It’s a mistake to think there is monogamy in a dating relationship if it hasn’t been specifically agreed upon.

If you are in my Master the Art of Love program you know that there are stages of dating and specific things you need to address at each stage.

I was the worst! Meaning, I got a lot of feedback that I was a bad listener.

So it’s from experience I can tell you, excuses are what keeps the bad behavior in place…

Here is another example of a bad apology. If you missed last week’s example…

The format of a good apology should go like this…

You should know this much if you've been following me for a while:

Your partner has to be satisfying the needs of your HEAD, HEART AND HOO-HA in order for you to be/stay happy in love..

So many people feel their partners don’t listen well.

Here is what doesn’t work to inspire listening…

For every person I coach about dating I find a secret or two hiding in the closet! It’s something they think if others knew– it would mean no chance for them…

Love is the only game in town.

In this podcast you’ll hear how to play the game…

If I wake up and decide to make pancakes without water, milk and eggs I will definitely have something, but I can assure you, it won't be pancakes…

When I first tried to stop my bad habit of interrupting, it was VERY hard!

I knew it didn’t help my relationship and was considered socially wrong, but I didn’t find I had the willpower to stop…

This conversation is full of A-HA moments, tips, and straight up great advice to keep your love connections fresh, tight, and lasting.

Does your household go haywire in September? Mine does.

Here are the best household hacks I have discovered to make things run more smoothly…

I’ll be frank, the patriarchy is really getting on my nerves. There are other battle cries I could sound right now, but given Labor Day tomorrow, this is the one that’s bothering me…

Do people get defensive when you give them negative feedback?

Here are 4 tips on how to position negative feedback so the person listening can really hear it!

When you are giving negative feedback, do you own your part first?

If you want the person to whom you are complaining to care about your experience…

Yep, we've been practicing our drills and improving our speaking and listening skills. There are 3 important takeaways we've gathered from this work.

I did such a good job with Sophia Bush and Grant Hughes that they mentioned me as their relationship coach in this Vogue article, and asked me to officiate their wedding…

What we think are going to be the predictors of success in relationships simply are not!

And now there is scientific proof…

In this podcast, you’ll get the details about putting the “fun” in marriage fundamentals, using sex dates (ooh la la) as an example, and the magic of lube and candles, and finally, an explanation of why if I were a fictional character, I'd be a fairy godmother.

Has anyone ever accused you of:

• being a bad listener

• being “checked out”

• interrupting

• not really getting them

• losing focus while they are speaking…