeps our
college audiences on the edge of their seats.
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increase students' productivity, peak performance and motivation. If you
need an outstanding motivational speaker for colleges, Rick is definitely
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Dr. Rob Gilbert, Sport Psychologist,
Montclair State University
Rick Saldan has the wit, wisdom and sorcery of a wizard. He
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Credit Suisse First Boston
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Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order and The Mentalist.
Rick Saldan is a wonderful combination of master magician, comic
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Burtley Productions, Inc.
Rick Saldan
is an incredibly talented performer and motivational speaker with great insight. He shares many powerful
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Dream Illusions
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Save Yourself and Your Relationship Author: Fiona Dunn
I met David on a personals website. I’d never looked for a partner online before, and I still wasn’t looking. But his profile sounded really nice, and he was gorgeous, and I thought he’d make a good friend. He lived in NYC and I lived in San Francisco, so anything other than friendship seemed very unlikely.
Within one month of the first exchange of emails, there was no doubt we’d fallen in love. When we met in person, it was as if we’d been in love forever. We had the degree of comfort you usually don’t find in a new relationship. For me, it was the first time I had ever truly opened up my heart to another. For many years I’d kept myself protected and safe, wary of love because my childhood had shown me that men never stayed. But with David I felt safe and very confident.
On my second return trip to San Francisco from New York, a trip made after he’d asked me to marry him and I’d said, ‘just let me get things worked out back home, and when I come back I’ll say yes’, I had a really nasty accident. This accident made me extremely vulnerable and needy, it left me in a lot of debt, and made me question almost everything. David was wonderful, and very supportive.
So it came time for me to move to New York. I had tried once before, but ended up going back to San Fran because a friend needed me. Well, that was my excuse. The second time around was meant to be the last time. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the same person David had fallen in love with. I was mean, with mood swings from hell. I’d put on a lot of weight because I’d been so unhappy, and I really just hated myself. I withheld affection from him, and made his life miserable. He suggested I see a psychologist, and I flatly refused.
I was living off credit cards, and he had lost his job, so the financial strain was eating me up. I didn’t have the confidence it took to work in NYC (so my internal monologue advised me), and I found work back in San Fran and ran away again. However this running away made me fear that I was losing him, so every day for two months I analyzed our relationship, begging him for continual confirmation that he still loved me. Finally, he couldn’t take anymore, and felt that we just couldn’t make it work. I didn’t hold it against him. I did however proceed to drive him insane for four months post-breakup by trying to understand everything that had happened. He was patient, but it was embarrassing for both of us. For him, because he just wanted to move on with his life without me in it, and for me because my dignity had taken a backseat to my insecurity.
Why am I telling you all this? Because I want to help you save your relationship before it’s too late. If you’re a woman who’s had a difficult childhood, and suddenly find yourself opening up to the man of your dreams, please examine yourself very carefully. Nobody escapes without baggage, and yours may well rear its ugly head when things get difficult. When the ducks are all in a row, it’s easy to be confident, but when things go wrong, it’s too easy to give into a myriad of insecurities.
Also, if your partner suggests you see a psychologist, it’s more than likely out of love, and not intended as an insult. I didn’t know I was depressed, but if I had known, I would have taken action much sooner, and possibly saved the relationship. I read that oftentimes the scars of our past won’t appear until we’re truly happy. Don’t allow those scars to sabotage your happiness. Look first at yourself if things aren’t going well. Change what needs to be changed, ensure you’re mentally healthy, and then look at your partner. Too often we assume it’s the other person’s fault.
My happiness now comes from knowing that I will never again go to sleep crying over the loss of a love because I sabotaged it. It’s going to take me quite a while before I’m ready to open up to another man, but when I’m ready to fall in love again, I know it will be a wonderfully healthy experience. Make your experience wonderful now, before it’s too late.
