What is keeping you from starting a new romantic relationship? Is it a past painful breakup (articles) or betrayal? Or is it your own insecurities and lack of self-confidence? Or both? There is one thing I have repeatedly experienced and can guarantee to you: Your next relationship will be better than all of those that […]
Personal Development
Why Are You Still Alone?
The reasons why you are still alone may surprise, enlighten, and inspire you. Consider these. You have unresolved issues about past bad relationships. Have you moved on from the pain of past breakups? Are you ready to take what you’ve learned and open yourself up to a new, better relationship? Why deprive yourself. Everyone has […]
Your Most Important Relationship
Many people think that their most important relationship is the one they have with their girl/boy friend or spouse. If they don’t have one, they are constantly anticipating and working toward that end. They consider this romantic relationship to be central to their fulfillment and happiness. This way of thinking places an unfair amount of responsibility for a person’s […]
Things that Make a Person Attractive
The things that make a person attractive and charismatic have little to do with how good looking they are. Surely you’ve met people whose good looks are overshadowed by their “negative” self-appraisal, attitude, and behavior. Or their “egotistical” self-appraisal, attitude, and behavior. You have also likely met people whose “positive” self-appraisal, attitude, and behavior overshadowed […]
Personal Operating Manual
Your ability to communicate your values, principles, and boundaries are crucial to the success of any relationship, especially a romantic one. Your communication of them can be done in many different ways. You might convey them verbally, in writing, through a disapproving look, or by leaving. What’s important is that you stay true to your […]
Afraid to Love Again?
Are you afraid to love again? If you’ve been deeply hurt it’s understandable. But it’s always possible with the high reward endeavor of loving someone. There are ways to avoid and limit the pain if things don’t work out, however. Loving requires courage, so the rewards are plentiful. Not loving requires nothing, so the rewards […]