Character Development

Men need compliments too. And yet, most men were more-likely-than-not raised in a way where they were fairly compliment starved. Think about it... It's easy to imagine a woman complimenting another woman. It's also easy to imagine a man complimenting a woman. But when we do an honest audit...

I recently worked with a woman we’ll call Jennifer. Jennifer came to me because she had been single for over 10+ years, and she stated that she no longer wanted to be. She told me that men always found her 'intimidating' and that they just didn’t know how to relate to her (which is far from the first...

In the quest for love, hope, while comforting, often falls short as a strategy. The truth is, love seldom knocks on doors uninvited. It's found in the midst of life's hustle, in the laughter shared over a coffee, in the serendipitous encounters at a bookstore, or in the electric air of a social gathering. When...

There will always be times in life that just suck. Nothing is going according to plan, everything is getting harder, and situations keep popping up that only make it more and more difficult for you to make significant progress on the ever-increasingly challenging mountain of things that are staring...

Congratulations! You've taken the step of saying "Yes" to a lifetime of love and commitment. The proposal was perfect, the ring was beautiful, and your heart soared with happiness. And yet, amidst the excitement and joy of being engaged to the love of your life, you find yourself grappling with an unexpected...

When I was in the first grade (5 years old)... In our classroom, my teacher had this system called 'Good News Notes'. Each student had a little manila envelope stuck to the wall, with their name on it. Jordan. Ashley. Curtis. Jacqueline. Daniel. Philip. These envelopes... lined up side by...

In order to travel from a state of numbness to a state of joy and dynamic aliveness, you must first feel your way through all of the pain that you buried within. When I truly started to engage in my deeper inner work, I cried daily for a period of 8 months. There were days (maybe weeks?) where I felt...

Over the last 10+ years of my writing reaching over 100 million people all around the world, I've been asked a lot of questions. What's my favourite sex toy, favourite cologne, favourite non-toxic dish soap, etc. etc.... Well today, I won't be talking about any of those things. But I will be...

Between the ages of 16-30, I had well over 300 sexual partners. At a certain point, I stopped counting... but my best guess would be somewhere between 330-380. When I've told select friends this, they are often amazed. How does someone even rack up those kinds of numbers? In reality, I was absolutely...

One of the most common questions that I get from people sounds something like… “I’ve been single for so long even though I deeply want a relationship. What gives?” Over the last 15+ years of working with thousands of clients, I’ve noticed some patterns. Here are five reasons that people stay single...