In Search of the Ideal Woman: to Rescue, Restore, and Ravish
You've gotta get out there to get over yourself. It's in the relating to a real woman in a real setting that things might become interesting.
The Head and the Heart: Getting In-Sync In Love
It's rare when we get the head and the heart to come into sync about another person. Sometimes it's one thing, a serious physical attraction for example, that sets us off, but the other person fails in one of our additional criteria. One thing I'm certain of, I cannot distinguish attraction from an online dating profile.
My Failure with Online Dating Sites
Slow it all down. As I say in my profile, I'm not in a hurry to be in a relationship. I'm looking for friends.
Constant Craving: Loneliness and Longing
If I am craving a women, for a relationship, for example, I am more likely to eat well, to keep my exercise routine constant. I am more likely to be working to make myself the best mate I could be.
Breaking Up: Grief and Loss as a Journey
There was something hopeful about imagining hundreds of women who were looking for a relationship. I wanted to dip my toe in the water and see what they looked like.
Your Sex Is On Fire: The Intoxicating Burn of Love
As sex leads the way to love, the pathways in your brain really begin to get hyperactive. You start thinking about long-range plans together. You start imagining yourself with this person, living together, getting married, having kids. Love is the drug that has launched a million relationships.
I Get High: The Flip Side of Depression
My non-depression (or normal) me is a bit more energetic and creative than most people. I get high, yes, but its natural energy (maybe some coffee) and it's what I consider the real me. The undepressed me. Still, you might think I was high if you met me.
Sitting In Silence with the Grief
The silence and loneliness and grief brought me back to a deeper connection to my own soul. A deeper connection with myself. And that ever-elusive self-love.
