This week's question comes from Jessica:
"Dear Orna and Matthew,
I want your help leaving my emotional baggage behind! I’ve had lots of issues around relationships and I feel like I can’t help but bring that baggage into my current relationship.
I’m almost 50 and I’m not even sure I want to be married. My boyfriend and I really enjoy each other’s company there are a lot of great things in this relationship.
He’s never been engaged or married, and I’ve been engaged a couple of times in
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Dating After Divorce
How Long Does It Take To Heal A Broken Heart (From Soulmate Coaches Who Know)
If you are suffering from a broken heart, you may fall into the trap of believing that your feelings of hurt, sadness, or betrayal will never end. If you find yourself wondering exactly how long does it take to heal a broken heart, we’ve laid out the healing journey for you.
Neither of us found love early or easily. We became Love Coaches because we both struggled into our 40s to find lasting-love. We both suffered our share of heartbreak and know from personal experience that you can move on
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Are You Tired Of Being Alone? Here’s How To Turn Your Focus So You Don’t Become Bitter
We hear from so many women who are tired of being alone and are looking for a new way to create love. It’s easy to get caught in the mindset trap that there is something wrong with you (or the world) because you are single. And when you commiserate with your single friends you hear the same dating and relationship horror stories that you’ve experienced yourself.
It’s enough to make you bitter about relationships and once again committed to your career instead of finding your soulmate.
It’s
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5 Skills For How To Heal A Broken Heart And Move On
One of the hardest things you will ever experience in life is a broken heart. You start a relationship with so much hope and yet by the time it is over, that hope is on life-support and you’re curled up into a ball and crying your eyes out. If only you knew how to heal a broken heart and move on.
It seems like each time your heart breaks, it hardens a little as you swear you will never let that happen to you again.
The truth is you can learn how to heal a broken heart and move on, becoming
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Over 40? What Emotional Baggage Are You Carting Around That’s Keeping You Single
It’s time to leave your old emotional baggage behind so that you can create the kind of love that you want!
Let’s face it, as you get older it can feel like it is harder to meet someone who isn’t carrying a cartload of emotional baggage. Just listen to the dating horror stories that you and your friends exchange with each other. It can feel like dating is hopeless for those moving into the second half of life.
But the problem isn’t just with all the weirdos you may meet on some random app
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Lasting Love After Divorce
This week's question comes from Irene:
"Hi Orna and Matthew,
I’ve been following ‘Love On Purpose’ for 6yrs now. I’ve learned so much.
I want to know how to bounce back and create lasting love after divorce. I was married for 17 years and divorced my husband 4 years ago. He is an addict and broke my heart for the last time. I finally got sick of his issues and kicked him out. I’ve been focused on raising my kids and now they’re in college and getting ready for college.
I really haven’t
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