I read a dating advice article recently that basically said dating after divorce is about time, that is knowing when the time is right to start dating and having the time to date. I know I’m on track with the first part but it’s the second element that’s been testing me this week. I did [...]
Fit4Love: Time to Socialize
November 5, 2011 By
I’m currently participating in Fit4Love which is a dating advice program with one-on-one coaching from Sheila Paxton. So far I’ve been brushing up on my flirting skills, affirming my strengths and deciding my top ten values but I haven’t been on a date yet. Since we’re more than halfway through the program, and with hints [...]
Dating after divorce: hostility from your children
November 3, 2011 By
It was Lisa’s boyfriend who finally said enough to her ex’s harassment. It was him who came and helped her pack up her home and move to D.C. While he was obviously a tower of strength for Lisa, his presence was greeted by hostility from her children, especially her daughter adding to her parenting after [...]
Fit4Love: Identifying Your Values
October 18, 2011 By
I haven’t tried online dating. I almost did once but then I started to look at the profile and I panicked. I couldn’t think how I’d respond to some of the questions and I was worried that what I would write would be too boring for anyone to be interested in me. Isn’t that awful? [...]
Fit4Love: Flirting Update
October 3, 2011 By
At the beginning of the Fit4Love program, my coach, Sheila Paxton and I worked out a time for my weekly coaching session. This makes it easier for me to manage my time and I would imagine it makes it easier for Sheila also. However, this past week I had an extra work commitment and wasn’t [...]
Fit4Love: I am a Catch
September 26, 2011 By
I’m currently going through the ten-week Fit4Love program with my coach Sheila Paxton. Sheila’s business, Intentional Relationships, offers personal and business coaching in addition to the romance coaching I’m doing. The Fit4Love program is designed to enhance romantic relationships by helping you clarify what you want in a romance. For me, I’m hoping it will [...]
Fit4Love: Unconditional Self Acceptance
September 19, 2011 By
I thought I would be writing just one post about my Fit4Love Coaching Program with Sheila Paxton but if I squeezed this week’s coaching session into one post, I wouldn’t be doing it justice. I also think that the flirting assignment is essentially happy, this one is more serious and more emotional. My online assignment [...]
Fit4Love: Keep Flirting
September 19, 2011 By
This is the second week in my ten-week Fit4Love coaching program and if you recall from last week, my assignment was to practice flirting. That sounded kind of a big jump, to go from nothing to flirting but then my Fit4Love coach, Sheila Paxton explained all she wanted me to do was to make eye [...]
Grown up dating is different
September 16, 2011 By
You know how it is when you start a new activity or interest? You start to notice the topic coming up more and more. Maybe you see more reports about “it” on the news or you hear your friends talking about “it.” Sometimes it is a true increase in awareness about a particular topic but [...]
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