Tara, Relationship Coach

What to Know About Dating While Your Divorce Is Pending

These are the things you need to know and be aware of before/while you do. It took eleven months for my divorce to be finalized. The last...

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6 Things Men Should Know About Women

You may be more like your date than you know. As a woman and a relationship coach, the majority of my clients have been heterosexual men....

Should You Get Divorced? 5 Reasons You Should

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Should You Get Divorced? 5 Reasons You Should

I wouldn’t wish a divorce on my worst enemy, but we all deserve happiness. Sometimes that’s not possible with the person you're married...

How to Survive a Marital Separation If You Want to Reconcile

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How to Survive a Marital Separation If You Want to Reconcile

It’s hard and it’s painful, but here are tips to help you handle it the best you can. In my state of Tennessee, it was not required that...

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How to Handle a Jealous Partner

#1: Remember, it’s not your issue. When I first met my husband, I was immediately won over by how thoughtful, intelligent, confident, and...

6 Ways To Use Technology To Improve Your Relationship

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6 Ways To Use Technology To Improve Your Relationship

While technology can put a strain on your relationship, it doesn’t have to. We’ve all heard it: technology is interfering in our...

12 of the Most Encouraging Green Flags to See on a First Date

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12 of the Most Encouraging Green Flags to See on a First Date

How to tell if the awesome person you met is *actually* awesome. Before I met my current husband, it seemed like good single people in...

12 Red Flags to Look for on a First Date

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12 Red Flags to Look for on a First Date

If they aren’t on their best behavior on date #1, what makes you think they’ll get any better later? Despite being a Relationship Coach,...

Should You Stay or Should You Go? How to Deal with Relationship Ambivalence

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Should You Stay or Should You Go? How to Deal with Relationship Ambivalence

Time to ask yourself some tough questions. (All links are affiliate.) Well before I found drugs in my house, well before I found...

7 Dating Rules Men Should Adopt to Find a Relationship

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7 Dating Rules Men Should Adopt to Find a Relationship

Sometimes following the rules can lead to something great. My favorite part of being a Relationship Coach is I get to advise. My job...

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Why Women Should Have Sex More than Men

There’s an actual scientific reason, and it starts with the brain. It’s a common misconception that men should have sex more than women....

Why You Attract Unhealthy People—And How to Stop

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Why You Attract Unhealthy People—And How to Stop

“Water seeks its own level.” My first boyfriend was skeletal with strawberry blond hair to his shoulders. He liked going to raves and...

The 4 Phases Every Relationship Goes Through

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The 4 Phases Every Relationship Goes Through

Every couple goes through these phases again and again — not necessarily in order. In less than two weeks, my husband and I will be...

Relationship Imposter Syndrome is a Thing and It Sucks

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Relationship Imposter Syndrome is a Thing and It Sucks

The #1 sign you may have it is if you wonder why your partner even likes you. When I first started dating my now husband, I struggled...

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How to Move on After a Breakup

This reads easy, but it’s not. Healing never is. Elliott was toothpick-thin with strawberry blond hair to his shoulders. He showered at...

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How to Be Friends with a Woman

Legit friends, not “I want to be more” kind of friends--and why it's important. A colleague reached out to me by e-mail: “I really love...

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Why Do I Have No Matches on Tinder?

You can improve your match potential on Tinder. You just have to know some things first about how Tinder shows you to the opposite sex....

How to Know If Someone’s Breadcrumbing You

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How to Know If Someone’s Breadcrumbing You

Or is just awful at showing interest. Doug confused the hell out of me. I spent our first date completely uncertain whether he was...

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Why Do Some Couples Become Codependent?

It says a lot about both people in the relationship, you'll find. My ex-husband and I didn’t start out as codependent. We were both...

Why Dating Smart Women Is the Best Decision You Could Make

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Why Dating Smart Women Is the Best Decision You Could Make

Smart women will challenge you and endlessly interest you. Just make sure to check your ego first. I’m a smart lady. I likely know how to...

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How To Talk To Men

Some women definitely need these tips. My younger self would have benefitted from them! When I was in my early 20s, I kept striking out...

How to Speak Words of Affirmation to Your Partner

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How to Speak Words of Affirmation to Your Partner

If your partner’s love language is Words of Affirmation, here are meaningful ways to express how you feel. When my partner and I first...

5 Qualities Women Find the Most Attractive in Men

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5 Qualities Women Find the Most Attractive in Men

Hint: they have nothing to do with looks. No one would have ever looked at Robby and thought he was Chris Hemsworth or Ryan Gosling...

Do You and Your Partner Need to Have the Same Love Language?

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Do You and Your Partner Need to Have the Same Love Language?

It would help, but it doesn’t guarantee you’ll “understand” one another, so you’ll still need to put work in. My partner is my superfan....