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What Should I Do If They’re Slow to Text Back?

How to tell if someone’s slow replies are a red flag or a deal-breaker. A member of the Create the Love community sent in a

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Why Did My Ex Move on So Fast?

We just broke up and they’re already gushing about their new SO all over social media. Years ago, I went through a breakup and ran

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Breakup Sex or Makeup Sex?

You broke up, but they still reach out every few weeks for a hookup. What gives? You and your ex broke up, but they reach

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Why Do Empaths Attract Narcissists?

Psychotherapist Terri Cole helps answer this age-old question. One of the best parts of my job is connecting with and learning from some seriously inspiring

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Nothing Is Ever ‘Good Enough’ In My Relationship

The simple shift you can make to transform your relationships.  You can change your relationships immediately by doing this one thing. It doesn’t even matter

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Is It Too Soon To Say “I Love You”?

If you find yourself falling deeply in love right out the gate, you might want to read this. When is it too soon to say

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Why Do I Keep Getting Ghosted?

What should I do if someone ghosts me after we sleep together? I read every question that comes through my inbox, and answer as many

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Are We Ever Too Old To Find Great Love Again?

When we get to our seat on a plane, it can feel a lot like a game of Russian Roulette. We never know who our

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Why Does He Follow Instagram Models?

I don’t understand why my partner follows sexually-explicit accounts on Instagram and I’m not sure what to do. Help! Let’s say you start dating someone

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How Do I Stop Over Pursuing?

They’re not interested but I can’t seem to stop chasing. She asked, “How do I choose myself when I’m chasing a guy who isn’t choosing

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Why Would They Cheat in a Good Marriage?

Betrayal and infidelity leaves most of us wondering, “why?” If you type “why did they cheat on me” into Google, there are 259 million results.

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Did I Overreact & End a Good Relationship?

I got reactive and prematurely ended my relationship!  Have you ever pulled the plug on a relationship and wondered whether you overreacted? Many people write

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I’m Still Not Over Them

It’s been two years and I’m still caught up on my ex. What gives? You’re probably familiar with the phrase, “Time heals all wounds.” And

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Why Does My Ex Still Watch My Social Media?

We live in an age of near-constant connectivity, and people often write to me and ask what it means when their ex continues to engage

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Self-love, WTF does that even mean?!

A couple of years ago I was in Shavasanna after a pretty intense Kundalini class… for the non-yoga doers, I was basically just laying down

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Am I ready to date?

How do we know when we’re ready to date after a breakup? There’s no exact sign or moment, and there’s a lot to process after

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Why you can’t let go of your ex (and how to)

So you’re attached to someone. Maybe you two dated for awhile. Maybe you dated and kinda skipped over the whole relationship part. Doesn’t matter. What

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Are there enough good men for good women?

The other day I was speaking to my friend about the realities of dating and relationships today. It only takes a glimpse into the interactions

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Men are abused from the moment they’re born

Did you know that the foreskin is the same skin that forms the clitoral hood on a woman? Crazy right?! When I became aware of

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Why you really can’t get hard

I was a late bloomer to the sex game. Even the concept of dating a girl scared me so much that I never had to

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Why you might not be ready for the man you say you want

I spend a lot of time in coffee shops. Maybe it’s an addiction thing. I don’t mean just to coffee. I mean to people. There’s

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The lies we’ve been told about sex

Slut is an extremely powerful word, isn’t it? In four letters we have managed to encapsulate all of the shaming we, as humans, connect with

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The one dating conversation you’re not having that could make or break your future

When I was younger the setting of most of my teenage make-outs was far from ideal. I mean, there was a roof over my head,

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Maybe life is about more than getting rich and laid

When I was nineteen I was so in love. And like it seems to always happen with great relationships at that age, she went away