By Aska Kolton “Never lose yourself in a relationship. Love your partner fiercely, but always follow your unique dreams and desires. Be true to yourself.” ~Unknown All my previous relationships drained me. Not only because I was with the wrong men and kept trying to make things work where there was no way, but also because…

By Tiffaney Kennedy “I used to be afraid of the pain letting go of the past would cause, until I realized how much pain holding on has caused.” ~Steve Maraboli Getting over the pain of a bad relationship is never easy. Even when I finally felt more in control of my feelings, the pain from my past would…

By Lauren Golombek “Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” ~Robert Holden As a child I was carefree and enthusiastic. Aren’t most kids? At some point, though, life began to impact me and to affect how I felt about myself. For as long as I can remember, I was a…

By Lianna G. Ruben “The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” ~Ralph G. Nichols   My partner and I were in our first few months of a long-distance relationship. This was a new stage for us and…

By Keri Olson “Anything you can’t control in life is teaching you how to let go.” ~Unknown I was growing impatient. I wanted an answer about something and it just wasn’t coming, no matter how hard I tried to prod it into happening. I was growing frustrated. And I was growing frustrated with my frustrations about…

By: Advisor Adeena Want to know if you and your partner are meant to be in each others lives? Want to know if your relationship is healthy? Want to know if your partner is cheating? Want to know if you are twin flames, kindred spirits or soulmates? Take My love quiz Complete the quiz send…

By Emily Gregory “It’s about our ability to leave our death on the battlefield of life. Or having the strength and courage to give them our love and to bring them back.” ~Edward Frenkel It took me almost twenty years to realize that running away from ourselves isn’t the same as letting go. That realization, as…

By Lori Deschene Have you ever found it hard to motivate yourself to do something that was good for you, only to eventually do it, feel amazing, and wonder why you waited so long? That’s what meditating was like for me. Even though I knew I could do it for only five minutes each day to…

By Richelle Ludwig “Worry about loving yourself instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.” ~Unknown Body image and self-love have been my biggest struggles. They’ve affected every area of my life, including relationships. I developed anorexia in high school after experiencing a number of losses in a short period of time. During my…

By Jill Dahl “Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.” ~Eckhart Tolle “I don’t believe you,” I jutted out my chin like a petulant toddler. Collapsing back into the tufted leather loveseat, I conceded, “I want to believe you, but I can’t.” My therapist had just explained to me that I am…

By Advisor Jessica Hello my name is Jessica. I have taken a clutter coaching course that helps you with your relationships, work environment, and so much more. I can help you understand what needs to be removed – almost like Feng Shui. Feng Shui is a Chinese form of balancing out energies which could be…

“Stop holding yourself back. If you aren’t happy, make a change.” ~Unknown Growing up in a culture where physical beauty determines how successful you are in finding a job, a suitable husband, and a promising career, and most importantly, bringing honor to your family reputation, I was a disappointment to my family, especially to my mother. She…

Many of us feel we’re not getting the support we want or deserve in relationships. Maybe we’ve never felt supported by our friends or family. Maybe we don’t feel supported by our peers or co-workers. Maybe we don’t even feel supported by our partner. This can leave us feeling drained, tired, and unhappy, like we’re moving through…

By Sue Ellson “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” ~Joseph F. Newton The epiphany has finally occurred. Why on earth has it taken so long? I ask myself this as I look back on the last nine years, which I have spent trying to cover up my real issue. Loneliness. After getting…

By Jen Picicci “Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities.” ~Terry Josephson When I was in my early twenties I was lucky enough to spend about a year living just a few blocks from the beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but you know what I remember most distinctly from that time?…

By Annette Roberts “Change is the end result of all true learning.” ~Leo Buscaglia I cringe writing this. I have eaten so much humble pie that my pants don’t fit. This was a really hard lesson to learn. I had a forgiveness problem. When I was a kid, I learned to say sorry when I messed…

By: Advisor Adeena Stage One- Desire To Find Each Other  This is the first stage. You may have experienced bad relationship after bad relationship, struggling to understand why you have not found happiness with “The One” that doesn’t yet exist in your life. You wonder if there is better out there you wonder when you…

By Sara Fabian “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~Albert Einstein Looking back on my past, I see that I have spent most of my precious time striving to improve myself instead of celebrating…

By Arantxa Mateo “Reminder: food is fuel, not therapy.” ~Unknown I learned about food cravings at a young age. My parents divorced when I was six years old. My older brother and I ended up living in another city with our grandmother. We used to spend long hours alone, and we learned soon enough how food…

By José de la Torre “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~Carl Jung When my wife and I had children, little did we know that we’d be creating little bundles of nerves. Between my wife’s depression and my own anxiety, we created two anxiety-ridden, depressed balls of mess, and then some. Don’t get…