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5 Lies You Need to Stop Telling Yourself After a Breakup
Breakups are brutal. They leave you feeling alone, anxious, and helpless. You search for answers and support but all you find are useless clichés. You’re told, “things will get better eventually” but it’s little consolation for the storm of emotions...
What No One Teaches You About Love (but Should)
We learn these priceless life and love lessons through individual experience or by watching others pass through them, sure. What’s important is that we understand those lessons so as to elevate ourselves above our hardships in love and life and not bear the same burdens twice. What has love taught you so far? Read More
Here’s Why You Need to Take Your Time in Finding the Love You Deserve
I am in my 50+ and dating at this age could seem even more like a treachery minefield. Especially if you've been through your fair share of painful heartbreaks, separation, and divorce, you know it's difficult at first to be emotionally prepared for venturing out back into the 'dating safari park.' But get this, even when you ready and find someone who is also single and in the same age group, there are good chances that they are divorced and solo parenting with impossible demands on their time too. So, how do singles in their 40-50s make dating work for them? Well, we give online dating an honest try. Read More
Why do We Insist on Going Back to the People that Hurt Us?
Why do we insist on going back to the people that hurt us over and over again? Explained. Read More
The Truth About “Starting a New Life”
Today I woke up with a renewing feeling of ‘moving on’. As I got into the shower on this fine Sunday morning in London, I said to myself, ‘it’s like I’m waking up on the first day of a new life. It’s like I’m learning to stand up on my own two feet again.’ And I breathed in the sense of excitement, nervousness, and loneliness that it evoked all at once. Read More
5 Things in a Relationship that are More Important Than You Think
I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term? ― Nicholas Sparks Read More
Why Intimacy is so Important in a Relationship?
As a species, I believe, we are only just starting to discover one of the last truly great, genuinely human frontiers that shape who we are; the art of ‘intimacy’. Read More
How to Understand Your Introvert Friends Better
Think you can spot an introvert in a crowd? Think again. Although the stereotypical introvert may be the one at the party who’s hanging out alone by the food table fiddling with an iPhone, the “social butterfly” can just as easily have an introverted personality. Read More
One Amazing Thing You Can Do to Heal a Broken Heart
I was forced to grow up before my time, facing my fears and tragedies head on. Diving deep into my faith was the only answer. Read about what helped me heal my broken heart and can help you too. Read More
Why Criticizing People Never Inspires Them to Change
Do you ever criticize the people in your life, hoping it will get them to change themselves or their behavior? When people act in ways that turn you off, do you ever find fault with them by condemning them for what they’re “doing wrong”? And furthermore, have you ever stopped to consider the reasoning behind criticizing others, hoping it will change them? Or how do you react when someone criticizes you? Read More
7 Amazing Gift Ideas for Your Kids That Won’t Cost You a Dime
Take it from a mom who knows, here are 7 gift ideas for your children that don’t cost a dime. Read More
One Unexpected Love Lesson from a Cancelled Wedding
“I am leaving you for me. Whether I am incomplete or you are incomplete is irrelevant. Relationships can only be built with two wholes. I am leaving you to continue to explore myself: the steep, winding paths in my...
10 Useful Tools to Improve Your Relationship
Here are10 effective tools that will help you improve and keep the fire burning in this most important of relationships. Read More
An Open Letter to My Mom
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor...
10 Lessons I’ve Learned to Create an Amazing Love Life
Sometimes we all wish for a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to relationships, especially when difficulties arise from time to time. We are different, we come from all walks of life... and we all build our relationships differently. Nothing is identical. But it was my observation lately that there is one thing that probably can help us all in creating amazing love life. Read More
You’re not Alone When You’re Single, Here’s Why
“Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.” ― Mandy Hale In July of 2016, I moved into a one bedroom apartment. I was living alone for the...
5 Steps That Will Turn Your Breakup Into a Breakthrough
Have you ever begged someone to stay? Like, literally got on the floor and begged?
I did that once after I discovered my husband was having an affair. I didn’t beg straight away. First I was angry. I ranted and raged and then I questioned; “Do you love her? Was she better than me? Is she beautiful?” I asked all the crazy things that you want to know when your heart has been broken into a million little pieces. Read More
Self-Love: How to Love the “I” in “I Love You”
So, what is self-love? Simply put it’s about loving the “I” in “I love you.” When we usually think of the phrase “I love you” we are thinking about loving someone else. This means accepting them for who they are, sticking by them through good times and bad, encouraging them in their life pursuits, celebrating their healthy choices, and being a constant companion and ally. Sounds nice, huh? But what about actually providing this to your very self, as well? Read More
3 Important Lessons to Learn About Giving
I have overcome some incredibly tough times in my life. I know a lot of strong men and women, like myself, who have had to struggle with the weight of a family on their shoulders. This time of year is...
7 Reasons Why Couples Who Travel Together, Stay Together
Traveling together invites boundless benefits to a healthy relationship according to recent studies. Couples that go on and explore the world together report having healthier and happier relationships. They also are less likely to split up compared to those couples that don't make time for romantic gateways. Read More
6 Ways Poor Sleep Can Sink Your Relationship
When it comes to things in life we cherish, our relationships hit the top tiers of our lists. If you are fortunate enough to have a partner in life that shares your dreams and hopes for the future, how you treat each other is important. As much as we wish that being in love was easy it isn’t, so every chance we get to make our love lives smoother, we’ll take it. Read More
