I'm Engaged! What it Feels like to Know for Sure attention addiction dating advice gumball love relationship advice Mar 01, 2022

I'M ENGAGED!! I know how it can kinda stink to hear these engagement stories when you're still single, trust me I was there for a long time. I'm sharing this story with you because I KNOW it's...

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Why are We Attracted to People Who Aren't Good for Us? attachment styles attention addiction flavors of gumball love gumball love Dec 13, 2021

We're bringing back my love Iain Roberts for another episode to give his perspective on Gumball Love, and how so many of us became attracted to Gumball People.

When we think about our childhoods...

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When Should You Have Sex with Him? attention addiction gumball guy gumball love sex talk Aug 08, 2021

You're having a fun night on a date, or maybe a night out, and it's come to that moment when you're wondering whether you should go back to his place or have him come back to yours for sex or not.

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Lessons Learned after 51 First Dates with Romance Novel Author Jolie Moore attention addiction dating after 30 divorce flavors of gumball love gumball guy gumball love singles advice May 27, 2021

An avid listener of the Gumball Love Podcast, Jolie reached out to me via email after listening to the episodes describing the different flavors of attention addiction. I was so impressed with how...

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Are You Caught in the Cycle of Playing Games? attention addiction dating advice gumball guy gumball love Feb 14, 2021

After hearing this content about Gumball Love and attention addiction for a while, many of you come to me in the DMs worried that YOU are actually a Gumball Girl.

Most of the time, you are not....

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The White Gumball: Prove Yourself to Me attention addiction dating advice gumball guy gumball love Dec 27, 2020

When you're in a new relationship or just starting to go on a few dates with a guy, do you ever feel like you're being evaluated against some checklist on a clipboard?

He says things like, "When...

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The Purple Gumball: Chase Me attention addiction dating advice dating coach gumball guy gumball love self worth Dec 06, 2020

"Work is so crazy right now, but we should meet up soon." -text from a guy, probably sitting on his couch, who wants the Purple Gumball

If you're new to Gumball Love, welcome! Gumball Love is a...

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The Blue Gumball: Pity Me attention addiction gumball love red flags Nov 29, 2020

Welcome back! If you haven't been following the Gumball Colors series, I'm going through all eight colors of the flavors of Gumball Love. If you're brand new to Gumball Love, Gumball Love is...

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The Green Gumball: Compete with Her for Me attention addiction gumball guy gumball love jealousy Nov 22, 2020

In the past few episodes, I've been going over the different gumball "flavors" or different types of attention that Gumball Guys crave so that you can start to watch out for the red flags.

The...

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The Yellow Gumball Guy: Entertain ME attention addiction gumball guy red flags Nov 15, 2020

Does it feel like you always have to be entertaining your guy, or he's bored?

A while back I'd started a series assigning a different color or "flavor of attention" to each type of Gumball Guy.

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Q&A, breakups, drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, and why he comes back [Podcast] attention addiction blog breakups dating advice gumball love healing podcast q&a Jun 30, 2019

Why does he come back?  How do I get through a break up? Is there life after being sexually assaulted?  What are the most important values I look for in a man?  What questions do I...

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Is he really interested in YOU, or is he just craving attention? [Podcast] attention addiction blog emotional abuse gumball love podcast Jun 19, 2019

What flavor of attention does he crave?   Once you can pinpoint this you will be able to decode all of his behavior effortlessly.   

In this episode we talk not only about...

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