Hey Doc: I have a situation that I don't really know how to handle. A little backstory; I'm 30 year old woman and I've never been in a relationship. I've been complimented on both my looks and personality, but I'm an introvert and have struggled with self-esteem and anxiety issues most of my life so I don't meet people often and rarely put myself out there. This means I have pretty much no experience to work from when it comes to relationships. But despite anxiety issues, whenever I like a guy, I do tell him, and every time I've been

Alt: Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter saying "well , how ' bout that ?"

They're madly in love, but they know this relationship has no future. What should she do? Should she hold on, or is it better to break it off now?

There's a question from my PUA days that I used to ask women: 'what do you have going for you besides your looks?' I freely admit, it was a bit of a neg. It's asking 'sure, you're cute, but why should I be interested in you?' It was a way of saying 'tell me what makes you worth my time?' The ironic thing is, all that time, I was asking the right question to the wrong people. This is a question I needed  to ask myself. And now I'm asking it of you.Regardless of whether you think you're attractive or not - what do

I want to talk to you about one quick thing that you can do that will boost your personal charisma almost instantly. And that is: I want you to stop apologizing.  Part of what makes people charismatic is that sense of conviction and authenticity. We all crave certainty - it’s a magnetic quality because uncertainty causes literal discomfort. If we ourselves can’t be certain about something, we take reassurance from people who are. The more conviction and certainty you have, the more people are drawn to you. But you can’t have that when you abandon your own power through apologizing