My Boyfriend Wants Me To Move In With Him But I Am Not Sure: What Should I Do?

May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
My Boyfriend Wants Me To Move In With Him But I Am Not Sure What Should I Do

Q. I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years and recently he asked me to move in with him. Initially I was very excited until I had a conversation with my friends. A couple of them are also in committed relationships for 4-5 years and a year back they moved in with their boyfriends. Now they feel that was a mistake. They were expecting their boyfriends to pop the question but that has not happened. They feel that living together is the reason for the delay in them getting engaged.   One of Read the full article →

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My Friends Don’t Like The Guy I Am Dating, But I Do: What Should I Do?

May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
My Friends Don't Like The Guy I Am Dating But I Do: What Should I Do

Q. I have been dating a guy for 6 months and he is nothing like the guys I have dated before. I am an outgoing girl with a curious mind and I love to travel. The guys I have dated so far have all been extroverts and like me loved to explore and travel. My last relationship was with a guy with whom I shared an amazing chemistry and our relationship started out great before it became rocky. There were moments when I felt I was the luckiest girl on earth to have a guy like him to moments where I Read the full article →

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Empowered Relationship

May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Empowered Relationship

The inevitable terrain of relationship is of opening up into that interior space where our most vulnerable feeling places reside. It’s not like that so much in the very beginning. The first period of connecting and starting to build a bond can feel like being on a high. There is literally hormonal chemistry doing its hard-wired dance in our brain. We feel excited and alive and pulled along a path that has colors looking more vibrant and hearts feeling more expansive and open. We feel like we Read the full article →

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Marriage Rules That No Longer Apply

May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Marriage Rules That No Longer Apply

These are what I call the shoulds of Marriage which are stated and unstated rules that govern the roles of being a wife and a husband. They are a scripted computer program that is embedded in our heads in this culture that become operative once we say “ I do” and walk into the institution of Marriage. These shoulds have been programed by all the socialization agent’s in our culture such as parents and the media. We are not truly conscious of this process, but its there in our Read the full article →

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I Feel Scared and Negative About Dating After Divorce: How Can I Change Things Around?

May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I Feel Scared and Negative About Dating After Divorce How Can I Change Things Around

Q. I am a 35 year old single mom and I have been divorced for 2 years. After I got my divorce, I decided to be single all my life and just take care of my kids. However my family and friends have been encouraging me to start a new life. Initially I was totally against the idea but now I do feel that I should give myself another chance. However I am very scared. I haven't dated for over 10 years and I feel totally out of touch. I have also lost my confidence because I really don't like the Read the full article →

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Interview with Allison Cohen

May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Interview with Allison Cohen

1. Many experts recommend women to be authentic and be themselves to attract the right kind of men. An interesting questions we got from a reader the other day was "Well, I just try to be myself but I don't get the results I am looking for as far whether it is attracting the right men or having a good dating experience or transitioning from casual dating to serious dating. So obviously I am doing something wrong and being myself is not going to help me. And I want to know, what does it mean to Read the full article →

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8 Steps to Attract Love by Developing a Creative Mindset and Practice

May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
8 Steps to Attract Love by Developing a Creative Mindset and Practice

When we do the inner work for our personal development we intrinsically make positive shifts, including naturally attracting love into our lives.  To become a love magnet, we must develop a positive mindset and acquire a practice of creative techniques to implement daily. 1. Step Outside Your Comfort Zone When we accept new opportunities in our lives we step into the unfamiliar and outside of our comfort zone.  We most thrive when we positively stretch ourselves in new Read the full article →

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Interview with Wendy Dingee

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Interview with Wendy Dingee

1. In an article that you recently wrote on our site, you mentioned some interesting cliches like "You complete me", "He's my other half" and described them as self-limiting beliefs even though they may sound romantic. So is the right mindset, "You compliment me" instead of "You complete me"? We get so many emails from our women subscribers who are not happy because they are single and tend to seek relationships as a means to become happy. Yes, I think "We complement each other" is a Read the full article →

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What Not to Look for in a Relationship

April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What Not to Look for in a Relationship

Trying to get these from the other person is not only impossible, but is a great way to drive that person away.  It’s inundating, crushing, and suffocating to energetically saddle someone with the pressure to provide something no person has to give to another. Expectation is the enemy of love; we end up pushing partners away, because it is not only feels invasive and needy to the other person, but they can never “fix” us therefore they end up feeling inadequate, angry or Read the full article →

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He Broke Off Our Relationship Because He Lost His Job; I Still Want To Be With Him; What Should I Do?

April 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
He Broke Off Our Relationship Because He Lost His Job; I Still Want To Be With Him; What Should I Do?

Q. Hi there, Recently, I met a really sweet, gorgeous guy and I felt this great sense of connection with him. He had the same thing for me as well. We had a wonderful time together and he treats me with love, respect and kindness. Just when things were going great, as it often happens to me, he was acting indifferent and was trying to avoid me. When I asked him what was bothering him he said nothing and denied he was behaving differently. I was growing increasingly frustrated till I sat down Read the full article →

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