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A lot of men genuinely believe that women are only attracted to alpha males.
They believe—and this is going to gross you out—that women are “programmed” to constantly keep an eye out for higher status “males” [Read more…] about Never Date An Alpha Male
In the 20th Century:
You deserve your own happy-ever-after.
In the 21st Century:
You have free will to make choices.
Back in the early days of my career, I used to reassure people: [Read more…] about You’ll End Up Married, Won’t You?
In the 20th Century:
Forgive & forget.
In the 21st Century:
Fix it.
Good people forgive and forget. [Read more…] about Should You Keep Forgiving Him?
In the 20th Century:
Men prefer respect to love.
In the 21st Century:
You can’t be loved by someone who doesn’t respect you.
It all started with a question: [Read more…] about Do Men Really Prefer Respect to Love?
In the 20th Century:
You’re in a bad relationship because you made a bad choice.
In the 21st Century:
You’re in a bad relationship because you’re working through your issues. [Read more…] about Blaming Yourself for Bad Relationships is SO Last Century
It was a nice young man at a conference—many, many years ago—who taught me the danger of feeling unappreciated.
When work decided to send me to this conference, I felt an unaccustomed thrill. I hadn’t done something on my own for so long. [Read more…] about How to Cope With Feeling Unwanted in a Relationship
We don’t talk enough about how brave it is to break up.
As a woman? Whom everyone will judge?
It takes courage to say, “I am not okay with how I am being treated in this relationship.” [Read more…] about The Bravery of Breaking Up
If there’s one thing we women do amazingly well…
It’s making a bad situation work.
No matter what we’re given, we can find a way. We can do a lot with very little. We just adjust our expectations and feel grateful for what we have. [Read more…] about When Is It Time to Walk Away?
Warning:
What you’re about to read is not pleasant. Continue reading only if you feel emotionally prepared.
Women have always wondered where all the good men have gone. [Read more…] about A Man’s Worst Nightmare
Love is supposed to be the easiest thing in the world.
Meet a man you like, fall in love together, live happily ever after. Just human nature, isn’t it?
<cue the hysterical laughter!!> [Read more…] about Afraid of Getting Into Another Bad Relationship?
Your goal is to find a man you click with.
Someone whose company you enjoy. Someone on your wavelength. Someone who likes what you like.
But there’s one situation where it’s impossible to click: [Read more…] about He Doesn’t Trust Women
It was one of those days.
I’d just finished replying to a comment from a woman on YouTube.
She’d tried to help her boyfriend with his quest to buy a car, and he got angry at her. [Read more…] about My Boyfriend Gets Angry When I’m Upset
A while back, I shared with you a “magic phrase” that helps with tough conversations.
The phrase comes from the brilliant social scientist Brené Brown, and it goes like this:
“The story I’m telling myself is…” [Read more…] about The Story He’s Telling Himself About You
Men change.
The man you dated—that fun, generous, open-hearted guy who stole your heart—is gone.
In his place is a grumpy guy who’s selfish and short-tempered. [Read more…] about Why Men Behave Badly in Relationships
By now, you know that a man’s childhood affects his relationship with you.
By the time he could walk, he already had a sense of whether it was safe to get emotionally close to his caregivers.
Even as a baby, he’d already developed strategies [Read more…] about Why Doesn’t He Even TRY to Be a Good Boyfriend?
