Tag Archives: emotions

The Definition of Emotional Prison

There's a disease that I need to talk to all of you about. It's a disease that a lot of you have, and you haven't been diagnosed yet. It's the disease called Emotional Prison. Let's go through the symptoms right now, because you're not going to be able to go see your doctor and find out that you have it. If you Google it, well, this may be the only article with the exact phrase. Read more

How to talk about your break up

I’m smack dab in the middle of Amy Poehler’s book, Yes Please. It’s such a wonderful read. She’s just as adorable and inspiring on the page as she is in interviews. Not like you’d expect anything less, but the book is funny and well written and you really get the sense that you’re just sitting down for a chat with Amy. I also feel like I’m learning a lot of life lessons. One of the things that I admire about Amy’s story is how she’s handling talking about her divorce with Will Arnett. Read more

When your date’s lips are moving… Listen!

We all get excited by the prospect of a new connection when we are freshly showered, smelling fantastic, looking good heading out to yet another date. As our hopeful butts hit the bar stool most of us are ill prepared for what comes next... why? Simply speaking, we didn't take the time to identify what I call Delicious Dating Data, a personal exercise of which you create your own criteria for dating. Read more

How to get him to talk about his feelings?

Man discusses feelings with his girlfriend

David, How Do You Get Him To Talk About His Feelings?

Ahh one of the questions I see in my inbox at last 100 times a week (at a minimum.) “How do you get men to open up?” “Why won’t he talk to me?” “Why does he push me away?” Here’s something you need to understand about men. You can’t force a man to talk about his feelings. Asking him how he feels all the time, and bugging him to open up isn’t the way to do it. In fact, the more you push a man to show his emotional side, the more he’s going to run off and hide in his man cave! Read more