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If you find yourself picking the wrong partners over and over again, this article is for you! You can gain awareness around your patterns and potential roadblocks by reflecting on these seven questions. Click here to check out my latest article written for www.datingadvice.com, a leading online resource for dating and relationships. Take care, Rachel Dack, MS, …
For most single individuals, dating in 2020 felt like unprecedented territory as COVID-19 completely shook things up. 2021 is finally here! It’s an opportunity to revamp your dating life, set new goals, and increase your motivation to go after what you want. For my tips on how to mix up your dating routine in 2021, click …
On your search for a partner, it’s important to find a healthy middle ground between having unrealistically high standards and not being selective enough. Ensuring you have healthy standards is an essential part of successful dating. To learn more about developing and applying healthy and appropriate standards, click here to check out my latest article written for www.datingadvice.com, …
Your dating approach increases the likelihood of forming and sustaining a connection or interferes with a date turning into a relationship. This is why it’s important to bring healthy behaviors and attitudes into your dating life and also know what you should avoid. Click here to check out my latest article written for www.datingadvice.com, a leading online …
If you’re looking to spark a connection, you have to do more than simply show up for dates (or sit on your sofa fantasizing about your perfect person). If you’ve read my writing before or are a client, you know I don’t recommend following rigid dating rules, but I do believe there is a lot …
Are the walls you are using for protection actually hindering the development of intimacy and the way you approach dating? Are you going on dates, but hiding who you are because you are scared of rejection? It’s common to crave a genuine romantic connection, but also allow fear or anxiety to get in the way. …
Having relationship issues? Wondering how to get back on track? Are your current strategies for handling conflict, tension, disagreement, and discord not working? All couples experience some level of conflict, so it’s important for couples to learn how to manage conflict versus attempt to eliminate it altogether. Click here for my ten strategies to better manage …
So often clients come to me feeling bad about themselves for craving a romantic relationship and feeling down because it’s missing from their lives. They tend to give themselves a hard time for wanting a relationship, as if their desire is weak or abnormal. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Connection is instinctual. Bonding …
As you wrap up 2017 and welcome in 2018, it is a powerful time of year to reflect on your dating life and confront any fear and frustration you face around relationships. Even though dating may feel miserable, anxiety-provoking and hopeless at times, there is a lot you can do to approach dating with a …
I wrote this article as an assessment tool for you to use to check in with yourself about your actions, thoughts and feelings around love, intimacy and dating. The article states 15 signs you are ready for love and discusses a healthy mindset for love and connection. Click here to access the full article as featured …
For increased dating success, it is important to own who you are and understand what works best for your personality. In fact, different dating strategies work best for different personality types because introverts and extroverts (and everyone in between) may face differing dating dilemmas. In particular, introverts may be more prone to dating burnout and …
Are you feeling impatient or frustrated with your dating life? Does it seem like it is taking forever to find your ideal match? Does love seem far away? This article, as featured on eHarmony, includes five healthy statements to use, remember and recite during dating frustration and impatience. Click here to read the full article. …
Can you imagine yourself in a healthy and happy relationship or do you find yourself avoiding the answer? If you are looking for a loving relationship, but find it easier to picture your future without one, this article is for you. Click here to read the full article, including four strategies to connect with your …
Flawed thinking and the desire for perfection may leave you feeling unsatisfied with yourself and with your partners. On the other hand, self-acceptance is the means to achieving a happy life just as acceptance of your partner is the path to relationship satisfaction. Turning your dates and partners into projects is a roadblock to love. Click …
Getting over a guy you are interested in but never dated may feel just as painfully overwhelming as getting over an ex. The grief process can be difficult, especially if you are not sure how he fits into your life or if you are close friends. Click here to read the full article, featuring advice on how …
While texting has become a primary method of connection and communication in many potential or new relationships, an overreliance on text messages can be problematic for your dating and relationship life. Trends on texting and dating intrigue me and prompted this piece I wrote for eHarmony. Click here to learn about two major problems associated with too much …