Monica Parikh is a dating coach and the founder of School of Love NYC, a site intended to help people find happy, healthy relationships. Her personal path has been filled with failure (a traumatic divorce) and unusual anecdote (dating 67 of NYC’s most eligible bachelors). In this series, The Love Trials, Monica ...
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What Dating In America Is ACTUALLY Like
We all have questions about dating and relationships: Do people actually meet people at bars? Does online dating ever work? Is the best way to catch someone’s eye to smile, or should I try to look mysterious and aloof? (Well, these are some of my questions, at least.) Potentially more ...
Read More »What Your Childhood Can Teach You About Your Adult Relationships
We’re a funny lot, aren’t we? People, that is. While we’re more highly evolved intellectually than animals, we definitely have an evolutionary tendency to “run with the herd.” The idea of social circles takes me right back to junior high. Tweens and teens are constantly testing one another through rejection ...
Read More »How To Have The Best Vacation Sex Ever
There’s something especially titillating about the idea of vacation sex. Removed from the struggles of everyday life, we get more adventurous. And the change of scenery makes everything feel fresher. So, next time you take a trip with your S.O. (or on your own), try these tips to take those ...
Read More »Tantric Principles For Intensely Intimate Sex
Often when I bring up tantric sex to people, their initial reaction is “Sex for four hours? No way!” But, the goal of tantric sex is not necessarily to have marathon sex sessions (though that is 100 percent achievable and not a bad goal). It’s more about having a stronger, ...
Read More »The Essential Ingredient Your Relationship May Be Missing
According to the new bonding science, our bonding responses exist from the cradle to the grave. We bond with partners the same way (more or less) parents and children bond. That said, there are a few differences in how a 2-year-old and a 32-year-old bond. For example: 1. When you’re ...
Read More »The Lost Art Of Apologizing (And How To Do It Right Every Time)
We’ve all been hurt by other people. You’ve also hurt people yourself. Whether the transgression was accidental or intentional, it hurts. Sometimes a loss of trust like this is temporary and can be healed. Other times, it leaves long-term scars, discord, and irreparable damage that ultimately ends the relationship. As ...
Read More »The Best Sex Ever Comes Down To Just One Thing
My wife and I were out with a group of friends a few weeks ago and one of my wife’s friends asked me, as a relationship expert, “What’s the ‘secret sauce’ that allows the two of you to keep having great sex after 21 years together?'” Not wanting to hang ...
Read More »4 Reasons You’re Still Single
Monica Parikh is a dating coach and the founder of School of Love NYC, a site intended to help people find happy, healthy relationships. Her personal path has been filled with failure (a traumatic divorce) and unusual anecdotes (dating 67 of NYC’s most eligible bachelors). In this series, The Love Trials, Monica ...
Read More »Study Says Men Fake Orgasms Much More Than We Think — But Why?
As a society, we tend to associate fake orgasms with women. More specifically, we picture Meg Ryan performing an orgasm at Katz’s Deli in “When Harry Met Sally.” But the scene would have been just as realistic if it had been Billy Crystal screaming at the top of his lungs. ...
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