Personal experience and expert advice on how being true to ourselves, enjoying life, and dating intentionally can lead to true love and building authentic relationships.
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From Fairy Tale Love to Social Media: External Factors Affecting Relationships
Have you considered how external factors affecting relationships — like fairy tale love stories and social media — can skew your hopes and dreams from behind the scenes? My parents’ love story cast a long shadow. After my father died, my mother often told it to complete strangers as proof of true love (and her…
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How Our Relationship Personality Types and Temperament Shape Our Love Lives
Do relationship personality types matter more than love at first sight? Think of the friend who wants to talk after a fight and the one who needs space. Or the date who plans every detail versus the one who wings it. Our personality — how we think, feel, and behave — and our temperament —…
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What Are Attachment Styles in Relationships?
When I was in a situationship, my partner mirrored me in ways I was blind to — I didn’t see how attachment styles in relationships molded our behavior. So, when I’d avoid hard truths and he’d backpedal, I thought he was the problem. But when I looked closer, I saw myself saying “yes” when I…
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Why Do We Love the Way We Do?
Have you ever wondered, “Why do we love the way we do?” In your search for love, have you felt like you’re winging it? It’s like when you meet someone new and feel sparks. But a few months later, when you find out they’re a mismatch, you realize you’re repeating the same relationship patterns. Have…
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5 Reasons Mindful Dating Can Boost Your Confidence
Why do I believe in mindful dating? Why is practicing vulnerability in dating essential for forming true connections? It comes down to that popular buzzword “authenticity.” When computers create content on command and images can be faked, you can wonder what’s real. For instance, are flawless dating profiles genuine, or just an act? The real…
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Single and Lonely No More: 7 Steps to Fulfillment
In this video, I explore the core concepts of romantic loneliness: what it is, why it affects some of us, and how to cope with being single. If you’re single and lonely, is it easy to fall for a fantasy? In a world that celebrates couples, when singles seek love, they can skip the bar-hopping,…
Future Dating Intentionally and Building Authentic Relationships Topics Include:
- Why we can struggle to accept ourselves and how to welcome ourselves as we are
- What we tend to hide when we get to know others, and how to feel more comfortable being ourselves
- Reflecting on past relationships and the lessons we learned from them
- Why embracing life’s joys is crucial for arriving at authenticity, building authentic relationships, and dating intentionally