Encourage your Relationships

Personal development by Encouraging your relationships


A Successful Marriage is Two People Holding Hands While Walking Through a Meadow

Get ready, Journey Embracers, because my metaphorical mind is overflowing.  Relationships don’t have to be hard.  You just need the right person to walk the Journey.  I am a firm believer that a successful marriage is two people holding hands while walking through a meadow.  To my left-brain readers, bear […]


Love is a Verb 2

Love it or Hate it: Love always comes up in conversation.  You’re in love?  Great!  It’s hearts, flowers, unicorns and rainbows.  You just got dumped?  Love sucks and you are going to stay single because no one gets you!  Regardless of where you are on the Love Spectrum one thing […]


What I Ate to Impress a Guy

It’s common to put your best foot forward when you date someone new.  It’s the positive impression period.  Things are sunshine, rainbows and roses.  It’s the mystery and the excitement.  Your dopamine levels are soaring through the clouds.  You will do anything to keep this excitement and adrenaline flowing – […]


The (Un)Breakable Bonds We Share With Others 1

Human relationships are an interesting thing.  There are so many factors that impact the type of relationship you have with another person.  I’m not talking strictly about romantic relationships.  I’m talking about all kinds – friends, acquaintances, enemies… and even frenemies.  Everyone you meet, in some way, influences your life […]


Nice Guys DO Finish Last and What to Do About It

We’ve all heard the uplifting cliché of Nice Guys finishing last.  It helps ease the minds of those guys who are waiting patiently to end up with his version of the perfect girl. It’s an excuse as to why they are still single. Some may blow this well-known cliché off […]


Angels Are Among Us 2

In my line of work as a bartender, I meet many walks of life. I see some interesting characters waltz in through those bar doors.  I have the hyper-energetic ones, the depressed, the friendly, the talkers, the jokesters and the assholes… just to name a few.  It never gets boring.  […]


On Again and Off Again Facebook Relationship

You might have heard that the mecca of social media is a “little” thing called Facebook. Everyone and their mother has a Facebook account and who can blame them?  It’s a wonderful way to stay connected with family and friends, especially the ones that live far away.  It’s also a […]