I am often asked, “When is the right time to stop dating around and focus on one man?”
Usually, this question is being asked by a woman who wants to do this but is unsure of the man’s intentions or the full extent of her feelings [...]
If you listen to a man, really listen to his actual words.
He will reveal to you what he thinks, feels, and believes along with his intentions toward you. “Well, that is just common sense Bree!” you may be saying, “Of course [...]
Here are 5 Relationship Secrets I wish I knew 10 Years Ago
1. Don’t change your hair color. Yeah growing up near Hollywood I thought it was cool to be punk rock and have been blue haired to every color of the rainbow, until I learned that [...]
As we are closing out of 2012 and entering into 2013 we are each faced with a choice!
We can either hold onto things that are not working or open up to new ways of thinking and behaving in our lives; especially in our relationships, career, [...]
Now more than ever it is important for us all to witness the “love!”
What do I mean by this?
In every case, no matter how bad the picture looks, there are rays of love that come through it.
For instance, looking at the outpouring [...]
From the earliest times mistletoe has been one of the most magical, mysterious, and sacred plants of European folklore.
It was considered to have life giving powers, fertility, protection against poison, and an aphrodisiac.
Kissing under the [...]
The last time I was sick I took my boyfriend up on his offer to bring me stuff to make me feel better.
He brought tangerines, tea and movies. Fruit – check. Hot beverage – check. DVD – what the what?? How are Battlefield Earth and Hot [...]
What do you do when the man you’re dating vacillates in his affections for you?
I’m not talking about the inconsistency that comes from a busy week at work or after a heated argument with his parole officer, but the inconsistency that comes [...]
Although anger is a normal human emotion, when it is not handled well it can create damage and a breakdown a relationship.
What many men and women do not understand is that allowing their unedited anger to come out, especially in the heat of [...]
As long as men and women have coexisted in the same workplace, the question of having relations with someone you share a cubicle wall with has been asked.
Since you spend about half of your waking life at your place of employment, is it wise [...]
Ready for it?
It’s simple, women desire that you to be the man.
Wow! That sounds easy right? You are already a man and she is already a woman so not much trouble with this one!
Then why is the dating world filled with angry, fed-up women [...]
We all know how exilerating it is when we…..Fall in Love, don’t we?
We miraculously become the person we believe we were “meant to be!” We don’t over eat, we aren’t bothered by people that normally bother [...]
The Hollywood version of relationships can often mislead us into believing that ours must be filled with excitement and romance twenty-four/seven in order to be considered a good one.
The depiction of relationships seen in romance or romantic [...]
The affair between retired Army General, David Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell is just a piece of a national scandal that is becoming more layered by the minute.
Now, General John R. Allen who was to be nominated to be NATO Supreme [...]
I’ve spent the last 25 years studying marriage and divorce.
So I’m watching the David Petraeus’s affair saga unfold with professional curiosity as well as prurient interest. Politics aside, I think I have the whole thing figured out.
The [...]
Have you, or any one you’ve known had those proverbial “Cold Feet” before their wedding day?
Well, research from Justin Lavner has revealed to LiveScience.com that those pedicured feet may need more than warmth, but rather running shoes.
Brides-to-Be [...]
In a recent blog, I explained why I wouldn’t date a vampire.
Since the new Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 movie is coming out, I thought I would let the werewolves out there know that I wouldn’t mind meeting them. I realize that mixed-race [...]
Imagine Cinderella 20 years after the ball.
Prince Charming goes through a mid-life crisis. He tells her he needs his space to “find himself.” He follows that up with it’s not you, it’s me and we can still be [...]
I realize that vampires are very fashionable in books and on screen right now.
However, no matter how romantic they may seem, I do not want to date a vampire. First there is the obvious reason, I don’t know any real vampires. (Though my ex-husband [...]
When I meet new clients, I always ask about whether or not they have been subjected to domestic violence.
Sometimes they say no, but later reveal that in their families, past relationships, or current relationships there is yelling, pushing, [...]
My friends are divided between those that believe you should jump right back into the dating pool after a divorce and those that feel you should wait until the kids are a little older.
Personally, I’m somewhere in between.
Actually, the idea [...]
As author of the book Fast Food Dating, Your 2 Cents I learned a lot about the world of Internet dating.
I learned not only how time consuming it can be, but also how highly addictive that it can become too many. I was told by more than one [...]
I’ve collected love stories all my life.
My Roumanian grandmother, my occasional childhood roommate, a natural narrator, was the first to tell me hers. She loved only once, the wrong handsome man. They married, had four children, lived in [...]
Compromising communication
Let me be the first to say, well at least one of the first to say that I called this a couple of years ago when texting first started becoming popular, “There is going to come a time when communication skills [...]
The enormous worldwide success Fifty Shades of Grey has received is incredible.
It is the first installment of the Fifty Shades trilogy written by E L James. A seemingly normal middle-aged woman described on her bio as “a TV executive, [...]
Unintentionally single?
Have you been unintentionally single for more than a year and desire to be in a meaningful relationship? Unintentionally single meaning that you want to be in a relationship, feel that you make efforts to meet [...]
The Inability to Let-Go After a Break-Up
There is a large amount of attention being paid to the area of moving-on after a break-up in the field of Psychology lately and for very good reason. Many people can’t. The fixation on the former [...]