Creating Love on Purpose

All couples fight, even happy couples. There is no getting around this fact. Many people have a dream that one day they will meet the perfect person who just gets them and the two of them will never have a conflict. This dream is a fantasy that is undermining your ability to maintain harmony in [...]

“Dear Orna and Matthew, What does real love feel like? I don’t know if I’ve really been in love with someone. I just turned 33 and I want a family and I know I don’t want to settle for just anyone. My parents had a terrible relationship and I don’t want to repeat their mistakes. [...]

“Hi Orna and Matthew, Will I ever find love again? I hope you can help me. I’ve been a long time reader and really think you give great advice. I have been feeling a lot of despair lately with the state of the world. Dating really scares me and I’m not sure where to get [...]

Fighting with someone you love can be one of the most heartbreaking situations. You want to stop fighting with your partner but you can’t seem to figure out how. Instead of breaking up, or separating to cool off, let us share with you how to stop the bickering and get back to loving on one another. [...]

It’s been said that inside every cynical person is a disappointed romantic. It’s okay to be suspect if you have reason to be, but what if that cynicism is keeping you single? Everyone has had disappointments in life. Not every relationship works out the way you wanted it to. But that doesn’t mean that you [...]

When you’re struggling to stay positive and not get sucked into the vortex of negativity, you need to know how to feel good about yourself right now. Not sometime in the future, not when you finally achieve some milestone, you need to feel good about yourself right now. The fear that your negative feelings won’t ever [...]

It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a new result. If lasting love has eluded you, and you’re wondering how to find your soulmate so that love lasts this time, perhaps its time to take a new approach. Sure there are those people [...]

If the social distancing you’re practicing during the current COVID-19 crisis has you feeling tired of being single don’t despair, there are ways to connect even during these trying times. You may be thinking that dating as you know it is over, however, that may not be a bad thing. With Stay At Home orders in [...]

With news of the Coronavirus spreading around the world, self-quarantines and social distancing becoming the norm for the next several weeks now is a great time to dedicate time to self-care and to keeping your heart open. Fear can spread faster than any virus. Take these steps to nurture self-love and self-care and you’ll find [...]

This week’s question comes from Monika: “Hi Orna and Matthew, My heart is broken. I’m crushed… once again it did not work out. I felt like I gave him everything. I moved to his state after the two of us going back and forth for a couple years. Then I felt like I had given [...]