Love Mastery

An interview with Chris discussing dating, and how he doesn't believe in the institution of marriage. He is single, 42, and lives in Arizona. 

In honor of April being sexual violence awareness month I am sharing my own story. It has taken me over 20 years to get to this point. The numbers of cases of documented sexual violence have been on the rise in the last decade and that's not even thinking about those that go unreported. Let's talk about and educate each other about this topic. What happened to me was terrible and I don't wish that on anyone. Let's stop it once and for all especially for generations following

In the guest chair is: Jacqueline J Holness is a seasoned journalist with 15 years of professional experience writing and working for an assortment of newspapers, magazines, websites and other publications. She is a correspondent for "Courthouse News Service," an online, national news service for attorneys. Prior to working for "Courthouse News Service," Jacqueline worked primarily as an education reporter for the "News Daily" newspaper. She also worked as a reporter for the "Clayton Neighbor" newspaper where she covered several beats including education and county and city governments.

Endorsed by Candace Bushnell, creator of Sex and the City

Her book is available on Amazon and other platforms

Meet Colette and Brian Watson the owners of Black River life Media. The create media that celebrates Black life. They help small businesses reach their communication goals.

Brian is a NewJersey born actor, poet and filmmaker son of Jamaican immigrants.

Colette is a musician and creative director from the low country of South Carolina. She is also a co-host of a Venus Clapback

In this episode they share their love journey from meeting in the arts world in NYC to moving to Arizona where they currently reside

Connect with them on:

Facebook: blackriverlife

Instagram: blackriverlife

Meet Shirley who lives in Phoenix and is married to Dennis. The couple got married many years ago and are looking to get connected with a man who took pictures of their wedding back in 1965. John Brown who was married to Betty Brown back then used his camera to capture images of the weeding but since Dennis and Shirley left town after the wedding they did not stay in contact with John. Shirley gave me permission to use this platform to cast a wider net in search of John and Betty or their families about the pictures. Please reach out and lets get Shirley and Dennis their wedding pictures.

Sharing some tips that I feel will help you deal with each other during these difficult and uncertain times.

1) Choose joy in the 5 mins of being awake

2) Get Moving

3) Use safe words

4) Make a list of what is annoying

5) Use headphones

6) Take a shower and wear nice comfortable clothes

7) Clean up after yourself

8) Limit news intake

9) Finish unfinished projects

10) Take turns cooking

Researchers have explored this and concluded that there seems to be an association between our attachment styles as infants to the romantic relationships we choose. There are 4 basic attachment styles: 1) Secure attachment 2) anxious resistant attachment 3) avoidant attachment 4) disorganized attachment

Do you know which you are?

Cori shares how she met and married her husband after 3 weeks of meeting. Cori is the host and producer of "That's Not Proper" podcast.

Do you have ways that you "date yourself?" Things you wish a significant other did for you, but that you've taken it into your own hands to do. I am taking this year to be year to date myself. I am excited about this journey.

Buffy is a Clinical Psychologist who works primarily with women who are trauma survivors in Phoenix Arizona and her husband Robert is a Criminal defense attorney with an extensive criminal litigation experience.

She is grew up in San Diego and he grew up in Oklahoma, they met in Los Angeles but now call Phoenix their home.