Girls' Guide to Healthy Dating https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/ Healthy Dating in the Digital Age Sat, 02 May 2020 00:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-Girls-Guide-Healthy-Dating-Site-Icon-32x32.jpg Girls' Guide to Healthy Dating https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/ 32 32 78779411 Why can’t I be a better person during a pandemic? https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/why-cant-i-be-a-better-person-during-a-pandemic/ https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/why-cant-i-be-a-better-person-during-a-pandemic/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2020 22:32:11 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=860 I have this visual in my head of who I am. Positive. Strong. Empathetic. Good in a crisis. Graceful under pressure. And then I look down 16 days into a stay at home order and realize I’m literally the opposite of that. My thoughts: everything is terrible. My will: forget keto, I’m eating the potato […]

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]]> https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/why-cant-i-be-a-better-person-during-a-pandemic/feed/ 1 860 5 signs she may be cheating https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/5-signs-she-may-be-cheating/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:24:40 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=850 I have always been fascinated by time travel. In books, in movies, in anything. Thanks to Facebook’s On this day, traveling back in time suddenly doesn’t seem so out of reach. Many years ago, I suspected my then girlfriend was cheating on me with a mutual friend. At the time, I ignored my gut and blamed […]

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]]> 850 How can we notice red flags sooner in relationships? https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/how-can-we-notice-red-flags-sooner-in-relationships/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:20:15 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=848 A few years ago, I found myself in my most toxic relationship ever. One afternoon, in one humiliating, frightening instant, my girlfriend punched me in the arm.  In that moment I committed to taking better care of myself and taking responsibility for my role in the patterns that led to the drama. After I broke […]

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]]> 848 Quiet https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/quiet/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:18:52 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=854 I am sitting at my favorite café one Friday late afternoon, sipping my latte, mid-way through my cannoli when my eye catches a group of women laughing across the street, enjoying their happy hour time together. It occurs to me then as I have a Carrie Bradshaw moment, one from when she was in Paris […]

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]]> 854 An exciting opportunity https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/an-exciting-opportunity/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:54:52 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=784 My latest book, Girlfriend 101: Getting Past the Baggage to Have the Relationship You Want is releasing in a few weeks for the world to see and I’m super excited about it (and a little nervous). This is a huge project that I have been working on for about a year. I believe Girlfriend 101 has the power to change the […]

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]]> 784 What it’s like to wait for my book proof to arrive https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/what-its-like-to-wait-for-my-book-proof-to-arrive/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:00:23 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=780 I have been frantically trying, in the hours before and after my regular workday, to get my next book, Girlfriend 101: Getting Past the Baggage to Have the Relationship You Want released by July 27. There is just something about seeing your book in the actual form, with the cover, included graphics and all that […]

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]]> 780 Hope and possibility https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/hope-and-possibility/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:50:16 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=777 A few weeks after 9/11 I was sitting at an outdoor mall watching some children running through a fountain, squealing with delight. Their laughter was so contagious that as time went on the adults sitting in the area began to smile too. I looked around and it occurred to me that this was the first […]

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]]> 777 An open letter to Donald Trump https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/an-open-letter-to-donald-trump/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:01:14 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=747 As I write this, a toddler neighbor is crying outside in his yard. He’s okay. He’s just angry that his favorite toy is being unwillingly shared with his brother. It occurs to me that this is why toddlers should cry. Not because they are being taken out of the arms of their parents and kept […]

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]]> 747 Thank you Provincetown Single Women’s Weekend! https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/thank-you-provincetown-single-womens-weekend/ https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/thank-you-provincetown-single-womens-weekend/#comments Sun, 20 May 2018 14:44:05 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=740   Wow what a great weekend. Despite the cold and rainy weather in Ptown, it was a joy to meet so many great women at the Crown and Anchor Saturday morning and at our Clink! event at the Harbor Lounge in the afternoon. If you signed my email list and haven’t yet received an email […]

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]]> https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/thank-you-provincetown-single-womens-weekend/feed/ 1 740 Be part of my new book cover selection! https://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/be-part-of-my-new-book-cover-selection/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.girlsguidetohealthydating.com/?p=732 I am so excited by the many designs I have to choose from for my upcoming book, Girlfriend 101: Getting Past the Baggage to Have the Relationship You Want. The designers were so creative and the mock ups so cute I’m having a hard time deciding! I’d love your feedback on your favorite cover design. […]

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