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Flirting 101: 3 Easy Steps

Flirting doesn't have to be super clever or involve a perfect wink. Flirting is simply the way you let a m...

How to Deal with Your Own Insecurity

In intimate relationships, insecurity is like a grenade. Your evening can be going great and suddenly your holding t...

Don't Be Scared, It's Just Online Dating

It surprises me how many people are “freaked out” by online dating. There still seems to be a stigm...

For Love or Money in Marriage

Whether you are about to be married, just married, or have been partners for many years, you need to talk to about mo...

Book Recommendations

Here's a list of books I recommend often. As time allows, I will update with more information about what I like...

The Pleaser & The Narcissist

Just as the Narcissus comes in many varieties, so do Narcissists... I am capitalizing the word because they would ins...

On Achieving Success in Life

I’ve recently graduated from high school and my entire life is ahead of me. I’m not quite sure what I wan...

My 8th Divorced Easter

This was my text exchange with my Ex-husband Jim, a few days ago. Easter snuck up on both of us and, because it&rs...

Allowing the Storms to Pass

The Year 2015 did not start as a clean slate for me… quite a messy one, actually. Literally, after organizing ...