“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson What do you do when your boyfriend or husband or even a guy you’re dating pulls away? Do you freak out and do everything in your power to try to get them back? Do you sulk or cry or beg and plead? Or, do you shut down, close out [...]
"A broken heart bleeds tears." - Steve Marboli Why should you believe me when I tell you how to survive a broken heart? Unfortunately, I’ve had it broken at least five or six times now. I’ve cried and cried for more days than I can count. After one boyfriend broke up with me I sat on the floor with a pillow on my lap listening to Whitney Houston’s “I have nothing if I don’t have [...]
"Cheating is a Choice, Not a Mistake" - Unknown Are you having an affair and struggling with whether you should stay in or get out? Are you contemplating having one or think it might solve all your problems? If so, you might want to think twice, and I’ll tell you why. One of my favorite sayings (apparently, I have a lot of favorite sayings) is “If they’ll do it with you they’ll do it to [...]
"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." - Wayne Dyer Sometimes you’re confused about whether you should stay in your relationship or whether you should go. What if you still love them, but you aren’t happy? What if you wake up every day wondering if its you or them or the relationship? What if you start to pick apart every little thing they do or don’t do or you're always [...]
"My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking." - Sally Ride I'm going to explain why you shouldn't follow the thirty day No Contact Rule If there's one thing I hate, it's being ignored. Being ignored triggers my childhood issues of not feeling seen or heard and makes me extremely anxious and irritated. A surefire way to get me to never talk to you again and to despise your very existence is to ignore me. [...]
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." - Mark Twain Some days I wonder, how many times can you give your heart away without return before it breaks for good? How many times can you feel like you give of yourself and get nothing back? How many days can someone feel ignored and pushed away before they go away for good? How many days can someone try to [...]
“The desire to love someone always exceeds the desire to be loved by someone & that's exactly why we end up loving the person who doesn't deserve that LOVE.”― Anirban Bose, Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls Can we have a little girl talk for a minute? Can we talk about the reality of having an affair and being a mistress? Can we talk about the truth of what's going on and how its affecting you and [...]
"Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together" - Marilyn Monroe If anyone has been through break-up heartache- it’s me. I’m on my sixth long term relationship. Every time I went through a break-up, I thought the world was ending. I thought they were the only one. I thought certainly there must be a mistake. I thought they were the one for me and I must be completely in the wrong, right? [...]
"The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty." - Stephen Covey Do you want to know if you should leave your cheating husband or boyfriend? A lot of women come to me asking if they should forgive their cheating husband or boyfriend. They want to know how to get past the betrayal and fix the relationship. It amazes me that they want to know what they can do to make [...]
“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities." - Patti Roberts Break ups just plain suck. Every holiday that goes by can make it even harder, especially hard if were just dumped or are spending the time without your significant other for the first time in a long time. I can’t begin to tell you how many holidays I’ve spent alone. During some of them [...]
