Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

How To Make A Long Distance Relationship Work (sweat required)

This post originally appeared on the uber talented Michelle Vargas’s website Fart With Headphones On.  I was thrilled to write it for her + delighted to share it now with you! ***************************************   Long distance relationships are not for the fearful; they’re for the audacious. The brassy, bold + brave. You exchange massive time alone for fleeting doses of joy...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2012

4 Signs You Should Breakup With Him

We’ve all been there. You and your honey have been together forever and a day. You’ve even mentally designed the ideal wedding,  kitchen island counter-top and  the kids’ grammar school graduation. But lately, the relationship is hitting the skids and getting through an average day feels like wading through knee-deep Mississippi mud. You thought you’d found “the one,” but...
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Because Life Is Short: The Happy Couples’ Secret Weapon

Seriousness has an important place in love + life. Deep and meaningful conversations. Life-changing decisions. Support at times when emotions are running high. But playfulness is just as – if not more – important. Laughter is a language that people use to bond. To mend. To escape. People who take themselves too seriously (and lack any sense of lightheartedness) exude an...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012

How To Get Over A Breakup

This guest post comes to us from the lovely Sarah Von Bargen of Yes and Yes fame.  She’s been blogging for 3+ years about her world travel, navigating the world of modern adulthood and, um, theme parties. In 2009, my live-in boyfriend and I decided to end our three-year relationship.  This decision was made over a bad Skype connection, while I was volunteering at an orphanage in...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Why We Stay In a Relationship (Way) Too Long

  You know how it goes – how it feels. You know the thoughts that trip through your head. Maybe I’m just in a bad mood. Maybe this is just the reality of long term relationships and I need to be more realistic. Maybe if I (or both of us) try harder, it will feel right. So you stick it out.  You take it a day at a time.  And it doesn’t get better. Why do we let relationships...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Soulmates + “The One”

We all want a soulmate. “The One.” Your perfect partner who can read your mind + finish your sentences. We want fate + fireworks.   But believing in predetermined destiny is limiting. It leaves little room for adventure + what life may want to give you. What if The One isn’t who you thought they would be? Love isn’t always syrupy sweet kisses + walking off into the...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

10 Reasons Why He Didn’t Ask You Out Again

So, you went on a first date with an amazing guy. You thought you looked great in that dress.You’re pretty sure he found the stories about your dog hilarious. You’re certain that he didn’t notice you got a little tipsy on all those cocktails. But then he doesn’t call. Or text. Or email. Cue: calling your girlfriends to dissect every. single. thing he said and every. single. thing you...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012

The Secret to Inspiring Love + Devotion

Today’s post is generously brought to us by the divine Syndee Stein, creatrix of Deeper Ground. She is a rocket-fueled trail guide for your inner evolution, a bodyworker, movement teacher, visionary of vibrancy, and an enthusiast of all things life, including YOU! If it’s love make sure to connect with her on Twitter + Facebook. We probably all want to inspire love and devotion in...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

On having more sex, renouncing the past + wild synchronicity

If you were to look up ‘synchronicity’ in the dictionary you’d see:“the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner” I say: synchronicity means embracing contradictions. Interested in a life of elated coming-together-ness.  Snapping into place-ness?  Who...
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