You’ve heard about it before right? The “creepiness rule” – as long as she’s older than half your age plus 7, she’s not too young – and you’re not a creep. So although you tend to date younger than you, she’s not that young… Let’s be honest though – she’s also not your equal, is…
Have you ever had a relationship with someone where you felt like you were on pins and needles? Maybe like you never really knew where you stood with them? Or maybe you have someone in your life that is always doing everything on his or her own. Like: they have a really hard time asking…
It’s time to stop self-abandoning and start showing up for yourself. A while back, I was in a situation where I had to choose. I had to choose ME, and that also meant choosing “not-you”… which is never an easy thing to do. I wanted something that wasn’t available; a version of what I wanted…
Aren’t you tired of it yet? Tired of feeling taken for granted, dismissed, and tolerated? What about the chronic cynicism and animosity you try so hard to cover-up and pretend isn’t there? You know, telling everyone (self included) you’re focusing on the positive side of things and not letting the negative get you down… Bullshit.…
Unhealthy patterns, like those in emotionally unavailable relationships, cause a lot of pain and emotional turmoil for those involved. Whether it’s in the middle or at the inevitable end of the relationship, no one escapes without emotional injury. Given a chance, people will identify unhealthy patterns (like emotional unavailability) in their lives, however doing anything about…
Emotional unavailability refers to those who create barriers and/or obstacles between themselves and others in an effort to avoid emotional intimacy. In this three part series we’re doing a deep dive into emotional unavailability, what it is, how to spot it, and what to do about it. If you haven’t already, you can start by…
Have you ever noticed that when you’re not getting the results you want in life, there is often a serious amount of drama happening at the same time? You’re upset, over thinking, over analyzing, strategizing, feeling resentful, etc… And it often seems to be the case that it’s “their” fault, as in “my partner is not…
You know that feeling where you’re having a heated discussion with your partner and turns into a fight? Then it dawns on you that you’re not sure what you’re fighting about anymore? You think you’re arguing about the dishes left in the sink instead of putting them in the dishwasher, but no matter what you…
“I’m fine.” ……You know what that means when someone says it to you right? Everything is NOT fine. In fact, most of the time it means something like: Everything is definitely not fine I’m upset with you something you did (or didn’t do) You better think quick and figure out what I’m upset about and…
Recently I was having a conversation with a colleague of mine about why people can sometimes, on a dime, turn into a jerk. We were talking about the hard to catch and hard to deal with behaviour of ‘being a bit of a dick’ – not a total a**hole, just a bit of one. What…
