When we go through a particularly difficult breakup, one of the most natural questions we end up asking ourselves is, did my breakup actually happen for a reason? We want to seek meaning and answers. We want to know why. And just maybe, maybe, if it happened for some yet unknown but greater reason, a reason that's unseen for those of us who believe in fate, then we can live with it. Then ...
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Over the years, prompted by various ‘experts’, I’ve tried every kind of New Year's practice under the sun including elaborate goal setting to future journaling to creating gratitude lists. In this article, rather than telling you the right method for you, I'm going to give you 7 ways to set up your New Year's resolution, in order to choose the one that works best for where you are right now. I posted the ...
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope you're enjoying all the good of this season, and taking all the 'not so good' with grace and stride. No matter how old I get, there is still so much magic and beauty about this time of year to me. The traditions, our Christmas tree decorated, listening to music, my mom baking the peanut butter kiss cookies with my three year old that I made with ...
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We've all been there. You talked to him for hours on your first date. There were definite sparks. It didn't take long for him to lean in for your first kiss. That's when you were hooked. You saw all the potential in him. All the potential for your future life together. You told yourself not to get too excited in case it didn't work out. In case you jinx it. But everything seemed ...
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"I don't know how you do it," a client recently said to me during one of our sessions. "If I had to hear myself and other women endlessly talk about an ex-boyfriend, I'd roll my eyes and tell them to just get over it." I told her that just getting over it is easier said than done until you're the person going through it. I know this because I've been through all of ...
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This month in the Dating Cocktail Lounge, a monthly membership for finding true love, we've been discussing the difference between the dating trend called Breezing, vs. what I call Cool Girl Syndrome. The key is to know are you falling into cool girl syndrome? One of the girls in the group commented that she has a hard time being the ‘carefree cool girl’. She'd act like it because she knew that’s what guys ...
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I've been thinking a lot about online dating lately as the conversation has come up numerous times with my clients and in The Dating Cocktail Lounge. The thing is that no one really seems to like online dating. It's almost as if dating online has become something we simply have to tolerate to date in the 21st century. So I came up with 3 of my personal rules for dating online without losing ...
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I hope you enjoyed those last days of summer and celebrating with sunshine, watermelon, and perhaps a cocktail or two ;) As much as I look forward to summer, I love when that crisp air rolls through and birds start their migration, indicating fall is on it's way. I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room. And that is that I haven't really been around, much less written to you ...
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Hi, I wanted to share another story from My One Amor about how to avoid dating app pen pals. This is some very straight forward advice, for someone using a dating app, that makes a lot of sense. It was written by a serial dater who contributes. When it comes to online dating there are clearly several categories of people. Depending on what you are looking for, your approach to messaging will be ...
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Hi, I wanted to share part of a story that was written in a dating advice blog called My One Amor. This story was written by a serial dater that portrays a unique perspective about the importance of dating coaching in today’s world of dating. I call it Is Dating Coaching Really Important for 2018 ? Is Dating Coaching Really Important for 2018 ? There are a number of dating coach and professional ...
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