"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." - Friedrich Nietzsche Do you feel like you and your partner are slowly drifting apart? Do you worry that you don't know how to make your partner happy and vice versa? Do you know how to keep your relationship from ending? If you were to rate your relationship right now where would you put it on a scale of [...]
"With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone." -Buddha Many of us choose emotionally unavailable partners. Why do we do it? How do we stop? What type of partner do you usually choose? Do you chose someone who is toxic, alcoholic, emotionally unavailable, unemployed, unusually close to a parent, still attached to the ex, commitment phobic, financially unstable, perpetually [...]
"Be straight up with me, either you want to be a f***ing lawyer or you don't." - Naomie Olindo Do you think television is a representation of real life? Do you think you can only learn by reading a book? Maybe, just maybe you can learn how to avoid a break-up by watching Southern Charm. My boyfriend always asks me why I watch Reality TV and I always give the same response which is, “I [...]
"I really think that you have to find a partner that compliments you and is somebody that pushes you and is better at some things than you are, so they can push you to improve yourself as a person." - Ashton Kutcher Who doesn't want the person they are dating to be "The One"? How do you know if they are the one for you or not? There are usually plenty of warning signs when [...]
"Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people's buttons. " - Travis Bradberry If you're in a toxic relationship you need to escape and I say escape because often you're a prisoner and don't even know it. You've become a prisoner of your own negative beliefs and thoughts because every ounce [...]
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”― David Richo Are you over all of the hurt from your past relationships? Do you think you've processed and dealt with the disappointment and the pain? Do you project your fears onto your new partner even though they’ve given you no reason to doubt their sincerity or commitment? Do you constantly worry that they'll cheat or they aren’t being honest [...]
Never lose yourself while trying to hold on to someone who doesn’t care about losing you.— Unknown Some days you wonder how much is too much. How much more heartache can one person handle before you fall to pieces. At what point do you give up and say enough is enough? In the past no matter how much I believed in love or how hard I tried it always seemed to fall apart. I didn’t [...]
“Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing.”― Virginia Woolf Do you remember all those times your friends told you, "you deserve better" or "you are the best thing that ever happened to him" or "he doesn't deserve you"? Did you nod your head and say, "yes, I know." Did you say "yes, I know", but not believe it? Did you think it intellectually, but not truly feel the brunt of what that means? I [...]
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama Six. That’s how many relationships it took for me to change. You might be wondering what the hell I was doing in each of those if I wasn’t changing after each one. If you think I was avoiding change you would be [...]
“My feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping but I shall go on living.”— Pablo Neruda The Magical Way I lied. There is no magical way to get over a broken heart. I bet you've had your heart broken before - and yet, here you are, still alive (even if barely) trying to figure out how to move forward. What Everyone Says You Should Do So-called experts will give you all kinds [...]
