Tag Archives: self-acceptance
Are You An Appreciation Junkie?
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
For years, I put women on a pedestal. Then I started realizing I’m pretty cool. So many times I thought the woman was awesome, which often times was true. (Other times, I quickly learned it was a total projection.) I would get so caught up in how great she was that I would forget that I’m pretty [...]
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Maybe They ARE That Into You
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There are too many times to even bother counting. “She was only talking to me because she was bored while she waited for her friends.” “The only reason she hooked up with me is because I’m American, and I stand out here in Brazil.” “If I didn’t dance well, she wouldn’t be interested in me.” [...]
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Wanna Find Love? Let Go Of The Banana
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
Are you keeping a few friends or acquaintances on your radar as potential hookups or relationship material? Is your ex on your backup list? Are you still pining over your college crush? Well, if you want a new relationship, you’ve got to cut them loose. If that cute friend you secretly have the hots for [...]
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You Are A Flavor
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You are a flavor. Some people will find you absolutely delicious and others will find you totally repugnant. And that is a GOOD thing. You want people to like you for the flavor that you are. And you want people to not like you for the flavor that you are. If you’re strawberry and you’re [...]
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Dating In 3 Simple Steps
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
I get overwhelmed easily. All my life I’ve constantly sought out information and then broken it down into simpler, easy to digest chunks. So I wondered if the same could be applied to dating. There are a lot of great tips and strategies out there on how to meet someone, much of which I agree with, [...]
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Taking Off My Social Media Mask
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
Take a look at your Twitter or Facebook streams and you might think all of your friends are elephant riding in Thailand or getting back from kick-ass workouts with their personal trainers. Blogs and social media sites can sometimes give the impression of all your friends are living perfect and eternally happy lives, always doing [...]
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Are You Living In A Prison Of Shoulds?
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
Are you God? A fortune teller? Can you predict the future? Personally, I can’t predict the future. But my mind thinks it can. Or at least it thinks it can predict what the future (and my life) should look like. It even passes judgment on what my past should have looked like. Of course, my mind also loves to tell [...]
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Can NOT Dating Improve Your Dating?
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts.
Spring is here. Nine of your friends are getting married in June. You’ve had way too many first dates pick their nose and/or fart in the past two months. Your last five online dates have simply fizzled for no apparent reason. So it’s fair to say your current vibe about dating isn’t exactly positive. Whatever [...]
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