Trust After Relationship Deception
It is possible to love someone, believe you are being loved in return, and either gradually or suddenly be handed the surprise of lies, broken promises, verbal …
Prescription for a Complex World
Most people are so busy they become unaware of the beneficial things all around them. Traffic jams, cell phones, deadlines, unexpected problems, caring for …
How Too Much Generosity Weakens You and Your Relationship
“Generosity” has so many positive connotations it is hard to imagine the term as an action which may damage either the giver or receiver of someone’s …
Add Self-Respect to Your Repertoire
With self-respect as your guidepost, many relationship dilemmas, crossroads, emotional hurt, sadness and anguish, are either avoidable, shorter lived, and will …
Affairs, Betrayals, Infidelities. Part One
These are all dirty words to the “victims” and not so healthy for the perpetrators. Please withhold judgment until you have read this and thought about it. …
The Many Faces of Grief
After my sister-in-law died suddenly, I grieved for my brother and his overwhelming pain. After my father died, I went shopping. After my brother died, I …
Change as a Choice
Change is a topic we can address forever because it’s always happening! And we, as humans, are usually averse to it. There is a coherence to sameness that we …
An Indecisive Retirement: A Story of the Struggle of Heart versus Mind
“May your choices reflect you hopes, not your fears.” ~Nelson Mandela I have come to appreciate this quotation sitting in my condo overlooking the Coal …
Pack These Tools for a Journey to Change
When making a major life change it is best to begin from a position of strength. Self-compassion and awareness are two essential tools. Social Conditioning and …
Be the Change You Wish to See in the World
Unless one has been living in a cave cut off from civilization, or under a self-sustainable rock cut off from the grid, it is difficult to not be cognizant of …