Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
Podcast: Communication In Relationships
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Our guest today is Diana Kramer, MA, MHC-LP, a therapist and relationship specialist working in private practice with locations in Manhattan and Long Island. In this podcast Diana explains how communication impacts relationships.
Communication [...]
Happily Ever After…With Myself
The official close of my year-long hiatus from dating was on October 5.
I raised a glass of bubbly and gave a toast on self-respect, changing one’s pattern, and the history of masturbation. I redecorated my apartment—between dinner parties [...]
Customizing Your Relationship
One key to avoiding the doldrums in your long-term relationship is to honor its uniqueness.
The best relationships are custom jobs, which take the distinctive traits, needs, concerns and idiosyncrasies of each partner into consideration. For [...]
Podcast: Get Your Best Possible Divorce
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Family Law Attorney, Ed Sherman, who is the author of ten books including his famous debut title, How to Do Your Own Divorce and his most recent, How to Do your Own Divorce in Texas.
Ed is credited with starting the self-help [...]
Podcast: The Lasting Effects Of Talking Nasty About Your Ex
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Dating Coach and author, Marina Sbrochi, has been collecting stories from children and adult children of divorce for over three years and has finally compiled it all into her new book, Nasty Divorce: A Kids Eye View. Marina [...]
Podcast: Secrets To A Fulfilling Relationship
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Dr. Jeffrey Kane is a Marriage Therapist and author of the new ebook The 12 Best Kept Secrets to a Fulfilling Relationship.
Ever wonder why so many relationships don’t live up to your expectations? Dr. Kane offers realistic [...]
What Is Love?
Besides being a catchy techno song by Haddaway, that is.
I’ve recently been going through my old diary entries from high school and the first couple of years post-graduation, and boy, what an eye-opener.
It’s been long enough since these [...]
A Love Letter To My Grandparents
I just returned from a trip to my hometown where I attended my grandfather’s funeral.
My incredibly beloved grandpa of ninety died quite suddenly of cancer only two weeks after the diagnosis, leaving behind his soulmate (and I don’t use [...]
5 Gifts NOT To Buy For Your Man
The mistake that most people make is that they assume other people like and want the same things that they do.
Hence the high rate of marriage. And then when they realize the other person has interests quite different from theirs and they [...]
Does Your Boyfriend’s Name Matter?
As Juliet once said (via Shakespeare’s quill), “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.”
The Romeo and Juliet heroine is suggesting that it’s not the names of things that matter, [...]
Dancing On The Stage Of Perfection
My whole adult life I’ve been dancing on the stage of perfection, trying to get that 5-star review and a packed house every single night.
God forbid I should forget a line, miss my cue, have a wardrobe malfunction, drop a prop, or simply lose [...]
Men Are Dropping The Wrong Balls
Generally, we men can’t juggle.
Oh…unless you count throwing one ball up and down as juggling?
As a man I am masterful at doing one thing at a time, but I am not the best at multi-tasking.
If you are a woman you already know this (stop [...]
How To Spot The “Love ‘Em & Leave ‘Em” Type
When a woman is looking for a man she never says to herself, “I really want to find a guy who is going to manipulate me, have sex with me and then dump me!”
Never! Rather, she optimistically looks for a great guy and the happily [...]
Doesn’t Feel Good About His Life? The Relationship Will Not Work!
The world famous A-List star Brad Pitt is a shining example of this!
Pitt, who is now promoting his new film, “World War Z,” told Esquire magazine that he was wasting his life on drugs during his marriage to Jennifer Aniston.
Although Pitt [...]
I Love Me, I Love Me Not
The popular adage ‘how can you love another if you can’t love yourself’ used to annoy the crap out of me.
It sounded like something only a New Age/hemp-dress-wearing/Stuart Smalley impersonator would say, and not too convincingly, either.
But [...]
Round Up: Secrets To Finding Love This Spring
First, say bye-bye to the black on black outfits and hello to the colors of love.
Next, what’s the one tip that is so amazing it will truly change your life? It’s all in this post!
JenningsWire queried Dating and Romance experts [...]
#1 Mistake Women Make With Their Man!
In general, women have no idea of the incredibly negative impact their words can have on the man in their life.
I have worked with hundreds and hundreds of men over the last fifteen years who have all consistently complained about the same thing [...]
Never Do This In Your Relationship!
I work with men and women around the country helping them with all aspects of their relationship.
From learning how to talk to one another in each other’s language to healing from an infidelity and everything in between. However, there [...]
Dating Rules Are Meant To Be Broken
I recently read an article about a book for women on dating.
I have just one thing to say: the 1950’s called; it wants its dating protocol back.
I have to say that I am immediately suspicious, skeptical and sarcastic when it comes to books [...]
Broken Engagement: Who Gets The Ring?
The planning was underway.
It was going to be the most beautiful day of your life, and the wedding bells were gearing up to ring in celebration of your beautiful union in sacred matrimony.
Then a big crash happened causing your broken engagement. [...]
10 Things You Should Do On A First Date
Ah, the first date.
So full of promise, excitement and hope—not to mention a brand-new outfit and an eye-watering bikini wax. The painful grooming, the newly acquired debt, the canceling of all plans at least ten hours prior to the date—this [...]
Never Say These 5 Things To Your Partner!
We all know that good communication is a major piece in having a great relationship.
However, you would be surprised at how often people say things that cause damage in their relationship without even realizing they are doing it.
“You [...]
Are You Missing The Lessons In Your Relationships?
What if?
What if we allowed ourselves the possibility of knowing that in each of our relationships there is potential for personal growth? Can you imagine the new doors of awareness that would open up?
The truth is that in every relationship [...]
Valentines Day For Singles
Valentines Day is the most romantic day of the year.
Or is it merely the most romantic day of the year for Hallmark? I imagine the CEO of Hallmark dancing around the office, singing love songs, and floating on cloud nine—as the cash rolls [...]
Cornered By Commercialism – It’s Valentines Day?
I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop today and someone from the media asked me “off record” of course, what I thought about the upcoming and impending Valentine’s Day.
Before I could give it any eloquent thought, with the [...]
Falling in Lust
The Holiday, as it turns out, has become my love barometer.
This Nancy Meyers film tells the story of two women suffering the malady of love who do a home exchange with each other in different countries to get away from it all and each winds [...]
A Hollywood Marriage Success Story: Kyra Sedgwick And Kevin Bacon!
Kyra Sedgwick and her husband, Kevin Bacon, are doing things right!
After all, their love has lasted twenty-four years, which is considered to be an eternity in Hollywood! “He is so honorable. He is so ethically true. He has high moral [...]
Am I A Relationship Masochist?
I dated a man for six months wherein the entire relationship was like an amusement park ride.
It was equal parts screaming and relieved laughter. Very early on I realized that dating him was not going to be a stroll through the park, but rather [...]
Newly Dating? Trust What He Is Telling You!
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 [...]
Work The Mistletoe!
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 [...]
Netflix Knows Me Better Than My Boyfriend
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 [...]
Anger: The Killer Of Relationships
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 [...]
When the Music’s Over…
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 [...]
What A Great Relationship Really Looks Like!
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 Ex Formerly Known As Prince
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 [...]
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