by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice
Relationships are tricky. Everyone says so. They can be even trickier in midlife since rather than two 20-something blank slates coming together to build a life, middle-agers typically have full lives with deep and anchoring roots in the form of exes, kids, homes,...
by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice
If I had a dollar for every time one of my friends or clients expressed misgivings about telling a partner what was on their mind, well, let’s just say that I’d be living a much grander lifestyle, maybe on my own island, with a shiny new plane. It takes years of work...
by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice
“I have a date tonight and I’m nervous.” “Why? Just be yourself and you’ll be fine.” “I have to give a presentation to 100 people and I’m nervous.” “Why? Just be yourself and you’ll be fine.” It seems as though a common response to any expression of personal angst,...
by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice, Self-development
An important ingredient for a successful relationship is self-confidence, and an important ingredient in self-confidence is self-awareness — often defined as “the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the...
by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice
Self-confidence is a squirrelly bedfellow. We all want it, we’re desperate for it. In America, we tend to worship self-confidence. In fact, I’ll go one step further – most of us in the Western world believe that high self-confidence is an actual birthright. Dare...
by Leslie Wardman | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Dating Advice, Relationship Advice
Genuine is an adjective that means “truly what something is said to be.” According to the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, synonyms for the word genuine include authentic, real, sincere, honest, truthful, straightforward, direct, frank, candid and open. All great words,...
