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  • How to Help A Lesbian Become Straight

    Do you have a lesbian friend, family member, acquaintance, or even your significant other whom you wish to "become straight"? A person's sexual orientation is shaped by both genetic...

  • How to Read, Recommend and Rate an Article On eHow

    The 3 R’s in the eHow community, Reading, Recommending and Rating articles are the social networking tools that enable members of our online knowledge resource site to communicate, maintain...

  • How to Assist Someone in an Abusive Relationship

    If you suspect that a friend or family member is in an abusive relationship, take steps to help your friend get the help she needs. Whether physical, verbal or emotional abuse is occurring, learn...

  • How to Persuade Someone to Stop Smoking

    Smoking is linked to several life-threatening diseases and conditions, including cancer, stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and more, according to the Centers for Disease...

  • How to Tell a Friend She's in an Abusive Relationship

    Abusive relationships don't always mean one partner is physically hurting another partner. Hurtful relationships can include physical, mental, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse. Approaching the...

  • How to You don't have to be private detective to find out who lives at this address

    Occasionally people need to find out who lives at this address. Sometimes it is very important to investigate and get information about the residents of certain location. You should also keep an...

  • How to Build Self-Esteem for Plus Size

    According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 67 percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over in the United States are either overweight or obese. In spite of this...

  • How to understand, love, and be a friend to a Vietnam Veteran

    I cannot speak for all Vietnam Vets just a very important one, who happens to be my father. Growing up I didn't really get to see my dad, my family was a product of divorce. I didn't get to know...

  • How to Craft Sympathy Letters/Cards

    It's often difficult or awkward to know what to say to someone who has lost something or someone. Read these tips to know what to say to whom. I separate this out into how well I know the person:...

  • How to Help a Friend Who Is Unemployed

    When someone is unemployed they are usually scared and demoralized. The longer they remain unemployed the worse these feelings become. As a friend there are many things you can do that will make...

  • How to Survive Alone

    This article is based on personal experiences for surviving alone in this world. Alone, meaning no spouse, no significant other, no children, no living relatives. This article is for people who...

  • How to Support a Friend Going Through Divorce

    Divorce is difficult on almost everyone and those going through it often need support. Sometimes, all a person needs is a friend who can sympathize with the situation even if they haven’t been...

  • How Do I Build a Friend's Self Confidence?

    Want to boost a friend's self-confidence? Good for you. The support of friends and loved ones can greatly influence a person's perception of their self-worth. With enough guidance, suggestion and...

  • How to Find Grief Support Groups

    Unfortunately we will all experience grief in our lives. Finding and participating in support groups often helps with the grieving process and reminds us that we are not alone in our pain. There...

  • How to Support Our Troups Families with Christmas Trees During the Holidays

    Everyone knows that our troops are giving their lives and time while serving our country over seas. But for every person fighting for our country, there is a family in the US who is supporting...

  • How to Tell a Friend They Have a Drinking Problem

    The act of telling a friend that you feel he has a drinking problem takes a lot of courage. It is easier to look the other way, however, for your friendship and your friend, a drinking problem...

  • How to Tradition of Gift

    Gift has become a tradition on Christmas. People enjoy giving gifts to others not because it is tradition but it is the only time in year form all the busy life when they can tell their love ones...

  • How to Comfort Parents That Lose Children Through Violent Crimes

    This week has been extremely sad for a community in North Florida. Another child has lost her life in a senseless act of violence. It is anticipated by most people that the cause of death will...

  • How to Encourage Someone to Quit Smoking

    When a friend or family member is considering quitting or has decided to quit smoking, she may need a support group. While some people quit cold turkey without help, many people find it useful to...

  • How to Help Someone Undergoing Chemotherapy

    If there is someone in your circle of friends, or in your family, who is undergoing chemotherapy, you have probably witnessed a number of changes in that person. Physically, perhaps they have lost...

  • How to Help a Friend Who Has Huntington's Disease

    Practical advice on how to help a friend who has Huntington's Disease. Written by one with a close family member with the disease.

  • How to : Think? - Half-Full or Full - Optimist or Pessimist

    Ever notice.....I mean really notice, that some people walk around with a constant smile on their face. You're in the Post Office or a grocery store...walking down the aisle...then here comes a...

  • How to Offer Help to a Troubled Loved One

    Helping a troubled loved one in need is never an easy undertaking. I've compiled a list of steps that will get you on your way to providing the aid required. I wish you all the best.

  • How to Always Make Somebody Feel Special

    People often forget what you’ve said, will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel Flowers, gifts, dinners trips are beautiful and commonly used ways of...

  • How to Be A Good, Caring Friend When Needed

    When a friend is down, having trouble in her life, or hears some awful news she must deal with, you can help by being a good, caring friend to her. Being a good, caring friend means many things...

  • How to Be an Alcoholic's Recovery Friend

    Alcoholism is a devastating disease that currently affects over 17 million Americans and countless friends and family members. If a loved one is beginning the recovery process, you can support...

  • How to Give Useful Advice

    It can be very hard to give good advice to people who are under stress or are distressed. It helps to identify whether someone is in need of advice and then determine whether you are qualified or...

  • How to Free the Hikers

    I saw an amazing story this morning that moved me to take some kind of action. It was a story about three kids, hiking in the Middle East, that stumbled across Iran's border. They were taken into...

  • How to Be A Great Best Friend

    What defines a friend, let alone a best friend? Some would say a best friend is always loyal, always there for you. The relationship with your best-friend maybe a bit like the relationship you...

  • How to Show Support for Someone With Cancer

    A cancer diagnosis can be a devastating and confusing time for a person. Worries about future treatment and chances for survival are in the back of the person’s mind. A wide array of emotions...

  • How to Write a Sympathy Card that Provides Comfort

    I always prefer to write a personal note to someone when they are grieving rather than just buying a sympathy card. My main purpose in writing the note is to comfort the person experiencing the...

  • How to Handle a Person Contemplating Suicide

    If you have a friend that may be thinking about suicide or you suspect they may attmept suicide they you need to act fast find out what to do.

  • How to Console Someone Who Has Lost a Pet

    We live in an age where pets are a full-fledged part of the family. So it's no surprise that when a friend or acquaintance loses a pet, it can really send them into a spiral of sadness and...

  • How to Support a Friend Through Grief

    When a friend is experiencing grief, it's often hard to know how to support them. Sometimes, great intentions have less than great outcomes. Learn how to best be there for them.

  • How to Leave a Reflection for a Fallen Officer

    I was a 911 dispatcher for 18 years and never lost an officer until 8-13-2005. It was one of the worst nights of my life and one I dreaded that might come. There were two lives lost that night. ...

  • How to Give an Honest Opinion (when the answer isn't good)

    What do you do when someone asks for your opinion? To tell the truth or to not tell the truth. That can be a difficult question. It is easy to state your opinion when the answer is one that the...

  • How to Support A Friend Who Is HIV-Positive

    Suppose your friend tells you he or she is HIV-positive. Would you let your disapproval of your friend's behaviors in the past keep you from helping him or her? Your friend will need support to...

  • How to Sober a Person Up

    How to sober a person up? There has probably been at least one time in your life that you have wanted to help a person sober up. You may of even needed to sober up yourself a time or two right?...

  • How to Share Your Home

    Whether you are sharing your home with close family, relatives, friends, significant other or just renting out part of your home for extra income, there are precautions that need to be taken in...

  • How to Stop Feeling Used by Your Friends

    Are you always the one your friends call for something? It can be difficult to say no because you feel bad and know they need you. Its time to stop letting them use you for everything and time to...

  • How to Talk to Your Friends About Their Excessive Behaviors in Their Relationships

    Women, I know that we've all had that friend. The one who complains about her spouse (partner) all day but continues to stay in the relationship even though she is clearly unhappy. Or you have...

  • How to Aid the Homeless

    In my 43 years, I have noticed many people jump to conclusions when it comes to people who are homeless. Many people believe that a person chooses to be homeless. Or if a person would just pay...

  • How to Be a Good Friend Online

    This "how to" is moderately easy instead of easy because here at ehow, we have lots of friends and a little spare time usually. How to be a good friend on ehow? Many of you ehow members...

  • Memorial Gift Etiquette

    It is often hard to know what to do or say when someone you know is grieving the death of a loved one. It is natural to want to show support to a bereaved family by sending or delivering a gift....

  • Christmas Gifts for the Elderly

    Buying Christmas gifts for elderly loved ones, friends and neighbors can be a great experience because they tend to have a lot of needs and wants. So for these special people in our lives, it...

  • How to Write an Encouraging Note

    Many times a person could feel bad because the trials of the day, week, or month has got them down and you know it. What can you do to help your friend? Hummmm! Ideas can run through your head...

  • How to Be The Best, Best Friend You Can Be

    A girl needs to have great friends her entire life. As a child we want someone we can play with and have a great time, then as we become teenagers, we want a friend we can talk to about boys,...

  • How to Come Off as More Self Confident

    Being down and out has a ripple affect towards the people around you. You may not want others to be affected by the way you are feeling. By appearing to more confident, more self confident people...

  • How to Deal With a Friend Who Has a Broken Heart

    Many of us have been there for our friends who have had their heart removed and crushed, and we have probably been in the situation as well. Here are some ideas that might come in handy the next...

  • How to Deal with People who Complain

    We all know someone who has a chip on their shoulder, who shoots down everything you do or just seems miserable with life! Here are some great ways to diffuse their internal bombs and force them...

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