Heartache and Barriers to Love
15 Relationship Challenges of Most Professional Women
The greatest relationship challenges for professional women happen because they lose sight of the fact that what makes them successful in business will likely leave them unhappy, disappointed, and even rejected in romance and intimacy. Professional women make truly amazing romantic partners when they realize they don’t have to work as hard at love as…
Read MoreHow to Sincerely Apologize: Saying “I’m Sorry” from the Heart
Knowing how to sincerely apologize can make all the difference between a relationship that lasts a lifetime and one where the love or friendship fades, leaving both people wondering, “What happened?” Those who know how to sincerely apologize build the strongest and most sustainable relationships. Let’s face it, every relationship, romantic or otherwise, will have…
Read MoreWhy Successful Women Fail at Dating and Relationships
Not only do successful women sometimes fail at dating and relationships, the men who love them, or try to love them, also struggle. It actually takes an immense amount of courage to date a so-called strong independent woman (which we know), and most men who bravely attempt it too often find themselves in a no-win,…
Read MoreHow to Get Over Someone: The Unpopular Answer
Asking the question, how to get over someone, can serve you well. It means that, even though you may feel pain or grief right now, you actually want to know how to move beyond it. Unfortunately, this question isn’t complete. There’s a critical distinction that isn’t addressed and that distinction makes all the difference to…
Read MoreHow Long Is Too Long Without Sex In a Relationship?
How long is too long without sex in a relationship? Fortunately and unfortunately, there is no exact or right answer to this question. For most, if you’re here seeking an answer, you likely know some level of confusion, frustration, hurt, or even lowered self confidence in your intimate relationship. That’s the bad news. The good…
Read MoreUnrealistic Expectations in Relationships: Real Life Examples + What to Do
Unrealistic expectations in relationships and fairy tales go hand in hand. In fairy tales we make up impossible pictures of something that we can’t sustain in human relationships – not in the everyday moments of real everyday life. True human relationships have messy imperfect moments. They have unconscious moments that we wish we could take…
Read MoreBeing Open to Love: 11 Compassionate Ways to Keep Your Heart Open
Being open to love is one of the most important and deeply courageous things we’ll ever do as human beings. Yet, easy as it might sound, we unfortunately don’t simply open our hearts once and remain forever open. Being open to love requires that we practice the ways to keep our heart open over and…
Read MoreLoving too Much: The Silent (& Seductive) Relationship Killer
Loving too much has the power as well as the probability to destroy a relationship. Yet, the habit of loving someone too much can feel so compelling, so seductive, so seemingly positive that you might not recognize it until significant damage has been done. On the good side, we can recover from its effects and…
Read MoreWhy Can’t I Find Love? How we Sabotage Relationship Potential
When the question “why can’t I find love?” plagues someone, one of two common thoughts follow it. Men and women alike tend to internally ask themselves either, “what’s wrong with me?” or “where do I go to actually find the ones I’m interested in?” Yet neither of these questions actually support you in finding love,…
Read MoreWill I Ever Find Love?
Will I ever find love? Asking that question reveals both a longing for, and a doubt of, the possibilities for romantic love. While the answer you may desire is “yes,” the truer answer is, “it depends.” The “it depends” answer can quickly turn to a yes, if you know where to look. Yet, that does…
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