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b'Lisa Copeland is known as the expert on over 50\\u2019s dating. \\nShe\\u2019s the Amazon Best-Selling Author of \\u201cThe Winning Dating Formula For Women Over 50\\u201d and a regular Huffington Post contributor. \\nHer passion is showing women around the world how to find love again with a good man after 50.\\nGuiding Principle, Quote or Mantra\\nYou can\\u2019t work out everything.\\xa0 Also, let the relationship be fun and playful.\\nWhen You Tripped Up \\nLisa made the same trip-up in both her first and second marriage.\\nShe would ignore the red flags until they got to be \\u201cserious.\\u201d\\xa0\\nAs a woman she had this tendency to settle thinking someone will change over time.\\xa0 But it doesn\\u2019t work that way.\\nThen in her second marriage they met and had unbelievable chemistry.\\xa0 And she thought it was the coolest thing.\\nWhat happened was they fell in lust not love.\\xa0 They had a heart connection and a sexual connection, but the friendship was missing.\\nWithout the friendship component they could not deal with anything that came up, and it is why the marriage only lasted two years.\\nWhen the rose colored glasses came off, she could see the problems were there before they got married and they never had any business getting married.\\nThey were having some issues before the wedding and her fiancee\\u2019 said \\u201cDo you think we should hold off on this?\\u201d\\xa0 But she was so caught up in having the wedding of her dreams and was not about to stop it.\\xa0\\nThis was a mistake.\\nThe \\u201cDUH\\u201d moment that changed your partnerships forever\\nLisa \\u201cDUH\\u201d moment was when two different partners said as the relationship was ending, \\u201cLisa, you don\\u2019t know how to let a man be a man.\\u201d\\nShe learned that men have much stronger emotions than most women give them credit for.\\nLisa came from the generation of women liberation which was amazing for getting jobs, but really messed with the male and female roles and how to work them out.\\nThen she learned how much men want to make her happy and be her hero.\\nShe learned how to let a man be her hero and how to receive, and now she doesn\\u2019t have to do it by herself anymore.\\nProudest moment in partnership \\nWhen Lisa was sitting at a conference with her male friend, John, and she asked him to take a picture for her.\\xa0\\nAnd John said, \\u201cLisa I love it when a woman asks me for my help.\\u2019\\nIn that moment she recognized what power that was.\\xa0 Because in the past she felt like she had to push to get her needs met.\\nThis moment showed her the magic of relationships.\\nWhat is the best partnership / relationship advice you have ever received?\\nAllowing a man to be a man and as a woman receiving what a man is giving in the way he is giving it.\\nYou\\u2019re power as a woman comes from letting a man be your hero versus ordering or demanding or controlling him to be what you want him to be.\\nBest Partnership Book or Resource\\n\\u201cAllison Armstrong helps women see who men are and who women are as well.\\u201d\\n\\nMaking Sense of Men: A Woman\\u2019s Guide to a Lifetime of Love, Care and Attention from All Men\\n\\nThe Queen\\u2019s Code\\n\\nKeys to the Kingdom\\nPayoff of Partnership\\nBy respecting her partner, Lisa\\u2019s partner feels more empowered.\\xa0 And in turn he cherishes her and adores her.\\xa0\\nWhich makes her cherish and adore him.\\nWhich make him respect her.'