I am committed to writing a book over the next several months. To help keep me on track and accountable, I am publicly committing to posting content chunks here on the blog each Friday. These chunks of writing won’t be perfect and they will go through further editing before the book is ready for publication….
The feeling of shame is one of the most painful feelings there is. For many people, the discomfort they feel in relationships and the pain associated with a breakup, stems from shame. But most of us don’t really understand shame, and have a hard time even recognizing it when we are experiencing it! Shame is…
If you are currently involved in online dating you have most likely heard about the recent changes to OK Cupid. These started to trickle out in December 2017 and by now they have been implemented site-wide. First of all they did away with unique usernames, forcing everyone to use their “first name”. When the first…
Just ask. That’s the advice from Sex and Relationship Coach, Sarah McMurchie. Even if it feels awkward, just ask. It’s important to talk about sex and by extension the sexual fantasies and porn habits of both yourself and your partner. Your sexual connection with your partner is fundamental to your success as a couple. It’s…
Relationships, even good relationships, aren’t always easy. Recently my partner, Joe, had to go take care of some stuff to do with his family on the East Coast. He ended up being gone for three weeks when we originally thought he’d just be gone maybe a week tops. He had a lot to handle, and…
It was Teilhard de Chardin who said, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Indeed, the crux of being human is learning to balance heaven and earth: learning to balance and integrate our soul and spirit with our three-dimensional bodies and mundane life. It is…
Human beings are social creatures, and we need other people. We have a biological drive toward emotional attachment in relationships. But if this is the case, then why are relationships, especially close romantic relationships, often so difficult? One set of answers to this perennial question lies in Attachment Theory–the study of how human being form attachments. According to…
I woke up this morning with a strong realization: we are all like standing wave patterns. We–who we are, and what we represent in the world–are like standing wave patterns. Each of us has our own pattern and collectively, groups, organizations, even cities and towns, and so on have their own wave patterns made up…
If you’re honest, do you just “want to want” a relationship? Is part of you holding back, not sure if getting into a relationship is right for you? I recently talked with a woman who almost apologetically revealed that she had been half-heartedly going on dates with different men, but she was not enthusiastic about…
If you have questions about a relationship and want to get an intuitive tarot reading to see where things might be going, asking good questions will help you get the most out of your reading. Ask Good Questions to Get Good Answers In a reading, the quality of the information you receive is directly related…