Posts Tagged ‘love’
5 Big Warning Signs Of A Toxic Partner
These red flags help to answer the question: “Should I stay or should I go?” One of the biggest causes I see of toxic relationships spiraling over time, is ignoring or not recognizing red flags early on. Naturally, if we’re excited about seeing someone new, we can give them a little slack with weird behaviors…
Read More15 Ways To Make Your Relationship Last
Just because our attention spans are getting shorter, doesn’t mean our relationships have to. We spend a lot of time talking about how to recognize a toxic person or a toxic relationship, but it’s also important to acknowledge what the right relationships look like, and how, when you’re in one, you can make it last. Here are…
Read MoreIs It You? 7 Behaviors That Push People Away
We all want articles that tell us what we’re doing right, but sometimes we NEED one that tells us what we’re doing wrong. There’s someone I often talk to at the gym. He talks to me about his run-ins at bars, his financial challenges (no judgment here), how his friends still get into fights, and…
Read More7 Conversation Skills For Building Better Connections
You know, for when you actually need to speak face-to-face instead of texting. Long before the pandemic began, there were lots of complaints about conversation skills falling of track because everyone had become so used to texting, or emailing, or WhatsApping, or Tik-Toking, or…you get it. And then, WHAM, a global pandemic forced us all…
Read MoreYou’ll Be Your Own Worst Enemy Until You Change This One Thing
What can a story about two fish teach us about self-awareness? Have you heard the story about the two fish swimming in a fishbowl? One goes up to the other and asks, “How do you like the water?” The fish responds: “What is water?” The point is that the fish is so immersed (literally) in…
Read More7 Mindsets To Break The Negative Patterns Holding You Back
Many of us hold ourselves back with negative beliefs about ourselves or our abilities. Here’s how to overcome them. How many people do you think are capable of more than they’re currently doing? Odds are, the first person who came to mind reading that was yourself. It’s okay, everyone feels that way now and then. We…
Read MoreThe 10 Point Guide To Building A Powerful Personal Brand
You already have a personal brand whether you realize it or not. Here’s how to make sure it serves you rather than hurts you. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “brand”? Maybe it’s a logo, or a color scheme, or your favorite clothing designer or automobile manufacturer. A…
Read More11 Ways To Show Him Your Love
Great relationships aren’t about give and take, they’re about give and give. Of the hundreds of articles I’ve written, at least 75% are about how men can improve themselves and be better partners for the women in our lives. Here’s what we almost never talk about, though: Men need affection, too. Psychology Today once made…
Read More9 Affirmations to Make Dating Fun Again
Dating is as an opportunity to create the love life you’ve always desired…if you choose to see it that way. “I just want to skip the dating part and go right to the phase where we’re comfortable on the couch together.” This is what someone I’m coaching said to me on one of our recent…
Read MoreIt’s Not “Complicated,” They’re Just The Wrong Person
The right person will enhance your life, not complicate your life. Have you ever settled for for “it’s complicated” because you’ve just assumed that’s how every relationship must be? Your partner is hot and cold, off and on, incongruent with their words and actions. But, they’re still sticking around, so they must want to be…
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