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February is for Lovers: Collected LOVE Articles for Your Heart

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:February 1, 2022
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

What are some ways you can nurture your loving relationship every single day of this month? And then, continue next month. And forever.

Heading Into Love for Life OR Intoxicated by My Own Desire

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 28, 2022
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love Married Life mindfulness relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

I am convinced that through active participation and a cooperative approach to love, I can establish and maintain a loving partnership on into my later years. To be walking on a beach somewhere, with my partner, and doting on our grandkids and our kids, together.

When Everything Goes Right: Do You Have a Dating Roadmap?

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 25, 2022
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

What does it look like when you are happy? What are you doing? If your best case scenario involves continuing to do that (play tennis, in my case) then perhaps you need to look into participating more. The apps are okay for spreading your reach and resetting your ambition, but you need to be doing your dream first, then the right person might come along beside you on a bike ride and say, "Hello."

Dating Boundaries: How To Establish a Healthy Relationship

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 23, 2022
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

How you define your boundaries early in the relationship is how you will relate to each other for the duration. If you cross boundaries and violate minor issues of trust, you will break the fragile bond that is forming between the two of you, even before the first fibers of love have begun to form and enmesh.

mindfulness < a new index of happiness and hope

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 17, 2022
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Depression Divorce Drinking Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad Spirituality

Today, you can stop fighting the monkeys in your mind. Today, you can befriend the entire circus. And as you gain mastery over the monkeys, turning your attention over and over again back towards the important goals in your life, guess what happens? You start making real progress.

Meet Your Lover at Their Passion: Relationships in the Dating-App-Era

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 13, 2022
Post category:Dating Health and Fitness Joy Love relationship building Relationships Self-care Sex Single-Dad

Join your partner in all the ways you can. Time together doing things you both love is time together IN LOVE. That's how it works.

A Quick-Start Guide for the Divorcing Dad: The Off Times

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 10, 2022
Post category:Depression Divorce humans of divorce Money Parenting Self-care Single-Dad

Finally, if you're going to agree to a cooperative divorce, make sure you add in a clause about NEVER INVOLVING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. EVER.

Present Tense: Co-Parenting Disconnected

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:January 9, 2022
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce Parenting Self-care Single-Dad

Sure, you can lean into your kids' anger about the divorce. But your role as a parent is to help them separate their emotions from your emotions. Your anger has infused their entire lives.