Chapter This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: "Dopamine" by Frac MoodyFor the moment someone walks into your world and makes your whole nervous system sit up and say: Oh. It’s you. https://open.spotify.com/track/38MS1Ch2ckFL4O29UVg7Nh?si=83f880c14c1a4aba Mira's… Continue reading Chapter Twenty: The Friend Test
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Known and NoticedWhere love invites you to stay with yourself Mira woke before her alarm, sunlight stretching long and low across her bedroom wall. She didn’t reach for her phone… Continue reading Chapter Sixteen: Known and Noticed
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Whisper Before the SilenceThe soft unraveling before everything changes, when you feel it before you know it. Cole came in quiet. Not the kind of quiet that… Continue reading Chapter One: The Whisper Before the Silence
Lately, my dating experience has been frustrating—some connections have come close to working out, some were completely wrong, and others ended before they even had a chance to develop. To be honest, I've been hesitant to even step back into the dating world. My last serious relationship was emotionally draining, leaving me fiercely protective of… Continue reading Navigating Modern Dating: Lessons Learned
There’s something magical about those dates where everything feels just right—effortless conversation, natural chemistry, and a shared sense of excitement for what might come next. I recently had one of those dates. He was handsome, intelligent, and we clicked instantly. We talked for hours, discussing everything from our favorite books to potential future plans. There… Continue reading When Chemistry Isn’t Enough in Dating
Recently, I went on a date that didn’t quite spark. We gathered to enjoy live music, a backdrop of vibrant energy and rhythm. It was probably one of the most beautiful dates I've ever been on. The audience sat amidst the blooming flowers on a flower farm, the folk singer and her guitar on the… Continue reading Dating Disappointments: Embracing Rejection
Dating can create power struggles, and the so-called experts who give advice make this landscape even more confusing. You're supposed to be mysterious but not too mysterious. Show interest without seeming desperate. Be available without appearing needy. Be confident without being arrogant. And on and on it goes. Don't show your hand too soon, talk… Continue reading Power Struggles in Dating
The dating power struggle... this is the struggle that occurs when one or the other person within the dating dynamic feels that they have to give up some of their power by doing a 'major first'. A major first - in essence - is an act that reveals the hand a person holds and exposes a little bit of the ol' heart, thus making one person in the due vulnerable. These firsts could take the guise of asking someone out, initiating the first kiss, saying the first I love you, or a multitude of things in between.
