As we continue our conversation around Healthy Romantic Relationships, I am beyond excited to introduce today’s guests, Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt.  They are authors of one of my favorite books, Getting the Love You Want.  Their book is so powerful because it’s like therapy and coaching in a...

Welcome back to our Series on Healthy Romantic Relationships. Today we are chatting with Emmy Hernandez about the “4 Pillars to a Romantic Relationship’.  Emmy shares her FORMULA for engaging in and enjoying an “Epic Relationship.”  We talk about playfulness, sexiness, nurturing and your ‘boss ba...

Welcome to Today’s Episode: Know Your Personal Operating ‘Style’ and That of Your Partner’s.  

We have a great conversation for you today with Sandy Weiner who brilliantly highlights how important the little things are.  She shares the value of a ‘Personal Operating Manual’ which she developed for h...

I don’t know what you were streaming after your divorce, but I binge-watched HBO’s Sex and the City.  The show’s iconic main characters - Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York, and Miranda Hobbes - were exactly who I needed to keep me company as I tried to wrap my head around being single ...

By: Karen McMahon

I have been learning about myself as I begin to navigate the world of online dating.  I have entered this experience committed to watching where my thoughts take me and what happens when my judgments and fears arise.

I have learned that I am slow at this dating game.  That i...

By: Karen McMahon

Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game.  In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles.  I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of ope...

By Lisa Brick

intimacy (n)

in·ti·ma·cy[ íntəməssee ]

1. close relationship: a close personal relationship
2. quiet atmosphere: a quiet and private atmosphere
3. detailed knowledge: a detailed knowledge resulting from a close or long association or study

Both pleasure and pain are risks of intimac...

By Lisa Brick

Once divorce is settled, life has become more predictable, and you are feeling ready to open yourself up to meeting new people the next step is often asking yourself what you want now, why you want it, and how you can intentionally create it?

Something is missing though, something i...

By Lisa Brick

How possible do you think it is to be in a relationship where you listen and are listened to, intimacy and freedom exist simultaneously, where the sex consistently blows you away, and your partnership is so rewarding you experience it as a privilege?

It is.  As an acupuncturist and...

By Karen McMahon

Our lives are an ongoing chain of relationships with those who have known us for a lifetime to our friends, co-workers, companions, neighbors, bosses and employees.  Some are warm and wonderful while others can cause a constant rub. The key to mastering all our relationships is t...

Guest post by: Lee Block, Post Divorce Coach

Dating after divorce can seem daunting.  For some it is easy, they just slide back into the social scene without skipping a beat, but for most facing a firing squad may seem more appealing.  The fact is, we are predisposed to be a unit, and that nee...