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7 Steps To Beat Loneliness When You're Single During The Holidays

7 Steps To Beat Loneliness When You're Single During The Holidays

Single is not alone-tips to give you perspective & bring joy as you experience the holidays single!

The latter half of the year with all of its holiday cheer and requisite obligations can bring stress and burn out at the best of times. If you have the misfortune to be going through some of your "worst of times" during the last couple months of the year the holiday season can take on a whole new meaning. A meaning that you had never planned on getting acquainted with. Unfortunately, life does not work on our own personal desired timeline.

Healing Heart
Put the band-aids on your broken heart and enjoy the holiday season!

Holiday Breakup Survival Guide [EXPERT]

5 tips on how to mend your broken heart and smile during the holidays!

Whether your summer breakup still stings, your fall heartbreak feels fresh, or your holiday heartache has yet to happen, one thing’s for sure. The holiday season is here and dealing with a broken heart can be especially tough during these “feel good” months. After all, there are holiday gatherings to attend, mistletoe to stand under (GASP – alone!), and happy couples cozying up to one another wherever you turn.

castle princess moat prince charming
Stop waiting for Prince Charming to rescue you!

7 Reasons You're Not Married Yet

Most single women over 35 who want to be married are stuck in dead-end relationships.

Many outside influences put pressure on women to find a man and settle down. However, many women looking for a spouse find themselves alone and unhappy. But why? You're a great catch. It may in fact be that the way we project ourselves on the outside, doesn't match with our inward desire to be loved and accepted by a man.

Alone for the Holidays?

Alone for the Holidays?

Are you single, newly divorced, and without family around you for the holidays?

Being alone is a challenge for many people. This challenge may loom especially large during the holidays if you are single or newly divorced and without family around you. Holidays are a time to share love, and many people end up feeling depressed when they do not have people around with whom to share love. If you are in this situation, what can you do to make the holidays joyous rather than depressing?

kiss birds
Birds like to sing together, and so do people, research says.

Study Proves People Don't Like Doing Things Alone

Even Angry Single Blogger's heart melted when she read this study about Ecuadorian wrens.

Have you ever wondered why we're always told that two is better than one? Why dancing is more fun when you have partner to get down with? Well, contemplate those deep thoughts no longer; the plain-tailed wren of Ecuador are about to answer your burning questions.

woman reading bed
Cat lady? Feeling lonely can keep you from getting the daily amount of z's you need.

Study: How Loneliness Affects Your Beauty Sleep

Lonely people experience more nighttime restlessness and disruptions in sleep.

As John Mayer once sang, "When you're dreaming with a broken heart, then waking up is the hardest part," and millions of women sighed in agreement.

Social Media and Dating

Social Media and Dating

Social Media is any online interaction between two or more people using applications such as FaceBook, Blogger, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, MySpace and YouTube (to name a few). I would also add text messaging, BBM and other phone communication to the list. In most the Western world, there are over 75% of the population using these social networking applications . FaceBook comes on top all over the world as the most used social network with one in every 9 people on earth is on FaceBook . That’s an astounding statistic!

Alone for Holidays Again?

Being alone for the holidays doesn't mean you have to feel lonely!

The holidays are upon us once again, and for many, it's a time of the year they spend alone. There are many reasons this occurs, whether it be because we can't afford to go home, or we have no "home" to travel to. Sometimes we just find ourselves alone for the holidays.

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Why I Take Time Off From My Family

A natural loner, now a wife and mother of two, goes on regular sabbatical.

I love my husband and two kids, enormously. But I love being alone, too, and for long stretches. It's what feels natural to me, a former happy loner. This was my biggest concern before getting married: could I live with someone, or several someones, for an extended time, no matter how much love was involved? To my relief, I discovered having a family, and living with them, is lovely... but only most of the time.