Ditch practice makes perfect. Instead, watch your love life improve with practice makes better.
When we take the 1550s English Proverb “practice makes perfect” to heart, we put unnecessary pressure and unrealistic expectations on ourselves. It can also keep us locked into our comfort zones and afraid of trying something different for fear of failing. Love relationships give us vast opportunities to practice communicating openly, expressing ourselves, allowing our partner to be and do what’s best for them, being open to how our relationship unfolds, etc.
Next time, try taking the 'glass half-full' perspective!
Having a more positive state of mind can keep out the negative emotions that ruin your days!
Every once in a while, I like to do a quick quasi-experiment with my psychology classes. I hand out slips of paper to everyone in the class. It appears (to the students) that all of these papers are the same, although they in fact are quite different. Half of the class has just received a slip asking them to name the three best events that happened to them over the past week. The other half of the class receives a paper that asks them to list the three worst events that happened to them during the past week.
60 percent of women are attracted to other women. Are you one of them?
Like most women, I have no shame in admitting that I find other females attractive. I have even admitted to being open to experimentation ("Of course I would sleep with Halle Berry! It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"). For women, it's perfectly acceptable to be a little bi-curious (cue every male fantasy), and according to the latest research, it's the norm.
The story of one girl's hot and heavy affair with a flamboyantly gay man.
Some of us secretly fantasize about the day our hot, adorable gay pal realizes that he's totally straight for you—even what he's been looking for this whole time, and you fall into each others' arms, giggling and cuddling forever. Well, I decided to live the dream when I started a hot and heavy affair with a flamboyantly gay man. This is that story.
As part of his book, The Guinea Pig Diaries, author A.J. Jacobs did everything his wife told him to.
As part of his book, The Guinea Pig Diaries, author A.J. Jacobs did everything his wife told him to. "She will be boss. I will be her devoted servant. It will be a month of foot massages and talking about feelings and scrubbing dishes and watching Kate Hudson movies (well, if Julie actually liked Kate Hudson movies). It could be revelatory. It'll let me explore the tricky power dynamics of the modern American marriage. It'll allow me to study the Mars/Venus, Everybody Loves Raymond clichés about gender battles and figure out which are true and which are hogwash."
LoveFeed reminds you that even one-night stands have rules. Watch and learn a few things YourTango and The Daily Bedpost want you to keep in mind when having a fling
Icy actions make intended recipient's body heat drop.
Just as the premise of this story elicits a double take, apparently perceiving "cold" behavior in others can cause one to actually feel cold.
Psychologists at the University of Toronto revealed their findings based on two experiments. The first involved dividing 65 students into two groups. Researchers asked one group to recall an instance of social acceptance, and the other was asked to recall an instance of social rejection. Then, the subjects were asked to guess the temperature of the lab room. Those who had recalled a memory involving social rejection estimated the temp was an average 5 degrees lower than the group recalling social acceptance!
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