The stories people tell each other, and themselves, have always had great power. Throughout history, the myths and legends passed down through generations have guided the behaviors and thoughts of countless people. Our cultural myths are how we learn right from wrong. They teach us how to operate, what to think, hope for, imagine, and [read more]
The Golden Rule of Self-Love—Do For Yourself as You’d Do for Your Pet
It shocks me that a quick Google search of “self-love” synonyms yields only negative results. Pomposity. Conceitedness. Vanity. Even narcissism. These terms actually mean the opposite of self-love and reflect an absence of true regard for self. It is a sad state of affairs when so many of us of the human persuasion lack the [read more]
Places to Propose: Thinking Outside the Box
There are proposals… and there are proposals. Some show little effort and less thought (a Facebook status proposal comes to mind) and others are so flashy as to be more about the proposer than the proposee (like the ones at the ballpark on the Jumbo Tron™). Whereas there is no right or wrong way to [read more]
Be You—How Caitlyn Jenner Has a Lesson for All of Us
This week’s blog is from guest blogger, Vanessa Park, a brilliant writer and editor with her own business, VKP Editing. She has clients all over the country for whom she ghost writes, edits, and consults. Vanessa also writes her own personal blog, Spiralwoman.com. Imagine loving someone enough to marry him, or her. And yet every [read more]
Happily Ever After: Are Your Relationship Expectations Realistic?
Are you unlucky in love? Do your relationships never seem “good enough” to last? Do your partners invariably let you down? Maybe your expectations are unrealistic. Jeannie called me to set up an appointment two months after her last break-up. Though the wounds were still fresh, she was eager to get my help to, as [read more]
Sex: What Time is the Right Time?
Sex. It’s awesome. They say it’s on our minds a LOT. In one way or another, whoever you are… you think about sex. And it’s only reasonable that when you are dating someone, or thinking about dating someone, you would be doing some extra wondering about sex. Mainly—when is the right time to “go all [read more]
Springing into Love—How to Know if You Are Ready for a New Relationship
Many people experience some special feelings in the spring. After the long dark months of winter—especially if you lived in a part of the world that got hit hard with cold, snow, and relentless wind chills—you may experience early spring giddiness. That lightness that enters your body somewhere beneath your ribs and gives you a [read more]
So, Why Are You Still Single?
A loaded question with a number of equally loaded answers. First of all, are you single and loving it, or single and searching? To help navigate the endless nosy versions of the question, “So, why are you still single?” you need to decide into which camp you fall. But more about that later. Congratulations, first [read more]