Rinatta Paries

Ever notice that people attract the same types of partners over and over again? Isn't it perplexing when you end a bad relationship -- vowing to never again date a person like that -- you seem to end up with a new partner who turns out to have those same qualities?

In the beginning of each relationship, you are convinced this time it will be different. But at the end of each of these relationships, you wonder if you will ever stop doing this to yourself. Read more…

I recently pondered the many lessons and concepts my client sand I have learned during my coaching career. Before long, I had compiled a useful list of important and valuable relationship truths.

If you apply any one of these truths, you are certain to see an immediate improvement in the quality of your relationships. Please take what applies to you and incorporate it into your life to create a relationship you cherish. Read more…

Whether you realize it or not, your friendships can be an invaluable resource for your intimate partnership. You simply need to know whom to befriend and what to do in the friendship to help your romantic relationship.

And men, listen up! If you think this is good advice for women only, you're mistaken. Your own buddies also have the potential to help your romantic life.

Choose Your Friends
You can be friends with anyone you like, but if you want a good intimate relationship, be friends with people who are also in good intimate relationships. Read more…

There is an endless list of reasons why people run from relationships, either permanently or temporarily. While it's impossible to describe them all, here I will address the eight most common.

1. It's Not the Right Relationship
Often people run because they simply got into the wrong relationship and can't get out gracefully. Their lack of communication is usually about not wanting to hurt the other person's feelings. Ironically, running away hurts far worse than saying goodbye. Read more…

Most singles want to know how to attract true love. Below are nine tips that'll help you attract the kind of long-term, healthy relationship you've always wanted.

1. Believe it's possible for you to have a long-term, loving relationship. Many singles hope for a wonderful relationship, but few believe that'll actually happen. However, believing is half the battle. This is no different from believing you can get a job or pass a test. Read more…

Have you ever been with a partner who ran away from you, either temporarily or permanently? Running from intimacy and from the other person is very common and happens in most relationships at various maturation points.

Let's first look at examples of "running." Running can be literally going away and not coming back, but it can also be refusing to communicate or refusing to interact. It can appear to be a refusal of intimacy, emotional or physical. Or it can be a subtle, gradual pulling away that can only be recognized in retrospect. Read more…

Romance dies.
When you find the love of your life, you'll both settle into a daily routine of financial, household and child-rearing responsibilities, forgetting you are a couple. Romance will only last through the initial crush of the relationship. After that you and your partner will start taking each other for granted. All true, right?

Wrong. It doesn't have to be this way. There are many relationships in which romance is alive and well. I, myself, am in such a relationship, and you can be, too. Read more…

When you've had your heart broken in a relationship, it can be difficult to ever entrust your heart to another person. Similarly, when your partner hurts you, it can difficult to open up and bring trust back into your relationship.

Yet, you want to love, you want to trust, you want to open up. And so you do. Throwing caution to the wind you open up your heart again, hoping you will not get hurt.

Still, however, you may find yourself getting hurt again and again and again. Read more…

When it comes to love, are you too picky . . . or not picky enough? By simply adjusting your expectations you may improve your chances of finding true love. But how can you adjust your level of pickiness? Read on.

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