My Dating Life Was A Mess. At 41, My Therapist Had Me Do A Bizarre Exercise To Fix It
"My therapist's exercise might seem out of the box, maybe even a little mean to some, but it did exactly what she had hoped."
Simone Paget is a travel and lifestyle writer based on the West Coast of Canada.
She is a nationally syndicated relationship columnist for the Toronto Sun. Her words and photographs have appeared in Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more.
When she’s not writing, she loves to travel frequently, read voraciously, and scour vintage shops in search of her next great find.
"My therapist's exercise might seem out of the box, maybe even a little mean to some, but it did exactly what she had hoped."
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