Susan L. Edelman's Blog, page 10

The Best Gift You Can Give? Make Yourself a Top Priority

So many women are so used to taking care of others and putting everyone else first. The result? They neglect themselves. Are you one of those women? Don’t get too down on yourself if you are. Our culture encourages women to be selfless, always putting others’ needs ahead of our own. Women feel like putting themselves first is “selfish” as though there’s something terribly wrong with taking good care of ourselves. But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it’s a well-known fact...

How to Change Your Perspective on Dating and Travel New Roads

Have you ever heard the phrase, “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?” It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, especially when it comes to dating and relationships. Some people will date the same type of man or woman who they aren’t compatible with, despite the repeated heartbreak. If you want to travel new roads in dating and find Mr. Right, you’ll have to change your perspective on relationships and the dating process.

Traveling New Roads for a New...

Envisioning Your Success Can Unlock the Future

It’s a New Age belief that if you can envision and imagine your goal has come true, then the universe will somehow make it happen through a magical, inspiring process of electromagnetic engineering. Now that Thanksgiving is fast approaching, positive thinking regarding your goals for romance can take center stage. But what exactly does the power of positive thinking and imagining your success have to do with this famous and beloved holiday?

That’s a good question.

The “power of positive...

Why You Need to Find the Best Life Partner

When you’re lonely, you might think any relationship with any man will work, at least for a while. You may not be looking for anything long-term, or you might tell yourself that finding a serious relationship isn’t in the cards for you. Women often think self-limiting thoughts about dating, like, “I’m too old.” “Nobody wants a woman with kids.” “I’m not confident enough,” or “I’m not attractive enough.” All of this has the potential to be a recipe for settling for less than you deserve, which...

The Most Important Dating Advice for Older Women

The dating world is never easy, even though it’s worth the struggle and quest if you want to find Mr. Right. When you’re young and out in the dating world, you’re faced with certain hardships and also advantages. It’s easy to look at the time you spent as a younger person on the dating scene with rose-colored glasses. Dating when you’re older comes with some advantages too. Still, you also need...

Why Are You Pushing Love Away?

More than half of people ages 18 to 34 are single. For those older than 30, a little less than half are still single. If you aren’t coupled up yet but want to be, then it’s only natural to wonder why you’re still single and what you can do to change that. So, let’s be honest. Why are you still single?

Do you feel like you’re simply not ready to settle down yet? Have you just not met Mr. Right? These a...

Single Moms: Do Men Avoid You Like the Plague?

One of my Facebook followers says men don’t date single moms. So in her opinion and experiences, a single mom’s chances of meeting anyone are zero. I don’t believe this. I know many single moms who’ve found Mr. Right and married them. Anecdotes aside, it’s best to have facts and numbers in your arsenal to strengthen your argument. I checked the statistics to see what the numbers say about single moms, dating, and remarriage after divorce or the death of a spouse.

What does the research say about sin...

Are You Too Old for Dating Success?

Recently, someone commented on my Facebook feed that dating wasn’t going to pay off for her. Why did she say this? According to the commenter, she wasn’t having any dating success because men simply don’t like middle-aged women. And she is a middle-aged woman. So, is there a dating age range for finding true love? Does your age have anything to do with dating success? Unfortunately, there are a lot of societal misconceptions surrounding age, divorce, remarriage, and finding true love.

To me, it seemed hig...

Ghosting: Now You See Me Now You Don’t

What is “ghosting?” Ghosting is a “now you see me, and now you don’t,” type of dating tactic where one person ends a relationship by disappearing. I’ve read a lot of opinions about ghosting that mostly say it’s a terrible, rude, insensitive practice. People think that ghosting doesn’t give the ghosted “closure.” People make it sound like it’s a new phenomenon, but ghosting has been around forever. Technology, internet dating, and living in a global economy just make it easier for someone to “ghost.” 

Rejection hurts, an...

How Do You Figure Out Where Your Relationship Stands?

In art and literature, the season of autumn represents both maturity and ripeness. Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” How do you know whether your relationship with a man will bloom like spring or lead to a cold, lonely winter? You may think the easiest way to find out is to ask. All your friends may tell you to ask him where things stand. If it’s not going anywhere, they may even tell you that you need to ask him for “closure” so you can m...