How to make a clean break?
It seems that letting go of a relationship, especially when the person meets 75% -80% of your needs, is a challenge. Men and women constantly ask me what is the "right" way to break up? Should they...
View ArticleQ and A Monday: No chemistry on Date #1, Should I See Him Again?
Men and women like you are spending money, time and energy to meet someone with whom they want to fall in love. What's more, it means that because there are so many people actively dating, it is easy...
View ArticleGuest Blog: The Truth About Bad Boys
Now, on to the guest blog, written by David Shade. While it has nothing to do with Christmas, per se, it does for me. It was on Christmas Eve, six years ago, that I was madly in love with the...
View ArticleHow the Bad Stuff in 2009 Can Help Define a Positive Journey Ahead
Ugh. I'm supposed to be better than this. How could I have done such a thoughtless thing? And then I began to think further. What other mistakes have I made this year? And more importantly, how can I...
View ArticleGetting Back to the Life I Love – Self Care Gone Wild!
I also want to reflect on my vacation, and the state of mind I had which enabled ideas to flow freely, love to grow and compassion to deepen. In looking more carefully at this, I realized I had a...
View ArticleQ and A Monday! Four Steps to Change Your Life When It Seems Impossible
Hey Dignity Daters! I’m preparing for my workshop tomorrow night in Los Angeles in which I’m collaborating Dr. Theo Kousouli, a chiropractic healer. We are going to dig deep into one of the most...
View ArticleWhy Is Everyone Being So Mean to Valentine’s Day?
If Valentine's Day were a person I would be defending her, taking her to lunch to help "pump" her up, and unabashedly wondering why people are avoiding her at all costs. I mean, geez, she's just a pink...
View ArticleThe Ash from 4th of July Fallout: Why Is it Hard to be Single on National...
I was thinking about holidays yesterday, and how the men I dated in the past influenced my experience of Fourth of July. There was the "Big Breakup" guy who told me, point blank, on July 4th, that he...
View ArticleLiving in the Question Mark: How to Pull-Out of the “He’s Out or He’s In”...
I like to use imagery to help clients (and myself) understand what life is like when lived "in the question mark." Imagine then, if you will, the two extreme options. For example, the man I am dating...
View ArticleDating With Dignity’s Marni Battita Featured in August 2012 Cosmopolitan...
Can you flip a player?! It’s one of the most commonly asked questions at Dating With Dignity and it comes from this place of ultimately wanting to know if you can change something that is starting to...
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