Are You in The Relationship Waiting Room?

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Are You in The Relationship Waiting Room?

Have you ever waited in a relationship, holding out, hoping the person you’re with will magically become more committed, affectionate, invested, decisive about your future?

Did it eventually happen?

If you’re in this predicament right now, it’s painful.

You have hope mixed with doubt. Your heart hurts. Your head hurts from overthinking everything.

Thinking….maybe a little more time will solve the problem, or if you just seem super patient, more forgiving, really cool and casual - they’ll finally be able to give you more.

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Your Brain On Limerence

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Your Brain On Limerence

Limerence can quietly and then not so quietly unseat you at your heart, your soul, until you have found yourself in mid-air, like a skier learning to do new tricks, but then unsure of which way is up, or down. It can be exhilarating. Terrifying. Mind-bending, confusing, transformative. It can last for months or years. You might be searching for why it’s happening to you, how long it will last, or how to get rid of it!

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Painful Love: When Loving Means Longing

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Painful Love: When Loving Means Longing

Love just out of reach. Hoping, wishing for more. Hanging on.

The pain of basic relationship needs not met.

Maybe you’ve never been in a relationship where you felt truly fulfilled or loved. Or drawn over and over to the just out of reach partner. The pain of longing can create a sort of intensity. A bittersweet passion. It can also make love without longing feel bland or missing “something.”


Have you ever felt this way? Maybe you didn’t do the chasing, you were pursued without ambiguity and it just felt off. Boring. No SPARK?

Maybe the more attractive option was the quiet, stormy, brooding guy just out of range who would barely even give you the time of day?


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