The Dating Game of Hot and Cold

2025-06-10T15:51:35-04:00By |Categories: Advice, Article - Love and Life, Dating Advice, Dating Games, Dating Tips for Men, Dating Tips for Women, Huffington Post, Love, Red Flags, Relationship Expert, Relationships|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Susan Winter for The Huffington Post Is your partner playing hot and cold? One minute you’re high on the warmth of their attention, the next minute you’re frozen out and left wondering what happened. You begin to question your actions. Did you say the wrong thing? Did you make the wrong move? It’s long been the rule that when dating someone whose behavior is marked by hot and cold reactivity, you’re standing on shaky ground. Behavioral extremes indicate a power play is being employed. [...]

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3 Simple Steps for Getting the Love You Want

2025-06-10T15:53:23-04:00By |Categories: Advice, Article - Love and Life, Dating Advice, Dating Tips for Men, Dating Tips for Women, Huffington Post, Love, Relationship Expert, Relationships, Self Help, Self-Esteem|Tags: |

By Susan Winter for The Huffington Post Spring has finally arrived. Inspired by the beauty of nature’s rebirth, many singles are enlivened with thoughts of romance. As our hopes and dreams of meeting someone special are awakened, so are our concerns for love’s success. Though we live in a world with seemingly endless opportunities to meet people, finding love can feel like searching for the needle in a haystack. Serial dating can quickly become a rigorous job that ends in limited prospects. What’s the best [...]

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Are You Stuck in His ‘Stable’?

2025-06-10T15:55:07-04:00By |Categories: Advice, Article - Love and Life, Dating Advice, Dating Games, Dating Tips for Women, Dating Trends, Huffington Post, Love, Red Flags, Relationship Expert, Relationships|Tags: , , , , |

By Susan Winter for The Huffington Post Most women prefer to be in some form of “relationship.” No matter how modern those parameters may be, there’s comfort in knowing where we stand with a man. While it’s often the case that both sexes will date multiple partners before making a selection, structure creates the connection and intimacy needed for a relationship. Getting to partnership requires focus rather than dispersion. The early stages of dating someone new are vague, at best. Though we may articulate our [...]

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10 Steps to Moving Beyond the Friend Zone

2025-06-10T15:57:23-04:00By |Categories: Advice, Article, Dating Advice, Dating Games, Huffington Post, Love, Red Flags, Relationship Expert, Relationships, Self Help, Self-Esteem|Tags: , , , |

By Susan Winter for The Huffington Post Are you stuck in the friend zone? It’s a rotten position to hold when you’d prefer to be the “lover.” The fear of staying trapped in a minimal position is equal to the fear of moving forward. Frozen in a battle between two conflicting emotions, we wonder, is something better than nothing? The anxiety of being imprisoned in a category that’s far less than we desire is humiliating. It’s not good for us and we know it. Yet, [...]

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Are You Questioning ‘Till Death Do Us Part?’

2025-06-10T15:58:41-04:00By |Categories: Advice, Article - Love and Life, Breakups & Divorce, Dating Advice, Divorce, Huffington Post, Love, Marriage, Relationship Expert, Relationships, Self Help|Tags: , , , , , , , |

By Susan Winter for The Huffington Post Why do we cling so desperately to a relationship that’s died? Because we’ve been told it’s the right choice to make. Leaving a dead relationship takes courage. Staying in a dead relationship takes self-sacrifice. We agonize over this decision; worrying about our future and the repercussions for those we love. Adding to our emotional struggle is the premium our culture places on sustaining a relationship. The underlying message insists that suffering is better than leaving, which makes the [...]

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