by Bliss Darling | Aug 16, 2021 | Connection, Family, Relationship
I brought up my own (funny) submission because, even in great relationships, there will be unsaid frustrations, somewhere. It’s just part and parcel of being closely connected with someone. Simply put, even those closest to us can’t read our minds. They have no idea...
by Bliss Darling | Aug 16, 2021 | Relationship
My colleague Leigh in the U.K. had just put the finishing touches on a questionnaire we were launching, to better understand where our clients were having challenges in their relationships. He sent it over to me as the sun began to peek into my window, East Coast...
by Bliss Darling | Aug 9, 2021 | Bliss, Improvement
When I went to my annual physical the other day, my doctor lamented how many of her patients were asking for help with anxiety and stress. It made perfect sense to me – today’s world is, between pandemics, pressure, and social media posturing, a mental health...
by Bliss Darling | Aug 2, 2021 | Connection, Relationship
One of my clients is newly divorced after a decades-long marriage, and she has entered the world of online dating. It is completely foreign to her. She joked that her last ‘date’ was in 1987. From this experience, she arrives to me absolutely dismayed by the lack of...
by Bliss Darling | May 13, 2021 | Confidence, Happiness
This is deviating a bit from my usual topics, but it’s just as important to share. How we think and how we feel will set the pace of our day and really, our entire lives, so it’s crucial that we notice what makes our thoughts turn sour, and how our feelings can...
by Bliss Darling | May 11, 2021 | Confidence, Happiness
You’ve seen this woman – she is hard to miss. She commands the room with elegance, a warm laugh, and a natural gravity. She speaks clearly and articulately, and it almost feels like the air stands still to take her in. Even when faced with a challenging...
by Bliss Darling | Apr 20, 2021 | Happiness, Love, Relationship
As I was perusing the book aisles recently, I found two very interesting books, newly published, on infidelity. The sociologist author had interviewed both men and women on Ashley Madison, the unusual dating service directed towards people in relationships, asking for...
by Bliss Darling | Mar 16, 2021 | Connection, Relationship
If you were to take notes from any teenage romantic comedy, you might conclude that every single relationship will face the struggle of, “The Friend Zone.” Now, many of us aren’t singing love songs in the halls of our high schools (as much fun as that may be to...
by Bliss Darling | Mar 1, 2021 | Emotion
Why am I so angry? My client, Sarah, had just pondered this question. In uncertain times, you’ll observe more anxious and angry reactions all around you. I’ve certainly noticed them – everything from social media rants to that guy yelling at the dry cleaner. In...
by Bliss Darling | Feb 25, 2021 | Love, Relationship
Oh, how I’ve missed you all! Forgive my quiet absence from the blog over the last two weeks – the past couple of weekends were either snowed in or long holiday weekends (including Valentine’s Day and a birthday weekend for me!), and during that time, I had the...
