Are you divorced, widowed, single and wanting to attract a partner? Are you feeling a little stuck and discouraged with your current state of affairs? It can be hard to start over. Your confidence may be low. You may feel too old or not thin enough or not smart enough to attract anyone. Fill in …
Some years ago, I wrote a poem (while in therapy) about how exhausting it was to try to be perfect. A lifetime of trying to win the blue ribbon and get straight A’s had taken it’s toll and taken me to the edge with anxiety. Especially since I had made so many mistakes the older …
Do you have a tendency to look to your past when contemplating what could happen in your future? Old, negative thoughts getting in your way? Let’s say you want to start dating or you are dating, and things don’t happen the way you want them to. Do you say to yourself, “Well, I’m not surprised. …
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Are your thoughts keeping you single? That may seem like a strange question, but stick with me. Have you ever had any of these thoughts? There aren’t any good men (women) out there. Internet dating is a joke (substitute scary or any other adjective). I’m tired of looking. I need to lose ______pounds (fill in …
Closet love, that is. Hey, Dudes. 1995 called. They want their khaki double-pleated pants back. I am being a little facetious, but not really. Maybe you know a guy who needs some style help. Especially single guys who want to improve their image. See Brad and George for inspiration. I have helped some of these …
Summer…it was finally here and we were anticipating vacation time together at the beach. Months ago we had made the reservations to stay in a house this year at the beach, instead of a condo. We had also decided to stay closer to home near St. Theresa beach on the gulf in case either my …
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It may still be snowing where you are, but spring is fast approaching. And the season of Lent (which we are in) and spring are a great time for reflection. We have the promise of Easter and renewal ahead of us. I recommend taking some quiet time and writing down areas in your life that …
Every night my husband and I do a simple, powerful practice that keeps our relationship strong and gives us a chance to reconnect after our day. We learned this practice from Fr. Matthew Linn, a Jesuit priest who gives retreats all over the world on healing. He and his brother and sister-in-law wrote a book …
Two strikes. My marriage record was poor. Would there be a third? Does the three strike rule apply to marriages? 1977 – I marry an alcoholic, someone I did not know well and someone very different in background and values. Lots of strife. It lasted 6 years. The minuses were many during and after the …
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Today started badly. After waking up several times in the night, I was awake at 4:30 a.m. Could not go back to sleep. So my mind went to what had occurred before we went to bed. Something my husband had done that had irritated me, but I had not really voiced how upsetting it was …
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