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Recommendations on Reading
The author highly recommends starting with the Hopeless Flirt Academy, as this section provides a guide to the core tenets of connection—the importance of approaching the world with curiosity, charm, and warmth. This section offers readers a framework for engaging with others in authentic and joyful ways—no romantic agenda required.
The sections that follow build upon these themes.
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Soft, Powerful, and Blue
In water, I let go. The sea holds me, the tiny fish mesmerize. Everything soft, and powerful, and blue.
3 min read
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Unfolding into the Wild
Barefoot in Zion, blooming in Bryce—healing in wild places where mountain goats, flowers, and freedom remind us who we are.
3 min read
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Your Soul Knows Something Science Forgot
Why Scientists (and the Rest of Us) Are So Afraid of the Spiritual Let’s just say it: we’ve been trained out of believing in magic. Not...
3 min read
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The Chemistry of Trust
Trust can’t grow in certainty. It grows in curiosity.
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Singing to Bring Joy
But in this life? I sing for smaller crowds. To surprise them. To draw a laugh out of them. To remind people it's okay to drop their guard for a moment.
2 min read
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To Post to LinkedIn or NOT?
That is the question. Why would I? Because this is me. All of me. Because I’ve spent a lifetime siloing the parts of myself—scientist...
2 min read
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People Don’t Change...Except When They Do
People don’t change. That’s the story we tell ourselves when we’re to scared to face our feelings. When we’ve waited too long for someone...
2 min read
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In Their Shadows, I Find My Outline
I choose these women—not to present myself as their equal—but because I draw strength from their stories. Because I recognize the soft...
4 min read
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Saved by Signs: A Hopeless Flirt's Journey Back to Wonder
There’s a kind of flirtation that doesn’t involve come closer looks or witty banter. It’s quieter, deeper—more like unfolding your heart...
4 min read
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Pursuit and Wooing
A hopeless flirt's meditation on timing, chemistry, and the slow burn. Let’s talk about pursuit. The ardent kind. The kind where he knows...
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Step 1: The Art of Being...with Yourself
There’s a certain kind of magic that comes with a Friday night when the world feels open, limitless, and just a little bit surreal. When...
2 min read
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Step 4: Open Your Heart and Let Love Flow OUT of You
Somewhere along the way, we’ve been sold a lie about love. We’ve been told it’s something we have to earn, something someone else grants...
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The Final Lesson: Flirtation is So Much More Than Seduction
Let’s get something straight—when I say flirt, I don’t just mean batting your eyelashes at a cute stranger or delivering a perfectly...
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Laugh Until You Cry
I have been blessed in this life with a plethora of sisters—some by blood, others by choice. And if there’s one thing that has defined...
4 min read
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