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To Tell or Not to Tell a Friend: ‘I Don’t Like Your Partner’-eHarmony Guest Blog

A delicate, yet unfortunately common dilemma involves what to do when you don’t like a friend’s partner. Many can relate to the internal battle between keeping your mouth shut or speaking your opinion. This is a difficult topic because emotions are involved and there is no clear-cut right or wrong answer.  Naturally, there is a …

Five Ways to Stop Nagging While Communicating What You Want to Your Partner

When feeling unheard, ignored or irritated by your partner, many women go into nagging mode thinking that nagging will get them what they want.  Unfortunately this is not the case as nagging prevents communication from being effective and can get in the way of emotional closeness and intimacy.  Nagging is not the best way to …

How to Get Your Ex Back (and important points to consider)

Breakups can be excruciatingly painful as the sense of loss can feel difficult to move through.  It is only natural that you will need time to grieve the end of your relationship and you will experience a variety of emotions as you go through this process. I’ve noticed that some of my clients equate the …

Why You Should Not Get Involved With Unavailable Men, Men in Relationships and Men Who Cheat

Although it might look fun, sexy and appealing in movies and television shows, getting involved with an unavailable man or a man in a relationship can be harmful for your mental health and hinder your ability to create and sustain the healthy and loving partnership you are looking for. He might possess many qualities you …

Why Do We Stay with Partners Who Are Not Good for Us?- eHarmony Guest Blog

Unfortunately, it is all too common to stay in an unhealthy or toxic relationship. In fact, most people can relate to over-staying in a relationship with a partner who was not right for them, who displayed major red flags, or treated them poorly. Many admit to staying in a relationship even though their gut repeatedly told them …

Are All Men Scared of Commitment?

Many stereotypes and generalizations portray men as all about sex and fearful of commitment, but are all men really scared of commitment? The short answer is no.  The long answer is a little more complicated, involving several individual factors, such as a man’s personal, career and relationship goals, maturity, emotional readiness and timing. As relationships …

What’s the Deal with ‘Love at First Sight?’- eHarmony Guest Blog

The concept of love at first sight appears in so many films that you would think most people felt that same way when they first met their partner or spouse. Romantic comedies and dramas portray magical moments where two character’s eyes lock for the first time and life is never the same. Sound familiar? Probably not! We are a culture that thrives …