May 03, 2023

How to Feel Vibrant and Sexy from the Inside Out→

May 03, 2023/ Stephanie Lazzara

There is nothing wrong with the desire to enhance your appearance, especially if it has a positive impact on your confidence. But for many women, all of the financial and emotional investment into changing your outward appearance doesn’t get to the root of how you want to feel and project to others: feeling sexy, vibrant, and confident, from inside.

Trying to elicit change from the outside in is often a futile project that leads to a self-criticism loop and doesn’t make a dent in a deeper sense of self-acceptance.

March 25, 2023

Does Your Relationship Have Asymmetrical Commitment?

March 25, 2023/ Stephanie Lazzara

When you’re in a relationship with significantly differing commitment levels, the person putting in more is always bound to suffer. The person who commits more, gives more and is willing to make more sacrifices for the other person or for the relationship runs the risk of getting burned because over time you put in more and more emotional energy and emotional investment. Being in a state of ambiguity about a relationship status and your partner’s commitment level can allow asymmetrical commitment to hide out for months and years.

March 02, 2023

Help - I've Hit ‘A Dark Night Of the Soul’ In My Relationship

March 02, 2023/ Stephanie Lazzara

A Dark Night of the Soul in a relationship can derail you. It can build up quietly over months or years or jolt you awake suddenly. All at once, you may question your entire foundation. The questions of Staying or Leaving become involuntary thoughts you bounce between, day and night, then night into day that go up and down with your emotions and moods.

November 06, 2022

When It's More Than A Crush

November 06, 2022/ Stephanie Lazzara

It can start out as an innocent interest and attraction to someone. That quickening butterflies in the stomach feeling that flutters to your heart when you see them or they come to mind.

Then… for some of us, this feeling can crystalize (often without warning) into feelings that make the word “crush” feel too trivial and even childish. You wonder if this is what love really is or is supposed to feel like —

August 12, 2022

Why Dating Is Harder When You Have An Anxious Attachment Style And What You Can do About It

August 12, 2022/ Stephanie Lazzara

Is dating feeling like a rollercoaster of emotions and constant anxiety rather than about the fun of meeting new people? Do you go on dates, get really excited about the person you just met, only to be filled with doubt, preoccupied about getting a call back or if you will be rejected? Do you constantly wonder how you can keep someone’s interest or think about ways that you can change yourself to make yourself more attractive to someone to get their full attention? If so you most likely have an Anxious Attachment style.