Preparing for Love and Relationship
How to Change Myself for Deeper Intimacy and Lasting Love
The thought “how to change myself” doesn’t usually show up on a good day. It comes after the same disappointment hits one time too many. Sometimes your life looks fine on paper, but it no longer feels satisfying. Did you choose to become this person, or did you just end up here? For some people,…
Read MoreDestiny: How to Reach Your Greatest Life
When we imagine our destiny it can stir up both our greatest dreams and our deepest fears simultaneously. We may hope for a divine destiny, yet at the same time fear, if even subtly, a destiny of suffering or even misery. The beautiful and sometimes frightening truth is that our future lies before us, beyond…
Read MoreWhat Is Happiness? How to Cultivate More of It in Life and Love
What is happiness? What is it really? We use the word so easily, as if we all share the same definition of happiness. We say we want to be happy, want our children to be happy, and wonder whether our relationships make us happy. We expect that others know exactly what we mean. We think…
Read MoreRelationship Tips: 40 Ways to Build Healthy, Lasting Love
If you’re searching for relationship tips, chances are you’ve experienced enough love to know that relationships don’t always unfold the way we hope. What begins with excitement and possibility can leave us feeling confused, disappointed, heartbroken, or wondering why something that seemed so promising became so difficult. At some point, almost all of us discover…
Read MoreSmall Talk: How to Turn Awkward Moments Into Meaningful Connection
In the world of communication, small talk has a bad reputation. How often do we hear someone say, “I don’t do small talk”? Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. Yet without these everyday exchanges, we may never reach the deeper conversations that allow a stranger to become a friend, a lover, or someone who changes…
Read MoreSettling in a Relationship: How to Recognize It and Stop the Sabotaging Pattern
We enter romantic connections anticipating joy, companionship, support, and love, yet too many people – whether married or just dating – eventually find themselves settling in a relationship. The moment we start to give up and abandon our desires, that connection or partnership takes a turn towards its demise, even on a first date. Unless…
Read MoreRed Flags in a Relationship: When to Run, When to Pause, When to Walk
When it comes to red flags in a relationship, everything is not always as it seems. Certainly some red flags call for immediate attention, if not departure. Others patterns and behaviors may seem like red flags, but on closer inspection turn out only to be yellow flags at worst. Alternatively, more subtle and less obvious…
Read MoreHow to Get Over Someone You’ve Never Dated with True Heart Healing
If you’re wondering how to get over someone you’ve never dated, we first and foremost honor that your heart may need some genuine tender loving care right now. Whenever your heart falls for someone who doesn’t want you, the longing and heartache can feel immense. Getting over them as quickly and effectively as possible matters.…
Read MoreTrust Yourself: How to Confidently Trust You in Dating and Relationship
The moment you decide you need to trust yourself your life will pivot in important ways. Until then you’ll experience life with mediocrity at best. This happens because when we don’t trust ourselves, we make substandard decisions that keep us from experiencing our best lives. If we know life could be better, and we know…
Read MoreNon Negotiables in Relationship: 29 Essential Questions to Consider
If we fail to know, and express, our personal non negotiables in relationship, we will invariably make poor choices in romantic partners. The absence of knowing this important information about ourselves coupled with the avoidance of the relevant conversations – because they feel too risky – almost always perpetuates a wash-rinse-repeat cycle of relationships and…
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