Among the most agonizing feelings in the world is that of loving someone who doesn’t love you back. Unrequited love doesn’t just take an emotional toll, but also a physical one. If love isn’t being very kind to you and the object of your affection has friend-zoned you or worse still, refuses to acknowledge your…

One question I have been asked a lot is whether or not the newest and greatest guy is truly boyfriend material. Will it last? Will he treat you in a manner you deserve or will he turn out like all the other Joe Schmoes who whoosh in, sweep you off your feet and then disappear…

By Mike Matthews “Sorry isn’t always enough. Sometimes you actually have to change.” ~Unknown When I was young I was like every other kid, always in and out of trouble. I pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in order to see what I could get away with. When I pushed, I’d often keep on pushing…

From Sivana By Martha Bodyfelt Divorce really has a way of wrecking our lives. Not only are we learning to be single again, we are also forced to adapt to new realities of a change in lifestyle, schedules, and retirement plans. As if these challenges are not overwhelming enough, there’s another struggle we must endure after…

By Alexander Dunlop “Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” ~Marianne Williamson Valentine’s Day. Yes, that day—the much maligned, much cherished, much hated, and much misunderstood day of the year. I remember being traumatized in adolescence. Not only were we supposed to, according to peer-reviewed social norms, like people and get liked…

by MATEO SOL Divine Union is the most sacred experience in life, and one of the most intense ways we can experience such a state is through Twin Flame love. The natural state of Life is Union and Balance. Everything we see and experience, including our bodies, the seasons, birth and death, night and day, and the…

By Renée Suzanne “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I’ve always been a dreamer. A really big dreamer. For the most part, it’s served me well. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. A private college, magna cum…

By Eric Ibey “Resilience in love means finding strength from within that you can share with others.” ~Sheryl Sandberg It took me a couple months to start repairing my broken heart after the toughest breakup of my life. I thought we were going to spend our lives together, but the gods of love had other plans….

From Sivana By Jennifer Aurelia We all are walking around this planet with relationships that nurture us, challenge us, and cheerlead us on our path for growth and evolution. Each one of us come here with a soul group, a bunch of souls who have agreed to help us as we help them learn our planned earthly…

  Written by: Johnmendu The ending of a relationship can be a very traumatic experience for both partners. The unfortunate thing is not all love relationships work. No one would ever wish to have a repetition of the same things from relationships, but breakups are always a sign of incompatibility. At times the ending may…

By Kathy Bosman “Unlike self-criticism, which asks if you’re good enough, self-compassion asks what’s good for you?” ~Kristin Neff My husband and family were my world. Although I’d found joy in my passion of writing, my heart revolved around my marriage. I thought we were happy. Then one day, he dropped the bomb: “I don’t love you…

From Sivana By Sonya tomas  “We’re getting into mating season” my girlfriend mentioned, now that parkas were being traded for bare legs with the warmer weather. She was encouraging me to write a post on dating. Hmm…where to begin?! Back when I got divorced, I had originally felt like my dating muscles had atrophied to Jell-o. But…

By James Gummer “Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.” ~Dalai Lama Some breakups are so bad that they make you hate the sunshine. It’s up there gleaming, looking down on you, being all sunny despite the fact that you feel like…

By Alana Mbanza “No feeling is final.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke I met him the last semester of college and was instantly attracted to him.  I was definitely attracted to him physically, but it was the way he sat in class with such quiet confidence and mystery that made me long to know him. I practically drooled…

By Nicole Hind “You must learn to love yourself before you can love someone else.” ~Sonja Mylin   It’s tough being out there. I remember myself some years ago embracing the world of online dating. Everyone kept telling me “be yourself” (and I kept telling myself that), but when I was actually on a date, “myself” would…

By Stephanie Deni Let’s face it, we can’t always have what we want.  There will be times in your life when the person you desire simply does not desire you back.  When what you’re seeking is not seeking you and it can be really devastating and at times, quite difficult to get through and get…

By Jonathan Robinson I used to think that if I told my wife exactly what’s wrong with her, her response would be, “Yes, I see it now! Thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.” To my surprise, that never happened. Finally, I saw that I was going about things the wrong way. Complaining, blaming, and…

By Hannah Brooks “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” ~Sam Keen When we fall in love, we feel excited to experience some of the most joyful moments of our lives. Because love is supposed to be the source of the best feelings, right?…

By Audrey Meyer “You must love in such a way that the other person feels free.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Conventional notions of what it means to love are populated with expectations for reciprocity, which often gets us into trouble. I know this personally, because whenever I have “freely” given my love and it has not been…

By Nadene van der Linden “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” ~Jon Kabat- Zinn Over the years I’ve talked to a lot of people about that one love, the one who got away, the one who it didn’t work out with, the one with whom the timing was bad. I’ve had…