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Dating and intimate relationships are an impactful aspect of your life. Your relationship could be a loving, fun, and supportive contribution or a source of distress, heartache, and conflict. This Dating & Relationship channel, led by psychologist Dr. Alexis Moreno, provides an encouraging evidence-based, holistic, and solution-focused approach to bring more love to your love life.

All are welcome here in this channel. Whether you’re already in an intimate relationship or single, Dr. Alexis uses inclusive gender-neutral language to guide listeners of all sexual orientations through the process of finding and/or enhancing their love life. Listen in and invest your time and energy into meaningful self-reflection and essential skill-building. Every track includes journaling prompts, dating and relationship education, and action steps to help you learn more about yourself, how to effectively express your needs, and how to create the loving relationship everyone deserves.

To dive in deeper into your love life, book a complimentary Dating & Relationship Coaching consultation with Dr. Alexis online at witandreason.com/coaching. You are also welcome to subscribe and follow @witandreason on any social media platform to get weekly tips from Dr. Alexis and her mental health team of therapists, coaches, activists, and educators. Dr. Alexis also reads and responds to all of your comments left here in Aura. Please feel free to share your thoughts, experiences, and make requests!

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Dating & Relationship Thoughts

Dr. Alexis Moreno

Psychologist, Dating & Relationship Expert

I learned that I know more than I thought, my gap is in how to change actions 

Today

Today I learned that letting automatic thoughts lead me will cause misperception. I need to slow down to identify the truth. Then identify automatic thoughts. Are they based in reality or an interpretation?  Once I figure this out I will ease and be more confident. 

When distressed or unhappy, tense or strained take a moment to explore what was going through my mind. 
Gather more facts and correct the truth
Challenge your mind to be fair and factual in seing the world

Pain and fear

Exactly what I needed to hear after mulling over my actions and reactions to a similar situation. 

Emotions running amuck

I learned that I need to slow down and think before reacting

Learning about relationships 

I learned that you should give time for one’s response before assuming anything 

Cognitive therapy 

I learned to not allow automatic thoughts cause me to prejudge a situation, and to pause so I can make a fair, informed assessment. 

I am sharing this with my daughter. This is her exactly. I believe we all use automatic thoughts to an extent. But I am always glass half full

Sharing this  

I feel like I’m doing better with these reactive thoughts. Just being aware. Trying. 

Must remember 

I learned to make sure that the automatic thoughts I have to any given situation don't run the show. I need to base my interpretations on facts. If my thoughts are baseless, gather more facts as time goes on. I need to slow down. She used the example of going out on the first date with a new guy. You both sit down, and just as the date begins, he answers a text on his phone. Great example! My mind immediately went to: forget this already. Writing him off in my mind. 🤔

Dating & Relationships

Dating and relationships are very much an internal process as well as external. Learn and explore how your cognition impacts your dating and relationship behaviors.