"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." - Friedrich Nietzsche Do you feel like you and your partner are slowly drifting apart? Do you worry that you don't know how to make your partner happy and vice versa? Do you know how to keep your relationship from ending? If you were to rate your relationship right now where would you put it on a scale of [...]
"A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself." - Marilyn Monroe Although intuition is nature’s way of telling you something it wrong, it doesn’t always mean you should follow it or that you can. Sometimes it means learning something you need to learn. What if your intuition is right, but, you have a journey to take? What if following your intuition allowed you to skirt around the hard parts. Have you [...]
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt Dating can be really frustrating and difficult. But, what if you made it fun instead? What if dating is practice for social interactions and learning how to communicate with the opposite sex on a deeper level? One of the reasons dating can be so irritating are the limiting beliefs we have and those we put out to [...]
“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” – Julius Caesar For those who have never been in a relationship with someone in the Military or for those who are just entering one there are a few traits you will need to have if you want your relationship to survive and more importantly - to thrive. Loving a warrior is [...]
"With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone." -Buddha Many of us choose emotionally unavailable partners. Why do we do it? How do we stop? What type of partner do you usually choose? Do you chose someone who is toxic, alcoholic, emotionally unavailable, unemployed, unusually close to a parent, still attached to the ex, commitment phobic, financially unstable, perpetually [...]
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” - August Wilson Do you know your value? Do you fear that you're never going to find someone who loves you because you're too much trouble, too difficult, too fussy, too depressed, too outspoken, too weird, too whatever? If so, I know how you feel. I always [...]
"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy." - Scott Alexander There is a misconception that men cheat for sex. Men do not cheat for sex. Men cheat for the same reason that women cheat. They want to feel desired and appreciated. A man's need for appreciation manifests itself differently than ours. Women want to feel understood. Men want to feel desired. Women want [...]
"Be straight up with me, either you want to be a f***ing lawyer or you don't." - Naomie Olindo Do you think television is a representation of real life? Do you think you can only learn by reading a book? Maybe, just maybe you can learn how to avoid a break-up by watching Southern Charm. My boyfriend always asks me why I watch Reality TV and I always give the same response which is, “I [...]
"Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!" - Jay Leno Why do we even have a Valentine’s Day holiday? Back in the day the Roman church decided that soldiers were more effective when they were unmarried so Claudius II banned marriages. Supposedly there was a Priest named Valentin/Valentinus who decided this was a stupid idea and decided to secretly marry young men and women behind the Emperor's back. [...]
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays." - Confucius What goes on in your head when your partner is silent and not paying attention to you? Do you start to freak out if your partner is quiet? Are you able to sit in silence and be comfortable? If your partner is engaged in something and not paying attention to you does it drive you crazy? If you’re in one room and they’re in another [...]
