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April 26, 2017

Broken trust? This brand new book is here to help

Wise Readers,

Are you struggling with trusting a partner again? Or with whether to stay or go? If your partner has violated a cherished expectation—that’s broken trust. A new, research-based book is the first to take you step-by-step through whether to recover, and how, whether the issue is an affair or something else. I loved the book so much, I endorsed it:

“Love is not enough: we need trust, too. Yet all too often, partners violate that trust....

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Published on April 26, 2017 10:38

April 24, 2017

Empowering Women In Love

Wise readers/listeners, 

My NEW podcast is up, at Rise Up For You—self-improvement for women in their love relationships. I hope you enjoy!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-up-for-you/id1041139377?mt=2

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Published on April 24, 2017 10:27

April 10, 2017

How Long Should You Date Around (After You've Met Someone You Like)

Wise Readers: 

How long should a woman continue dating around—or at least being open to meeting new partners—after meeting someone she likes? Tune into my NEW PODCAST/VIDEO with Single In Stilettos!

https://youtu.be/zzDt5M1c7zw

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Published on April 10, 2017 11:17

April 7, 2017

Dealing With Dating Burnout

Do any of the following statements ring true for you? 

 

“All the good ones are taken.”

 

“If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen, right? I should stop looking.”

 

“Sure, I’d accept the right partner if they came along.  But they have to find me.  I’m done making an effort.” 

 

“I’m afraid love won’t happen for me no matter what I do.” 

 

 

As a relationship advice writer, I receive many letters with unfounded hopelessness at their core.  And as a human being who sought love for years, I personall...

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Published on April 07, 2017 12:59

March 23, 2017

Coevolution: how women created men's psychology, and more

Wise Listeners,

In this new podcast on Shiny Things, we go into some criticisms of hard-to-get—and why women are the ones who created the male psyche that assures it’s helpful.  We also cover dating apps, better-than-nothing relationships, and more.

http://shinythings.libsyn.com/the-science-of-dating-with-love-factually-author-duana-c-welch-phd

 

 

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Published on March 23, 2017 08:50

Coevolution: how women created men's psychology, and more

Wise Listeners,

In this new podcast on Shiny Things, we go into some criticisms of hard-to-get—and why women are the ones who created the male psyche that assures it’s helpful.  We also cover dating apps, better-than-nothing relationships, and more.

http://shinythings.libsyn.com/the-science-of-dating-with-love-factually-author-duana-c-welch-phd

 

 

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Published on March 23, 2017 08:50

March 7, 2017

Dating at Midlife, free talk happening this Thursday

Wise Readers,

If you’re going to be local to Eugene/Springfield this Thursday at 2:30 p.m., come by and scope my talk/mini-class on Dating at Midlife—an evidence-based approach. It’s free and open to the public. See you then!

 

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Published on March 07, 2017 11:35

February 22, 2017

Love Factually Single Parent Survey Results

LF SINGLE PARENT SURVEY RESULTS:

Thank you, everyone who took/shared the Love Factually Single Parent survey.  Your generous responses have helped shape the plan for the upcoming book!  Here are the results, by the numbers:

 

—Number of respondents: 

74


—Gender of respondents:

71% female

29% male

 

—Age:

44% 40-49

24% 50-59

13% 31-39

11% 60+

6% 25-30

1% under 25

 

—Living arrangement:

59% single parent;

23% adult child of single parent

16% have been single parent and were parented by...

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Published on February 22, 2017 14:11

February 18, 2017

Want more love? Send better signals

Wise Readers, A package arrived—one I’d long awaited, the latest edition of the book that totally changed my love life, from the evolutionary scientist whose work I most admire and respect.   The book is The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating[image error], and the author is Dr. David Buss.  The Washington Post called the first edition “a drop-dead shocker,” and it still is.  Here’s my review:  Want more love? Send better signals. It’s universal: to find and keep love, we must g...
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Published on February 18, 2017 11:09

February 16, 2017

Four Questions That Tell You It's Time To Call It Quits

Wise Readers,

When it’s needed, breaking up is harder to do than anything except for not breaking up.  But how do you know it’s time?  Here are four questions (okay, five) that make your choice crystal-clear in my new article for Plenty of Fish:

http://blog.pof.com/2017/02/know-time-call-quits/

 

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Published on February 16, 2017 12:17