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Are you ready for that awkward conversation with Aunt Cecilia? The intensity of the holidays is here. You are busy rushing about, preparing for family gatherings, work parties, cleaning house and [...]

“Those are it. She likes those.” He said it quite definitively. She squinted at him behind the Versace shades. “But she’ll need a few more minutes to admit it [...]

“Run towards the pain. Own it and run through it like a freak.” That’s what she said when I asked her how she was feeling about the situation, how she was coping. [...]

I want your thoughts on this one.  Please. After a three hour flight and a day at the office, I was sitting at the hotel bar with a friend, a drink and a plate of nachos.  Nachos without cheese, [...]

 Well, what did you expect? And now, you’re disappointed. Again. Unmet expectations are the silent relationship killer. You know you have them.  We all do.  We all assume that our partner should [...]

“No one has ever broken your heart.  They broke your expectations.”   When I came across this quote about heartbreak in an ad for Kyle Cease’s new book, immediately, I loved it. [...]

“It looks like Shrek.” He says this with the snarky, disapproving expression common to the teenage male.  And then he adds the final judgement: he shrugs, “Whatever.” I am [...]

Men are wired to connect through sex. And then they are able to delve into emotional intimacy. Women are wired to connect through emotional and mental interactions. And then open themselves up to [...]

Safe. Maybe it’s not a word that comes to mind immediately when you think of what you want in your intimate relationships. Maybe you just assume it’s already there.  Maybe it seems [...]

From Alison Armstrong, an educator and advocate of communication between men and women.  This is a great read – designed for men but powerful and helpful for women too.   This may be the [...]