Boy, did I get some news yesterday on the evening news. Maybe you haven’t heard either. According to renowned New York University sociology professor Eric Klinenberg the latest trend in North America’s largest cities is to be single…and do stay it by design. That would mean the greatest demographic shift since the fifties. And singles [...]
This unique format of one page for each story would challenge most writers, but Carr seamlessly takes me through it, eager to turn to the next page, excited that I can pick up this page turner at any time and often while I am waiting on hold for someone or another. Dozens of characters dance [...]
When people hear I was a matchmaker in a former life and wrote a book about it they usually react quite excitedly. They start telling me that they have had a few experiences themselves since their divorce with online dating. They could write a book too! Mostly, they had a go at online dating sites [...]
If you’re single, or divorced, or maybe just out of a relationship and reading this, you are probably looking for useful information on how to improve your chances of finding a new partner. There are gazillion websites and self-help books out there offering their expertise. Therefore it’s surprising to me that not all resources have [...]
The roots of my Spiritual beliefs go back to my teens, when during a particularly bad week. I tried to do some meditation to calm my troubled soul. I was sitting on my bed, at my parents house, in Clevedon, Somerset. I was sitting cross legged, just trying to calm down, and relax, when I [...]
Have you made your New Year’s Resolution for 2012? - A new year ought to bring new chances and new opportunities–also in the dating game. Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to find Mr. Right? Many a resolution is forgotten before Valentine’ s Day rolls around. Let me give you a few pointers so this [...]
Bad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your clients, students, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy. Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. Garro’s Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about [...]
A guy friend, and as of yet undiscovered relationship advice expert, recently shared with me three words that he considered to be the Kiss of Death to any and every relationship. With a sinking feeling in my stomach, I faced my friend and braced for these apparently crippling words. “Can we talk?” were the supposedly horrific [...]
At sixteen I attended a seminar on Smoking – How to Quit, a compulsory meeting held in the gym at the high school I was attending. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was the girl standing by the split rail fence just at the edge of the school property smoking with the other {boys} kids that had taken up [...]
Admit it. We all want to be lied to. Why else do we keep voting for presidents who are known liars? Why else do we ask: “Do these pants make me look fat?” We want the pretty lies, but we want those lies told in such a way that we believe they are the truth. [...]
