Ah, the wonderful world of dating. Wining, dining, and…toxicity? While it’s certainly not an item you want on the menu of your dinner for two, it happens more often than we’d like to admit. Abuse, gaslighting, manipulation – these are all obvious signs that you’re on a sinking boat; it’s time to pull anchor and abandon ship. Toxicity, in these forms, can be downright dangerous. But toxicity doesn’t always hit like a ton of bricks. [...]
So, your dating life isn’t going the way you expected. How do I know? You wouldn’t be reading this article if it was. It’s not just you: the sea is filled with tons of single fish. In fact, many people aren’t only single, but they’re also struggling with similar questions. Yep, they’re single and ready to mingle with some much-needed answers. One of the most common questions has to do with breakups, specifically why guys [...]
It’s that time of year again, that once-in-four-years experience: the World Cup. What a wonderful time to talk about goals! Sure, the kind of goals I’m going to talk about don’t involve juking a defender and lofting a checkered, leather ball over the out-stretched arms of a goalie. But they’re just as exciting. Why? Because these goals are about YOU - your hopes, your dreams, your personal development, what you want in a relationship. The [...]
Trust is a relationship’s oxygen: it can not survive without it. But learning how to trust (or how to trust again after your world has been shattered) is often easier said than done. And sometimes this education starts with attracting the right sort of man. So, what kind of man is truly trustworthy? It often feels like a crapshoot, with many woman blindsided when the man they love (or even married) does something to destroy [...]
Whether you're completely single and have been for years… Or recently separated having gone through a gut wrenching breakup, there is something I need to bring your attention to. Many folks believe that "relationship" starts and stops with another warm body, be it your intimate partner, ex or best friend. But what if I told you that there is another critical relationship that exist forever and always in your life at this very moment? What if this hidden relationship was the FOUNDATION [...]
Trust is a prevalent theme in our society. Trust in God. Trust in self. Trust in partner. Trust the process. But, despite its prominence, many people don’t know how to trust. Or, if they’ve been burned, they don’t know how to trust again. This is entirely detrimental to a relationship; it’s like taking a needle to an inflated balloon. The reason is simple: without trust, a relationship is really just two people giving each other [...]
The dating world is full of wonder. Many women wonder how to meet a man. Many women wonder how to get a man to fall in love with them. Many women wonder how to get a man to commit. Some even wonder how to get a man to change. But most don’t wonder how to qualify a man. They don’t wonder how to use vulnerability in relationships to discover true intimacy. The don’t wonder how [...]
It might be a bit outside your comfort zone to read an article on how to love yourself more. Maybe you find it too new agey and wonder what it requires. Do I need to cue up Enya? Do I need to light incense? Do I need to meditate as I seek a new plane of consciousness? But, if you’re like most people, you might have a resistance to self-love because you think it is [...]
Stop fighting — before it's too late. If you’re not fighting it in your relationship, you’re probably single. This isn’t to say that "his" and "her" boxing gloves should hang in the bathroom next to the towels, but fighting — even in healthy relationships — is part of a happily ever after, whether we like it or not. Plainly put, it’s almost impossible to hang around someone all the time and never get annoyed, pissed [...]
Will your love make it for the long haul? Health. We all think about it, especially as we age. We visit the doctor, we eat right (at least, sometimes), we Google our symptoms and then fret when the results inevitably tell us we’re dying. But when we think about health, we do so only as it relates to our bodies. We often forget to think about health in terms of romantic relationships. Just as physical health prolongs life, tending [...]