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Mating

3 Ways to Navigate Dating Despair

Julia Bartz LCSW on May 4, 2023

These three tips will help if you feel hopeless while searching for a relationship.

Neuroscience

Regulate Your Nervous System Right Now

Julia Bartz LCSW on July 20, 2022

Feeling particularly stressed? You're not alone. These quick and easy activities can help bring you out of a state of overactivation or collapse.

Mating

4 Major Dating App Red Flags

Julia Bartz LCSW on January 26, 2022

The “West Elm Caleb” saga carries some warnings for those using dating apps. Keeping these in mind can help you feel protected and empowered.

Stress

5-Minute Checklist for Surviving the Season

Julia Bartz LCSW on December 16, 2021

These three quick questions will help you navigate stress and avoid burnout.

Manifesting

How to Manifest What You Want—the Practical Way

Julia Bartz LCSW on January 28, 2021

Three questions to help make this quarantine trend work for you

Anxiety

The Secret to Lasting Transformation

Julia Bartz LCSW on December 30, 2020

Read this before making your New Year's resolutions.

Mating

Single and Feeling "I Don't Want to Be Alone All Winter?"

Julia Bartz LCSW on December 2, 2020

Five ways to handle the pandemic winter blues.

Relationships

A Simple Trick That Can Transform All of Your Relationships

Julia Bartz LCSW on October 28, 2020

Caveat: It may take some practice.

Stress

Does Self-Care Stress You Out?

Julia Bartz LCSW on August 31, 2020

Follow these tips to make sure self-care is helping instead of harming you.

Mating

Should I Date During COVID?

Julia Bartz LCSW on July 31, 2020

Not everyone should. Here are four crucial questions to ask yourself before opening up the apps.

Memory

5 Ways to Feel Pleasure Right Now

Julia Bartz LCSW on June 26, 2020

These "pleasure breaks" can be done almost anywhere—all in 5 minutes or less.

Burnout

Pleasure Barriers: Obstacles to Erotic Empowerment

Julia Bartz LCSW on May 29, 2020

Why is it so hard to feel good?

Sex

Female Sexuality During COVID-19

Julia Bartz LCSW on April 27, 2020

What can women learn about their desire during a global pandemic?

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Staying Calm During Coronavirus: How Therapists Are Coping

Julia Bartz LCSW on March 26, 2020

I asked my network of mental health practitioners what is helping them personally during COVID-19. They had plenty of strategies to share.

Relationships

Lessons From "Love Is Blind"

Julia Bartz LCSW on February 27, 2020

What would a couples therapist tell the participants on the hit Netflix dating show? Read on for 5 takeaways that you can apply to your own love life.

Friends

Your 2020 Resolution: Be Selfish

Julia Bartz LCSW on January 8, 2020

Don't worry: Your friends will thank you.

Relationships

How to Be Self-Partnered, Regardless of Relationship Status

Julia Bartz LCSW on December 19, 2019

These 5 strategies on how to self-partner can help you improve your relationship with yourself—and everyone else in your life.

Relationships

Why Everyone Should Be Self-Partnered

Julia Bartz LCSW on November 26, 2019

When self-partnership is solely for single people, everyone loses.

Mating

Intuitive Dating: Center Self-Care and Avoid Burnout

Julia Bartz LCSW on October 28, 2019

Is your dating life leading to burnout? These tips can help you practice intuitive dating, which promotes peace and pleasure in your search for partner/s.