Category: Relationships

  • Exorcising the Elephant

    I have been quiet on my blog lately, but feel it’s time to write again. There are many things I would like to write about, but I have this big elephant sitting across the desk from me right now. She’s taunting me as I try to write about parenting, happiness, or anything else that comes…

  • Memory is the Diary We All Carry About with Us

    Today’s guest writer is Nicole DeFelice. She is a talented writer and professional editor. Her articles about editing in the Studio30 Plus Community Blog are always popular. Nicole’s writing on her own blog, Disturb the Universe, is a unique collection of stories about philosophy and life. But what I like most about this multi-talented woman…

  • Love and Hate

    Someone I love is being bullied by a vapid man who perceives her to be an easy target for abuse. Men like him, who prey on women, are weak, cowardly, and sad. This one is no exception. His abuse is calculated and sick. And baffling. Baffling because the relationship used to be based upon love. Now…

  • How to Stand Out and Be Unique in the World of Dating

    Last week I was asked to be one of a few co-hosts for a Twitter relationship chat, which led at the conclusion of the chat to inviting participants to watch a relationship coach to the stars, Rori Raye, on UStream. As we all switched to UStream, I did not know what to expect from the…

  • Is Commitment Phobia a Fear of Failure?

    I dodged two bullets in the last four years. I avoided a vitriolic, expensive divorce and narrowly escaped marrying someone who can only be described as the Antichrist. I am thankful daily for my good fortune in both instances, but I am ever-mindful that luck eventually runs out. Therein lies the greatest challenge with my…

  • Is Being Too Independent a Bad Thing?

    Fiercely independent. That is how Ben from Dad of the Decade described me in the intro to his guest post here in April. When I read that, it made me pause. I remember feeling shocked that someone I met through Studio30 Plus just a month before knew that about me. How was it possible I…