It’s because deep down, you realize it’s time to create the shift you need to accommodate a new version of yourself and your life. Although it feels unbearable at first, this is what ushers in the breakthrough that awaits us on the other side of the situation. COVID -19 has been the highlight of 2020 and 2021, altering the entire trajectory of our lives. RELATED: The Most Life-Changing Lessons I’ve Learned From The Pandemic Year Fortunately, the silver lining of everything falling apart during this pandemic means an awakening of our lives in a way that transforms us....

I knew the style she wanted was totally wrong for her slim figure and wished to help her make a better choice. She agreed, all the while nervously looking at her watch. I could clearly see that she was miserable. Purchasing a bridal gown and planning a wedding is supposed to be fun, I told her. Why was she not enjoying the process? A kind word is all she needed, and she broke down and cried....

RELATED: If Your Boobs Look Like These Lemons It Could Be Cancer The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) have outlined eight risk factors you can’t change and five that you can. We also talked to doctors and experts, who explained what these breast cancer risk factors mean and how you can decrease your likelihood of developing breast cancer. You should start getting screened for breast cancer at age 40, with regular mammograms until you are 54....

There are answers we don’t want to reveal and topics we don’t know how to approach. Fathers and children often feel these voids. RELATED: 14 Things You Never Thanked Your Dad For (But Absolutely Should) While sons and daughters should be able to tell their parents everything, fathers, for reasons of fear, doubt, awkwardness, or simply lack of awareness, don’t broach certain subjects. It happens, but things left unsaid can create voids later in life....

So, while we gear up for the official 2018 Cuffing Season, I thought it would be good to simply recap the signs that you really just need to be single AF right now. Let’s get into it! RELATED: How To Know If You’re Falling In Love — Or If Cuffing Season Has You Fooled 14 Signs You’re Nowhere Near Ready To Be In A Relationship 1. Everything about people annoys you....

They can make your partner feel good and special. It’s a special thing that you have as a couple. Nicknames are something that can make you feel loved. I know with me and my boyfriend, he loves to call me sweet nicknames. They make me smile and feel warm and fuzzy on the inside every time he uses them. Calling someone a cute nickname shows someone that you care about them....

Maybe it’s because men are more verbal about their sexual displeasure. RELATED: 50 Sexy, Seductive Things Women Do That Make Men Want Them Bad Maybe it’s because women have been told for ages to not ask for what they want as only “bad girls” do that. Still, it’s nice to know what bothers the other side as well when it comes to bedroom behaviors. We asked men to be vulnerable and share their sexual turn-offs, so listen up, ladies!...

We’re constantly told to fit a specific mold of “beauty,” and our self-esteem and body image suffer because we don’t all adhere to it. In fact, clinical research has shown[1] how damaging specific beauty standards that don’t make sense for most of us are to our overall well-being. Even though it can feel defeating, there is good news. You can love yourself just the way you are and learn to be confident about your body by making a few simple shifts in your perspectives and actions....

We all have our favorite smile, and we love watching our partner or friends’ faces bloom with beauty when they smile, but not all smiles are created equal. In fact, different smiles have different meanings, and you can learn a lot about a person and what they’re thinking once you’re able to read the body language of smiles. RELATED: 4 Big Mistakes You Make When Reading Someone’s Body Language...

If you don’t, then you might be asking yourself, “Is that all there is?” Sure, fun things to do as a couple, like date nights, weekend getaways, and making love, are all part of a relationship. But people also want to connect at a deeper, more intimate level. RELATED: You Can’t Have A Healthy Relationship Without These 8 Characteristics How is your spiritual connection? Your emotional connection? Do you feel you are creating an inner life together?...

These are signs that you lack healthy boundaries in your relationships. Relationships thrive under the right conditions. They don’t just accidentally happen because you met the right person or because you’re lucky. It helps if you were raised in an environment where you knew you were loved and you were taught how to communicate your feelings. But even under the best conditions, relationships only thrive because you have developed the skills for love to flourish....

Emotionally secure and emotionally mature people want to win you over — and they want to explore a romantic connection with you. In order for attraction to happen, the first thing you need is simple: Be available. There has to be an opening that a man can see in order to enter your world. They say the best relationships happen by chance, but what they don’t say is these chance meetings have something in common....

Overindulging children is a common parenting blunder that always backfires and turns little darlings into ungrateful bullies who are never satisfied no matter how much they get. Before you go overboard and shower a child with gifts, consider these negative outcomes that will result in spoiled children. RELATED: This Holiday, Give The Present Of Your Presence Too many gifts… 1. Increases destructive behavior Kids who engage in greedy gift-grabbing during holidays suffer negative social and emotional ramifications that extend well beyond their childhood....

But whether or not you like hairy guys, it turns out that a lot of women prefer them, especially men with facial hair. If a man is going to have long hair, he needs the chest and facial hair to match. All three or none at all. Give me Jason Momoa or give me death! RELATED: Why Men With Beards Are Sexist But why do hairy men attract more women?...

We all say this, and on some level, we believe this to be some kind of magic phrase that might actually work, if only it were…magic. But “I’m done” rarely means anything is done; it does, however, mean that we’re just too tired to accept that it’s not done, and doing something about that might mean even more work for us to do. For three zodiac signs who can’t love anymore starting December 19, 2021, they have reached a true breaking point....

While we all know that Venus transits will push us into thoughts about love and romance, when Venus conjunct Mars, we’re looking at some very passionate opinions on the topic. This also translates as a feeling of enormous self-confidence, which in turn, becomes a desire to be ‘seen’. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Finally Fall In Love During The Moon Square Mercury On February 6, 2022 When we feel good about ourselves, we want others to notice how great we are, and if we are single during this transit, we may feel a bit lonely, because the truth is, we really want to be with someone special....

RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Change Their Mind About Love During Venus Conjunct Pluto Starting January 6, 2022 There are many things we tell ourselves about love and relationship, and after a certain amount of time, we gain experience, and experience shapes our desire. We begin to know exactly what we want in love, and much of that is determined by knowing exactly what we DON’T want in love. Mercury square Uranus brings us the idea of being brave enough to talk it out....

When we know who we are, we know what we need in our lives, and that also comes with a very clear knowledge of what we don’t need. Many of us carry around the baggage of a past romance; why the heck have we not gotten over this already? When it hits us that this past relationship, this celebrated ex, is nothing more than a weight that drags us down, we can finally let go of this dead weight....

Even if we don’t fully believe in what we’re saying, we’re going to say everything that’s on our minds without hesitation or inhibition. Is there anything good about this? More than likely not. Moon square Uranus is not built on great intentions; it’s more like fighting to get a word in, and once it’s in, we realize it’s both not heard, nor does it have meaning. Today is one big study in futility and aggression....

When we say the words, “love life” we automatically think of one of two things: An ideal romance, or a failed partnership. While we all want a really good love life, we can’t help but run into a few pit stops along the way; this is the lesson of ideals. If we idealize love, we will see how the ideal of it may fail us. So, what brings about the opposite then?...