Posts by Susan Sheppard

Let’s talk about men who cheat.  I don’t want to single out anyone, but the news is filled with talk about Arnold.  Without making excuses for him, I would like to point out that it was probably not his choice to cheat.  Let’s look at the reality of the situation.   The first and probably…

While I have been looking around the internet for other people who do what I do, I discovered that there are plenty of dating coaches and relationship coaches and match makers and dating sites.  There are psychologists and counselors and therapists.  There are celebrity coaches and matchmakers, millionaire specialists,trauma specialists and doctors.  There isn’t anyone…

How to be a Really Nice Bitch! Learn to Get What You Want in this 12 week course on boundaries, appetite and how to ask for what you want so anyone can hear you, produce for you and still love you! A course designed to give you clarity about what you really want and very specific…

Ever since I was a young woman, I have always said thank you when someone called me a bitch. It wasn’t an insult to me. Perhaps it was because I have always known on some level that the following definition of bitch is the truth. The True Definition of a Bitch When I stand up…

I was reading an article the other day and was distressed by a statement that 8 out of 10 marriages are affected by infidelity. This is a shocking statistic! What happens between the time the marriage vows are spoken and that first episode of cheating? It’s an assumption, of course, but I don’t think that…

Are you really ready for a relationship? So often I hear, I want a boyfriend, I’m married but I’m not happy. I just got divorced and I don’t want to make the same mistake again. When will I find someone? It occurred to me recently that in order to be in a relationship that works,…

How many times I have been asked how did I get into coaching and especially relationship coaching. It’s a cute story and significantly impacted my life perhaps it will yours also. I got divorced after 23 years of marriage. I left in 1989and started learning about relationships shortly after that. I took several relationship courses,…

Cleanliness is next to godliness. What a concept. Sometimes the amount of junk and recyclable stuff seems overwhelming. I am attempting to get my office moved to my garage and of course that means everything in the garage must be sorted through and disposed of in some way. It is truly amazing how much clutter…

Be conscious, aware, alert. Pay attention. Remember when you were in elementary school and the teacher used to say pay attention now, this is important? Well, this is important. Wake up! What does it take to wake up an adult? Many people go through life on automatic, doing life as it comes along. What kind…

This has been an interesting month. My children bought a condo and moved out leaving me with the opportunity to restructure my house and my life. I had a contractor put a floor in my garage so that I could move my office out there. It was a struggle because he insisted on telling me…