Relationships

Relationships take a lot of work. Dating, online dating, and courtship all have one goal, to give us a Relationship to thrive in. It is hard to find a healthy, attractive, and willing partner. When you do, what happens next is the most important part. I work on relationship-building as a skill set. How can I be a better partner? How can I say with this person for life?

How Co-parenting Can Break Down After Divorce & Maintaining Hope

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:April 7, 2018
Post category:Anger burn Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Money Parenting Relationships Self-care Single-Dad

As my kids grow older more of the divorce and reasons for the divorce will become clear to them. Life is long. Parenting is forever. Love will win out over anger.

How To Fight Loneliness…

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:March 30, 2018
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness Joy Love mindfulness Parenting Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

Being alone is one of the huge bummers of getting a divorce. If you're touch-centered, as I am, the lack of touch is deathly. Hugging hug piles of pillows when I go to bet simulates a lover, but does nothing to fulfill the warmth and closeness needs that many of us have. So what do you do when you're lonely?

The Hunger of the Unattached Male

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:March 18, 2018
Post category:Dating Depression Health and Fitness humans of divorce relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

I know myself "in a relationship" as a man who is satisfied and settled. I am no longer driven by the energetic part of the sex-brain that is hunting for attractive and available women. When I have a relationship to lean into I can settle down into my life's work that is about more important things.

Imagine a Man: What Are You Looking For In Your Next Relationship?

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:March 11, 2018
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness relationship building Relationships Single-Dad

Get yourself a map of the man you want to find. Imagine the man, imagine a man, imagine your man, and then do the work to get yourself in the best shape (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) of your life, so that when he shows up he will notice you.

Life Coach: Relationship Coach, Dating Coach, Parenting Coach, Divorce Coach

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:March 6, 2018
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Dating Depression Divorce Drinking Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love Married Life mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

My passion for coaching is to guiding single parents through the hardships of divorce, depression, recovery, addiction, and ultimately renewed belief in a future relationship. I can be your coach/wingman/confidant/cheerleader as you grow towards what you want in your life.

Mind the Gap: Listening for the Signals from Your Lover

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:February 13, 2018
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness Joy Love relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

There is no rescue coming for you. I am not a hero. I am a solitary man, sitting in my own pain around the current gap, and I am working like hell (writing, meditating, exercising, coaching, praying) to heal my own troubled heart.

All the White Horses Have Already Been Taken: Crisis in Single Parenting

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:October 25, 2017
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Parenting Relationships Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality

I hope that I am not the cold and distant father that I had. I hope that I have done a better job of staying close even under trying circumstances.

Find Me Somebody to Love: Aspiring Towards a New Relationship

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:October 13, 2017
Post category:Dating Joy Love Relationships Sex Single-Dad

I can still have those lusty feelings, recognize them for what they are, appreciate the woman who triggered them, and the move on with my life as I am rebuilding it.