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The 7 Things You Learn When Seeking Love Again

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:June 5, 2018
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness humans of divorce relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

When I am ready in my soul, the relationship, the woman, will show up. She will stand in. And we will both be served in our individual quests for our own souls.

Dating Tips for Modern Adults: Texts, Facebook, Profiles, Phone Calls

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:May 7, 2018
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Relationships Single-Dad

You need to get your communications strategy in place. And then if the other person has a different pace or different style you can figure out how to adjust.

New Relationships and the First Morning Together: Her Morning Elegance

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:April 19, 2018
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness Joy Love Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

What can you tell by waking up beside a new potential partner? Do you think early impressions, early connections/disconnections have an impact on the longer relationship potential?

Podcast: Single Dad Dating with the Dad Bro Show

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:April 16, 2018
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Depression Love Married Life Parenting Relationships Self-care

These fun fathers really get me talking about dating again after divorce. Their show is funny, quirky, and you just might learn something.

5 Wonderful & Unexpected Benefits of Monogamy

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:April 9, 2018
Post category:Dating Love Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

I'm a serial monogamist because I'm hoping to find the next relationship at some point. And that point in the future is very flexible in terms of time, and even in terms of what the person or the relationship looks and feels like.

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?

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.

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.