Mr. Unavailable and the Fallback Girl 7 Jul 2012 | 05:20 am

If you’ve struggled with an attraction to unavailable men as I have, you MUST subscribe to Natalie Lue’s blog Baggage Reclaim. The recently married recovered love addict offers frequent sage advice on...

The Definition of Love 28 Apr 2012 | 01:47 pm

I heard the best definition of love: “sacrifice for the spiritual growth of one’s self and another.” So, love is all about growth. Love is also about acceptance: accepting your partner exactly as he i...

Women with an aversion to nice men 27 Apr 2012 | 09:02 am

The words of Rumi above spoke to me because I’ve learned on my journey that the best way to improve the world is to improve yourself. It’s also the best way to get ready for a relationship. I’ve been ...

Everyone has relationship baggage 21 Apr 2012 | 11:15 am

Love addiction stems from childhood trauma 20 Apr 2012 | 06:59 pm

The gifted speaker in this Youtube video confirms that love addiction often occurs in people who grew up in alcoholic/drug addicted homes or with emotionally and/or physically abusive parents. My moth...

Friends with kids normalizes casual sex 20 Apr 2012 | 04:05 am

I saw the film Friends With Kids about two pals who decide to have a baby together without a romantic relationship. They are inspired to the arrangement by their married friends who went from being co...

Shame, a film about sex addiction 18 Apr 2012 | 02:59 pm

Shame came out on DVD today. The film by director Steve McQueen stars Michael Fassbender as Brandon, a sex addict living in New York. I used to laugh at the idea of being addicted to sex – how ridicul...

The Wounded Woman 12 Apr 2012 | 03:18 pm

After I learned about my “addiction to love” I was led to a book called the Wounded Woman about the fractured father-daughter relationship and how it wreaks havoc on our future relationships. I had al...

Why do people lie? 5 Apr 2012 | 12:27 pm

My friend called me the other night in tears because she had discovered someone she was seeing was seeing other people. She wasn’t even #1 – more like #3. A few hints revealed the betrayal: the Victor...

Addicted to Love: Love Addiction 22 Mar 2012 | 06:32 am

I chatted in my last post about an addiction to unavailable men. I had no idea in turning a phrase that is normally used to describe substance abuse, that I was referring to a true affliction around w...