Karen

How to Handle When He Hurt Your Feelings

Are you able to remain vulnerable, or do you go into anger (and even attack) mode when something your man did (or didn't do) has hurt your feelings? Today's video offers something to help you get closer to your guy, rather than creating more distance between you....

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How to Get Back to the Loving Feelings

Dear Karen, I saw your video this week – the one about what dogs can teach us about how to greet our men, and, although it made sense on one level, what if you’re really angry with your husband, and it would just be too hard to be happy to see him when he comes home?...

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He Has No Committment History

Karen, I’ve met a man I am pretty excited about – I’ve dated SO many men over the last few years, and he seems to have everything I’m looking for.  That’s the great news.  Now, the one little “red flag”, which is why I’m writing, is that he’s in his early 50s, and has...

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How To Boost Your Self-Esteem

Do you find yourself thinking you're not "enough" of something (thin, pretty, smart, successful, young, old, etc.) to have what you really want in your life? What if the biggest obstacle you're dealing with is just the thought of that, which is what's creating the...

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What Are You Focusing On?

Hi Karen, I have an online dating pet peeve: men who send an email that simply says "how are you?" and nothing else.  Or men who clearly don't read your profile and what you're looking for and write to you anyway even though the deal-breakers are obvious (such as...

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They're on My Case About Being Unmarried

Hi Karen, I’m going to my family’s home in Ohio for Christmas, and I am dreading it.  I’ll be around a bunch of nosy, judgmental family members that I don’t even like, and they’re going to get on my case about being unmarried.  I hate it!  It happens every year, and...

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Nice Guys – Not Bad Boys – Should Finish First

Karen, Is there something wrong with me?  Nice men want to be with me, but I am just not attracted to them.  I seem to always gravitate towards the “bad boy”, even though I know it doesn’t work.  Help! - Mary Hi, Mary, You’re dealing with something that so many women...

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Having Happy Holidays

This can be such a challenging time of year for people, partly because our expectations of experiencing all this joy, fun, love and happiness (that’s supposed to be abundant in our lives through the holidays) may not actually be happening. In fact, quite the opposite...

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Getting Through Fairy-Tale-Itis

Dear Karen, I was recently dating a man who I thought was “the one”.  Things were going along well, and then “Boom!” – he dumped me.  There had been a couple of things that I had seen along the way, but I thought we were still fine.  I am so shocked and hurt.  How can...

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You, Your Man, and Money

Do you and your guy talk about money well?  Do you trust each other about your values - and your plans? It's so important to get on the same page before moving forward.  

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Intimacy is Vitally Important to Your Relationship

Dear Karen, I hate to say this – I feel really embarrassed about it – but I have gotten to a place where I wouldn’t care if my husband and I never had s*e*x again (Note to reader: I have masked words that would set off spam filters so this newsletter can get to you). ...

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How to Date More Effectively

Dear Karen, I am so frustrated!  I have had three dates with a guy, and I don’t feel like I know him any better now than when we first met!  I don’t feel any connection with him, although, from what I learned about him through his profile, he’s got lots of potential. ...

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You Can't "Complete" Each Other

That line in the movie Jerry Maguire sent legions of women swooning. But what if waiting for a man to "complete you", or being with a man who is waiting for you to "complete him", is actually a bad plan?  

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Enjoy Your Life – It’s Very Attractive!

Dear Karen, There are so many things I’d love to be doing, but I don’t want to get involved with things and miss a chance to find someone to be in a relationship with.  I’m scared to be single for the rest of my life, and getting into things before I’ve met someone...

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Fear That He's "Too Good For You"

Dear Karen, I have a problem that has come up.  Sometimes when I meet someone that is really fantastic, I get the old "he's way too good for me" feeling.  I know that this is really bad and I try to tell myself it's silly. I'm afraid I'm projecting out what's going on...

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