4 Heartfelt Blogs to Keep the Love Going Beyond Valentine’s Day

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February 14th has always been recognized as a momentous time for one to celebrate and display appreciation for their significant other. To successfully execute the role of being someone’s “Valentine” on this holiday, you’re expected to jump through a series of hoops to showcase that special way of saying “I love you.” Expensive jewelry, beautiful floral arrangements, and romantic candlelit dinners at the fanciest of restaurants are some of the more common approaches. After getting lost in the urgency to spend your time, energy, and money this year, I recommend taking some time to reflect on more personal interpretations of what Valentine’s Day means to you.

Choosing to celebrate your romantic partner, friends, family members, or beloved pets are all valid excuses to create new traditions that are more inclusive in the coming years.

To encourage thoughtful gestures and meaningful relationships beyond this special day, I’ve provided a small list of blogs to help inspire that feeling of appreciation for yourself and those around you.

1. Heartmanity

“Heartmanity is the place to get the support and vital skills needed to create a healthy and thriving life with relationships that enrich and uplift you!” Founder Jennifer Williams is a relationship strategist and offers coaching as a service through online classes found on the Heartmanity website.

Readers will also find the blog, which includes personal narratives from contributors offering their own insight into how to manage day-to-day relationships. These written pieces include testimonials and advice for achieving balance in managing self-care while also caring for friends/family, a marriage, and/or your significant other.

Suggested Readings:

• 7 Reasons You Need to Set Healthy Boundaries: Simple but Powerful Advice
• Mindfulness: How to Have Mindful Mornings that Can Change Your Day
• Spark More Love in Your Marriage: Be Intentional with 3 Simple Actions

Follow @Heartmanity on Twitter.

Create Your Best Self with Healthy Habits | Heartmanityhttps://t.co/ECn0UoG46R

— Jennifer A. Williams (@Heartmanity) December 27, 2022

2. Coffee & Crumbs

Need a few moments to stop and reflect? Coffee & Crumbs is the perfect blog for someone looking to step outside their daily routine to gain a sense of understanding and a new perspective in handling life’s daily stressors.

This blog features essays by guest writers coming from various backgrounds, offering personal narratives of moments in time when they felt an appreciation for chaotic moments and the unexpected joys that accompany them. With a primary emphasis on the experience of motherhood, these detailed stories find a way of striking a chord with any reader that has an appetite for reading about life’s simple treasures.

Suggested Readings:

• Taking in the World
• A True Story
• A Love Affair With the Vacuum

Follow @offeeandcrumbs on Instagram.

3. Modern Love | New York Times

“Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations.” Brought to you by The News York Times, this column features stories from guests who have trudged through rugged landscapes of romantic encounters, all finding their way through multiple layers of self-realization. If you aren’t a New York Times subscriber, take advantage of the free trial or stream the podcast at your convenience.

Suggested Readings:

• Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Luxury of Her Attention’
• Is Something This Good Even Possible?
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Love Drama’

Follow @nytimes on Twitter.

"Kevin kissed me on Monday and found out he had colon cancer on Friday, and we never talked about the kiss," Alessandra Ranelli writes in Modern Love. https://t.co/XkyhrZ1TvJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 4, 2023

4. The Dodo

“The Dodo serves up emotionally and visually compelling, highly sharable animal-related stories and videos to help make caring about animals a viral cause.” If this blog has yet to make its way into your daily life while scrolling through social media, then be prepared to fall in love or re-live the joy of doing so all over again.

Here you will find heartwarming stories of animals, both domestic and wild, who are all deserving of your attention as their journeys of everyday humor, overcoming hardships, and finding peace are unfolded.

Suggested Readings:

• Shelter’s Longest Residents Take Special Photos To Help Find Their Valentines
• Cat Walks Up To Woman In Parking Lot And Begs To Go Home With Her
• Tiny Dog Can’t Stop Smiling At Everybody After Being Rescued

Follow @dodo on Twitter.

These dogs were meant to be brother and sister 💗💙 pic.twitter.com/5y0ZutD6mK

— The Dodo (@dodo) February 14, 2023

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