Can You Handle Being Friends With Your Ex?

Narcissists walk among us . . . but what makes us stay with such people?In the beginning, sadly, many people fail to see the long-term damage a relationship with a narcissist (or narcissistically inclined person) can cause. From confidence to superficial charm or even intensity, ...  Show more

If you’ve ever walked away from a relationship thinking, “I’m never doing that again,” you won’t want to miss this episode. Heartbreak has a way of creating rigid rules—what you’ll never give, tolerate, or risk again—and those protective habits can quietly block the kind of love ...  Show more

Do you have an ex you're forced to stay in contact with? Do you sometimes wish you could totally remove them from your life? What about casual dating, is that something you can do? What does it look like? In this episode, we talk about being friends with your ex, casual dating, a ...  Show more

Ending a relationship on any terms can be painful, especially when you've invested a lot of time and emotional energy into it. In this episode I explore some of the reasons why you can't be friends with your ex due to circumstances and events that have happened. I also look at wh ...  Show more

This episode discusses whether it’s okay to be friends with an ex, what to do if you are insecure about your partner still being friends with their ex, and how to handle the urge of reaching out to an ex. 

When you finally hear from your ex, and they say that they miss you and/or love you, you'll be tempted to say that you do too. Is that the right thing to do? Dating/relationship expert Lucia explains why revealing your feelings to an ex you want to get back with is not somet ...