25 results for tag: Mindful dating


7 Things Happy Couples Practice

What are happy couples? What do happy couples do to become happy couples? How do happy couples stay happy couples and not become miserable? Is there a prescription that happy couples follow that other couples are not aware of? Sort of....

Sex Makes You Beautiful and Healthier

Sex makes you beautiful. Its true, not just a cliché. But the question is why? Why does enjoyable, consensual sex make you even more beautiful?   Sex Makes You Beautiful and Healthier - Providence Holistic Counseling Services - Sex orgasm brain process...

Providence Dating Success Series – How We Date Now

If this is how we date now, dating has changed. Everything has changed, so why not dating as well? I was reading the following article This Is How We Date Now and found it stimulating and disturbing. I do not have direct experience with this form of dating world. My relationships, past and present, are not on display on Facebook, twitter or anywhere else. Even before the Internet, I have never been one desiring to create happy, shining photographs posing with fake smiles. The fact that I have never felt moved to do so, does not mean I do not understand the need to document life as positive and happy. My denial expresses itself differently....

Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks

It is not surprising how much research has developed actually proving the healing and healthy effects of meditation and mindfulness training. This new Harvard study proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain feels like a breakthrough, but really to those of us doing this work for decades, it feels long overdue....

Providence Dating Coach Success Series – Changing Dishonest Dating Culture

Isn't it time for changing dishonest dating culture? Have we had enough of men and women pretending to be something they're not when dating a new potential partner? Why are honesty and dating concepts that rarely intersect? Does anybody really enjoy finding out eight months later the person they are dating has nothing to do with the person they first met?  Why are we so afraid to show others who we really are? Is it because many of us do not know that answer to the question, Who Am I?  What would be your experience with dating if you could just be yourself? What if dating first impressions were an accurate representation of ourselves?...

Does Kindness Make You More Attractive? Research Says Yes!

I suspect that all counselors and therapists know that kindness makes you more attractive. It is helpful to see research that supports this premise. The research itself is limited but still has merit. On a personal level, I think I have always sensed that those who express positive character traits, seem more attractive if for no other reason than I find anger, dishonesty and hate unattractive....

A Social Experiment in First Impressions

I thought this was an interesting social experiment in first impressions. I do not think it proves anything but interesting still. It is fun watching the different responses people have as they interpret characteristics of people based on little more than first impressions. I think it would be fun to conduct a similar experiment with a variable that isn't part of a marketing campaign....