by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 28, 2026 | Love, Men, Relationships, Women
Understanding why we want what we want — and what it costs us when we don’t examine it. She sat across from me in my office — intelligent, self-aware, professionally accomplished, genuinely kind. She had spent fifteen years dating. She had read the books, done...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 27, 2026 | Love, Men, Relationships, Women
Why the pursuit of love has never been more sophisticated — or more prone to failure. We have never had more information about relationships. More books, more podcasts, more therapeutic frameworks, more attachment theory explainers, more dating apps algorithmically...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 22, 2026 | Humor, Relationships
Great love awaits those who are brave enough to reach for it and sweet enough to hold it. Love is often described as the most profound human experience—a force that can heal, transform, and connect us across barriers. Yet, many people question whether they are truly...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 20, 2026 | Happiness, Love, Relationships
By the time you notice what’s stolen, the thieves are on a beach in Tahiti drinking a Mai Tai. The Pickpocket on the Sidewalk Most people imagine that love dies the way it does in movies. There is a discovered text message, a slammed door, a confession delivered...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 20, 2026 | Love, Relationships
If you play your cards right that dry wall may never be done. The Great Relationship Myth We have been given a magnificent, maddening lie. It arrives gift-wrapped in fairy tales, sealed in the amber of romantic comedies, and sung to us by artists who have convinced us...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | Joy, Love, Relationships, Sacred, Spirituality
When I was 16, I spent a fall weekend on a Church retreat on the South Side of Chicago with about 30 other teenagers. We stayed at Hyde Park Union Church with pastors from our local Church. Late Friday night, several of us went out and walked around the Church’s...
