Dear Dr. NerdLove: My partner and I are non-monogamous, and I know that it would be ok for me to be with someone else, but I’m scared to. I don’t feel this way about my partner dating and I don’t get jealous. But any time I have feelings for someone outside our relationship I get […]
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: Our Friendship Is Ruining His Relationship. Is that My Problem?
Hey Doc, I need some clarity on some judgmental comments a friend said to me. She in essence called me out for being selfish and manipulative after I told her about a weird falling out I had with two friends months ago. My question is: Am I selfish and manipulative just because I chose to […]
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: If We’re Just Friends, Then Why Does She Treat Me Like A Boyfriend?
Hi Dr Nerd Love. I met a girl some months ago who’s brilliant – there is almost nothing I don’t like about her and we hit it off brilliantly. Because she was out of the country a lot etc we couldn’t meet up often and so, after a few meets and talking constantly by phone/text […]
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Episode #122 – Conquer Your Social Anxiety and Develop Bullet-Proof Social Confidence
Confidence isn’t about being 100% sure of your inevitable success, it’s simply feeling that you know how to handle the situation. Taking away the fear of social awkwardness helps build bullet-proof social confidence. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: Why your attitude is the key to your social success How you accidently cripple your in-person social skills Why MeetUps, […]
Ask Dr. NerdLove: She Had Wild Sex With Other Guys. Why Not With Me?
Hi Doc, I wonder if you can write on the topic of getting over women’s sexual histories, especially when they’ve gone through long hook-up/casual dating periods and a man has not. Or maybe about guys who’re plagued by feelings of not measuring up in experience, number of partners, degrees of wildness, etc. I think many […]
Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Keep My Department From Becoming Toxic?
I’m having a social problem at work. I’m a female student in a physics PhD program. This means that I’m in kind of a weird spot where: (1) my coworkers are also kind of supposed to be my friends, and (2) the gender ratio is really, *really* bad (<15%). When I first came in, I […]
