And take an interest in women as human beings — Stop following “Tips and Tricks to Make Women Like You.” We don’t want to be tricked. If you’re trying to be someone else to convince us to like you — that’s probably why we don’t like you. …

And Create Healthier Relationships — We all develop attachment patterns as children that are based on the behaviors and emotional availability of our parental figures. These patterns are formed while we are young, along with the underlying belief systems that dictate why we feel the way we do about ourselves. …

And 5 tips to ease you into it — A couple months ago, as I looked over at my desk/catch-all for random things, I had the inescapable realization that this clutter I’m surrounding myself with is keeping me from experiencing more joy and abundance. …

Your words spoken; a root in my fertile soil. They take hold, grow, expand. Hit my air and sprout wildly in all directions. No longer any control; which way is up? They have a life of their own. My fantasies and fears have watered the root of your reality and bloomed into…

So I’m expelling it from my life — This month has kindly brought the realization that my 40 years on this earth have somehow been spent accruing outside opinions and auto-installing these beliefs into the very core of my being. …

Detached.

A little baby came into this world, as all of them do — innocent, pure, new. She had a purpose, but it was forgotten on the journey to this new experience; all that remained was the instinct to survive, to seek love and comfort, to grow. And grow she did. The people around her helped her and became her safe space. They were her people; they cared for her and gave her love when she cried, so she thrived. She found delight in discovering this world. She was happy and secure.

Even when your mind is willing to chance it — My last 20 years dating have been spent in relationships that weren’t quite right for me but never understanding exactly why. I felt like I had connected with another person deeply, only to realize a few years down the road that we didn’t want the same things and couldn’t remember…

Those of us working in and around the restaurant industry have long known the system was unfairly biased against the little guys. The line cooks of the world resign themselves to working stressful, grueling days for little pay, often with no health benefits or job security. They are used to…