There are times when it can feel like being a man is difficult. We’re constantly presented with ideas of what it means to be a “real man”… and that usually includes things that we’re somehow lacking. For a lot of men, there’s a sense of emptiness or ennui, a belief that we’re missing something vital. It’s…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Stop Hating My Body?
Hello. I came to you because of an online friend. I have struggled with anorexia since I was 12. I’m almost 14 now. I came here because people won’t take me seriously because of my age. I also struggle with depression and severe anxiety, neither of which help with my case. I am about 5’2…
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5 Ways You Sabotage Your Love Life
One of the most important things I can teach people about dating is simple: dating success is 80% attitude and 20% skill and presentation. No matter how good looking you may be or how suave you may think you are, a shitty attitude is going to sabotage your success and snatch defeat from the jaws…
The 5 Things You Need To Do To Fix Your Life
There’s a truism when it comes to dating: the problems you have in your dating life are a reflection of the problems you have in your daily life. One of key aspects to the NerdLove approach to dating is that the key to having more success in your social life – whether it’s more sex, more…
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The (Positive) Value of Anger
Valentine’s Day (or as I like to call it, the Day of Lover’s Obligation) is coming up this week, and if you’re single or otherwise just wanting to go out to eat, odds are you’re pretty frustrated. In fact, with the world seemingly contriving to constantly rub your nose in your singleness, odds are high that…
How To Improve Your Willpower
Every year we go through a familiar ritual that culminates with a failure of willpower. Everyone makes promises about how they’re going to do something better in the new year and then promptly forgets all about it before the month is even over. In fact, right now, I’m watching the usual influx of New Years…