Can You be in a Relationship but Still be Yourself?

Can You be in a Relationship but Still be Yourself?

Where do you end and where does your partner begin? Early in a relationship, you may not know or even care. Initially, both you and your partner present your best selves to each other. You want to share everything, do everything together and form commonalities, which...
What It Really Means to Be ‘Friends With Benefits’

What It Really Means to Be ‘Friends With Benefits’

Whether it’s online dating or out in the physical world, there are a lot of people looking for and trying to establish a friend with benefits arrangement, or “FWB”. The problem is, when an FWB hasn’t had time to develop organically, the label doesn’t fit and may add...
The 9 Stages of Grieving a Breakup No. 9: Hope

The 9 Stages of Grieving a Breakup No. 9: Hope

Here, I’m exploring the 9 Stages of Grieving a Breakup. I encourage you to start at the beginning of the series with the entry describing the first stage, Shock. In previous days, I have also written about the stages of  Denial, Desperate for Answers, External...
Single? How To Feel Okay On New Year’s Eve

Single? How To Feel Okay On New Year’s Eve

You survived Christmas as a single person, but now it’s time to face New Year’s Eve. Along with Valentines Day, it’s one of the hardest days of the year to be single: it can feel as if everyone has someone to kiss at midnight except you. It doesn’t help that friends...
Would Your Life Be Better If You Were Thin?

Would Your Life Be Better If You Were Thin?

At some point in your life you began to question how you view your body and how it impacts your relationships with yourself and with the world. A negative experience of your body can become a torturous preoccupation. Eventually, your attempt to ward off feelings of...