Photo by Eric Ward on UnsplashIf you’re anything like me, you’re pretty smart and good at a lot of things. If you’re also anything like me, that sometimes bites you in the ass in your relationships. Today I’m going to show you how to make an adjustment instead of...
PhoenixWhen I rescued my first dog, Phoenix, in 2015, she was a traumatized 6-month-old gorgeous, gray bundle of fear. I was overwhelmed by her fear and she was overwhelmed by, well, everything. To this day, she loves dogs and is afraid of people. She tends to cower...
Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash Does your love interest keep having to jump through an increasingly complex series of hoops to prove themselves to you because you’re so slow to trust? Testing at the beginning helps you both see if it’s safe to go deeper. But at...
Photo by Everton Vila on UnsplashAfter my divorce, I entered a cliché rebound relationship: heavy on great sex and light on emotional intelligence. Once that relationship ended, I wanted more emotionally nourishing relationships, along with great sex, so I decided to...
Stock image from depositphotosOh, relationships. Somehow, with all your wounds and your parental, societal, religious, and educational conditioning, you’re supposed to magically know how to relate to another person. That person also shows up with their own wounds and...
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashThere’s an epidemic of niceness going on and it needs to stop. Not in politics, certainly, but in the way we’re taught to communicate in dating and relationships, especially if we have a spiritual bent. Though I’m speaking...