Naked Truth Blog

The Naked Truth blog explores our very natural human tendency to lie and its effect on our relationships. This includes how self-deception influences our romantic partnerships, friendships, family dynamics, eating and body image, interaction with diverse cultural groups, and our relationship to ourselves. For it’s only when we become aware of our self-deceptive tendencies that we can challenge them and powerfully emerge into more authentic selves.

You can read it here or on Psychology Today.

Cortney Warren Blog

Naked Truth Blog

"The Naked Truth explores how your ability to be honest with yourself affects your life. Although the topics I explore vary widely, the aim of the blog is to explore how honest self-awareness and understanding are key to your life fulfillment. For only when you are honest with yourself can you change."

You can read it here or on Psychology Today.

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Self-Sabotaging Behaviors Can Destroy Your Relationships

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Being dumped by a romantic partner is generally a very painful experience. In psychology, rejection is often defined as the perception of...

5 Regrets After a Breakup

Breakups are almost universally difficult for people. Even when we actively chose to leave a relationship, we can be left with regret—about...

7 Lies You May Tell Yourself After a Breakup

As a psychologist with a specialty in lying and romantic relationships, I see how hard it is for people to move on after...

10 Toxic Communication Tendencies in Romantic Relationships

Unhealthy patterns of interactions in romantic relationships almost always include communication difficulties. In her book Toxic People (1995), Jillian Glass described a relationship dynamic in which...

Can You Shift From Lovers to Friends?

After a breakup, the way we relate to our former romantic partner shifts dramatically. Sexual, romantic, and daily shared life patterns stop or...

4 Things That Make a Kiss Amazing—or Horrible

Most of us have experienced an amazing kiss that leaves us tingling from head to toe. Unfortunately, most of us have also...