Just Say No

Learn to say ‘no’ to the good, so you can ‘yes’ to the best. – John C. Maxwell. I know a message we hear constantly in the dating world is to stay open minded and open hearted. Very valid point. Say Yes to Life. Say Yes to Opportunities. Say Yes to Possibilities. You really never […]

3 Ways to Take Care of your Heart this Holiday Season

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by my self. – Brian Andreas. Love can bring up all sorts of stuff.. elation, confusion, excitement, fear. As if that is not enough to have on your plate, let’s add […]

Where has all the courting gone?

Courting is a much sweeter term than ‘dating’. It sounds like it has more intent, more like an agreement that two people enter into with a future in mind. – Kim Cattrall. I got to thinking the other day about courting and it’s lack-o-presence in this modern era of dating. The way I used to […]

On Sabotaging Love with Drama + 7 Ways to Raise Your Love-O-Meter

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be. – Leo Tolstoy. How Much Love Can You Stand? Author Gay Hendricks teaches that we all have an inner thermostat setting that determines how much goodness, abundance, love we allow ourselves. When we exceed our inner setting, […]

On Love, Relationships, and Second Chances..

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action. – Mother Teresa. (This is a post by Kimberly Riggins). I used to think my relationship could withstand the test of time. I believed we were strong, solid, and unbreakable.  Boy, did I have […]

Attracting a mate – Give It Up or Wait It Out?

This is a topic that has been talked about in earlier posts (not necessarily related to relationships though) and was brought to my attention again recently. You see, it’s that time of the year that I’ve been getting quite a few readers asking me about the best way to manifest a relationship (just something about the […]