I used to think I was an unlucky girl because my father was an abusive alcoholic whose behaviour inflicted serious trauma on both my mother and myself. But now I think I am a very lucky girl because I may not have been given the best father but I have the mother of all mothers. And …
I know it’s been a while since I last posted. I am sorry for my long silence but I promise you it’s only because I’ve got so many things in the making to share with you. To start with, last month I launched The Love Podcast! Yay. Check me out 😉 This is a very …
The Rules are dead. Long live the new dating paradigm! Read More »
When I started The Love Project I had no idea it was going to be somewhat a way for me to settle the accounts with my father. I started it as an exercise to find a boyfriend, frustrated by years on end of being serially single, not realising that the relationship with my father had …
A few weeks ago I was invited as a guest on the LoveTalks show to talk about being single or stuck. It was a great opportunity to talk about how it felt being single before and after The Love Project and about the impact that The Love Project had on my life. Hope you enjoy …
’11 Feb 2013, London Yo Iulia, I am writing this letter to you only to list a few things I am now deeply convinced you will achieve and a lot more!’ This is how my letter to myself starts. The letter I wrote at the beginning of the The Love Project, which I found …
A couple of months ago I was approached by newsignedbooks.com for an interview. You can imagine my excitement! NEWS(i g n e d)BOOKs was founded in 2014 by Carl Marsh. It’s an online magazine which either publishes reviews, articles or interviews with personalites from the fields of music, film, TV, social media, sport and the arts. Below …
\’Believe that the world wants to hear your story!\’ Read More »
The other day I was editing one of the last chapters of ’The Love Project’ and I realised that there was a certain fear I discovered through writing that we don’t often acknowldge: the fear of succeeding. In my case, I’m talking about that fear that grabs you by the throat when you actually find …
It was the last day of 2013 and I was celebrating it with my BOYFRIEND. It was nothing fancy, just a few friends gathered at my flat and cheap champagne drunk at midnight on Tower Bridge, under a miserable cold rain. With elongated necks trying to see the fireworks taking place behind the bend of …
What I\’ve learnt during the year of The Love Project Read More »
I am so excited! Tomorrow marks the arrival of the Chinese New Year and it’s going to be the Year of the Goat, my sign! I know Chinese say the year of your own sign is not a lucky year, I beg to differ! It’s going to be an amazing year because we goats …
Chinese New Year starts tomorrow. Have you made space for love? Read More »
I used an online dating site for the first time in 2007, after my first long term relationship ended. Like a criminal, I entered the forbidden land of match.com and with trembling fingers I created an almost barren profile, which, to my surprise, attracted more male interest than if I’d stepped into a night club …
