Guest Post: The Dating Duenna

Guest Post: The Dating Duenna

Brad K has a thoughtful but still rather entertaining take on reinstating a chaperone for dates… A duenna, according to my Funk & Wagnalls (dictionary, that is), is a lady who watches over a family’s daughter; a chaperone to a young lady. What better...
Advice: How do I handle my guy at work?

Advice: How do I handle my guy at work?

“Hi NML, I read your post about coping with work drama and I am worried. I have been dating a guy at work (most people don’t know about it) and he is really starting to p*ss me off. I suspect that he’s trying to get this other woman that we work with...

Bad Relationship AND Bad Sex – Say what?

I’m going to start this post by stating the obvious – Sex does not a relationship make. It’s not the be all and end all and all that jazz. OK, moving on swiftly now that we have that established! But…and there is a big frickin’ massive...
The No Contact Rule: The Get Out Plan

The No Contact Rule: The Get Out Plan

It’s day 30 of the 30 Days of Drama Reduction series, and I’ve had an amazing month and a lot of emails from readers telling me their stories and telling how much they have changed even in the past month! Of course, I didn’t squeeze in everything...
The Drama Reduction 12-Step Programme

The Drama Reduction 12-Step Programme

I have decided to take a typical 12 step AA programme and create a drama reduction one. 1. We admit that we are Drama Seekers and addicted to relationship crack. Our relationships and sense of self have become unmanageable. 2. We are in charge of ourselves and our...
Guest post: But, is he happy?

Guest post: But, is he happy?

Brad K explains how in essence, drama reduces communication in a relationship and essentially, are you both happy and are you good for each other? Is he as happy as he was when you met? Is he as content, as secure emotionally? Are you? The people around us should...
Guest post: Don’t engage the Drama Demon

Guest post: Don’t engage the Drama Demon

Lisa Q writes… Just yesterday my good friend decided that the drama that was her relationship had to end. Drama dude not only lived with her without paying rent, he also stole money from her 7-year-old son. He wouldn’t know the truth if it smacked him in...
Your Gut – That Inner Voice

Your Gut – That Inner Voice

Drama had a friend in my ‘bad voice’ – a bit like Good Cop/Bad Cop, with Good Cop being my ‘gut’. Drama has a friend too in your own Bad Cop or the Voice of Unreason.. But the more you start to feel good, the less room ‘the bad...