What the Bear in Your Bed Might Be Telling You: Managing Anxiety
I don't suffer from anxiety a lot, but in the past week, I've found myself on several nights wrestling with a bear. Here is what the bear was telling me.…
Four Ideas About Dating with Mindfulness: Listening for Signals
Does absence make the heart grow fonder, or in her case, will she simply forget about me? I am not ashamed to admit I'm a bit driven in life. I'm…
The Hierarchy of Relationship Needs: My Four Levels of Attraction
As the online dating universe continues to be ho-hum for me, I'm continually wondering what it takes for someone to light up my relationship antennae. It seems to me there are…
Sexual Hunger: How Friends with Benefits Became a Lie for Me
Yes, we are sexual animals. And from time to time I imagine doing the dating thing with more of a "hookup" mentality. It won't work. I tried having a FWB…
Would You Damage Your Co-Parent’s Livelihood If You Could?
How do you support or damage your co-parent? I know it's a weird question, but it keeps coming up for me. Let me explain. Do you know how your credit…
Going Meta: Divorce, Depression, and Befriending Sadness
I am a feeling-driven person. My moods can drive ecstatic highs of creativity and pull me into lows of lethargy and inertia. There's no amount of lamenting that's going to…
Online Dating Adventure: What Is Your Quest?
We, as a culture, have to get better at relationships. We've got to take ownership of our own issues and dysfunctions. Do you know what you are looking for when…
How a Balanced Divorce Might Have Better Served My Children
I wanted to recalibrate our family financial plan and see what other options were available to us as an aspirational couple. My then-wife was not happy about my idea to…
