In my practice, I work with single women who are actively dating, often daily. Many arrive carrying long-held stories and frustrations about why meaningful connections with men feel elusive or why interactions stall before they can develop. Some blame increasingly passive male pursuit. Others admit they don’t know how to flirt. Still others report frequent […]
February brings romance to the forefront—love notes, candlelit dinners, shared glances, and the low-key assumption that intimacy will naturally follow. With so much cultural emphasis on desire and connection this time of year, it becomes an especially relevant moment to talk about sex. While desire gets plenty of attention, preparation rarely does. This post isn’t
Happy Self-Love Month! January invites us into a slower, more honest kind of reflection. One that centers who you are and how you are becoming, or want to. Since this month is about deepening the relationship with ourselves, I want to share a few moments from my work that speak to what self-love and self-trust
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Exactly six months ago, I celebrated turning thirty-nine—happy half birthday to me! Last month, I explained the nine-ender phenomenon and shared some tips for younger women to glean as their time comes. Today centers how the energy behind the number three is manifesting for me again, a third time, at 39. This third
The third decade of my life presents three opportunities to harness the power of three. First, there was 33, and now I revisit this same energy but with more depth at 36. While the power of three maintains itself throughout this decade, thirty-three acts as an opener, representing my introduction. In that year, my purpose
The number three is referred to as a “recognizable pattern” in many spaces, but I am most familiar with it in business. In my professional background, based in finance and strategy, we present to our clients by identifying three issues or metrics to highlight. APPLYING THE RULE OF THREE This recognizable pattern does
Hi, my name is Joyice and I am a nine-ender. Let me explain. A week after my June birthday, I shared that I was drafting a list of things I wanted to start or complete before I reached 40. Since then, I have created a four-season process filled with a project for each season to
This is my third year hosting our Fun Girl Summer, and I am excited to do it once again with you ladies! Each summer, I try to travel somewhere differently to meet with who I can and enjoy some summer activities together with the Match Marry Mate™ Summer Social serving as our climatic event. In
This week, I turned 39. In my final year of each decade since 19, I have spent the lead up time determining what that year would represent with a list of things to do or see as a memory sake to close it. At 19, I planned a day of pampering for myself followed with
Special 09: What Is Partner Buffering? Remember from Carlissa from our first suite of episodes? She’s back to give us an update and talk to us about her love life and motherhood since she first met with me. Today’s episode is an insightful and honest conversation about “eldest daughter syndrome,” co-parenting with an