{"id":4160,"date":"2016-02-12T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/12\/date-fright\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:49:18","slug":"date-fright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/date-fright\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding That Valentine\\&#8217;s Day Date Fright"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4160\" class=\"elementor elementor-4160\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bf3f21a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bf3f21a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-315666c3\" data-id=\"315666c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231a849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"231a849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Avoiding-That-Valentines-Day-Date-Fright-e1676990181794-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2e510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Despite it proving bothersome and terribly embarrassing since the dawn of time, human beings keep insisting on fancying each other. 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To help out, here at Will Williams Meditation we\u2019ve decided to put our heads together and come up with some brilliant dating tips which will have St Valentine\\&#8217;s himself winking at you in sexy approval.<\/p><p>Of course, meditation makes you calmer, more composed and improves self-esteem, all of which contributes towards making you a <a href=\"http:\/\/clearyourstress.com\/meditation-methods\/six-reasons-why-people-who-meditate-are-excellent-candidates-for-love\/\">complete dating wizard<\/a>, but if you need a bit of extra guidance, read on.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/date-fright\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avoiding That Valentine\\&#8217;s Day Date Fright<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite it proving bothersome and terribly embarrassing since the dawn of time, human beings keep insisting on fancying each other. 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