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Are you leaning forward in Love? Always the first to text and fill the silence?
Always the first to text in relationships? Wonder why others don't take more initiative?
Veronica Puryear
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'Effortless' love is on the other side of a skill level and open heart that you don't yet have.
This is for the guy having a tantrum in my virtual office saying… “She should just know! I shouldn’t have to tell her!” …it’s also for...
Veronica Puryear
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The Common Understanding of Settling is a Hot Mess
I’m regularly annoyed and sometimes even disturbed to see relationship experts and therapists posting content that recommends settling....
Veronica Puryear
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Why Men Shut Down.
Feeling exhausted by the not-so-subtle nitpicking of your partner? Or maybe you're just so worn out from having to guess what people want...
Veronica Puryear
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What is Intimacy Anyway?
Intimacy is what happens between the lines.... It is a wordless but felt sense of closeness It is a vibe It is energy It is subtext It is...
Veronica Puryear
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Experiential Somatic Intimacy Coaching is different from traditional therapy in three key ways
As a former appointee of a Presidential Administration, I'm no stranger to the burnout and disconnection that comes from our fast-paced...
Veronica Puryear
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Everybody's A Little Kinky (So why does it feel like a dirty secret?)
I don’t talk about this on social media often (hello, highly public and censored platforms!) but I know it’s the reason so many of you...
Veronica Puryear
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Healing the Subconscious
I've been doing a lot of work with my subconscious lately. I'm healing old wounds so I can welcome in new gifts. Based on crying volume...
Veronica Puryear
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I'm Difficult, a Lone Wolf, Avoidant, Protective, Perfectionist...
I'm talking about me this time. A coach called me prickly today. The big trigger. That I'm perceived as hard to understand and difficult...
Veronica Puryear
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What Is A 1:1 Session Like? What Can I Expect?
What happens in a session? ***Please note that all sessions are fully clothed and that we will not have intercourse.*** In sessions, I...
Veronica Puryear
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"I just Need to Find The Right Partner, Then I'll be Happy and Everything Will Work Out"
I hear this AND OTHER SUCH EXCUSES constantly. "When the timing is right,"..."When the right match finally comes along,"...."When I find...
Veronica Puryear
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Five Things I Didn't Realize Were Codependent
If you grew up managing a parent’s mood or behaviors (or were raised by someone with that trauma)… You might have learned that: 👎it’s...
Veronica Puryear
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Why do I feel bad about wanting attention?!
#1 It is human nature to desire attention and for many people there is no such thing as too much. BUT! You feel shame about wanting...
Veronica Puryear
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Women Have Darkness and Imperfections and Men Have So Much Love to Give
Let women be imperfect and let men step into the light. When we paint women as perfect or as perpetual victims of the foibles of men we...
Veronica Puryear
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You're giving Mother where you're meant to be Lover
You don’t understand how you can give everything, do everything for them and they still don’t show up for you or return the favor. This...
Veronica Puryear
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Men, now is not the time to overcorrect.
Men and people who are raising young men. Toxic shame which leads to unhealthy masculinity which leads to disassociation, trauma,...
Veronica Puryear
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Remember that everyone gets nervous
Before you unravel… Remember that everyone gets nervous. I see so many clients—and my own lovers—get so lost in their own heads. You...
Veronica Puryear
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How much of your dreams can you actually handle?
How much discomfort can you handle? (Disappointing others, saying ‘No’) How much joy? (Letting people love you, feeling satisfied and...
Veronica Puryear
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Everything I say here about leadership in love….It is also true for sex.
Set aside your perceptions of ‘Top’ and ‘Bottom’ for a moment. Forget about gender identities and ideas about who gives and who receives....
Veronica Puryear
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The Person Who is Blowing Your Mind is here to Show You What is Possible
(That Doesn't Mean you Have to Be Together Now or Forever) I hear this a lot, and I’ve experienced it myself. Trust me, because I only...
Veronica Puryear
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