“THE COLD SHOULDER” is a term that was created back around 1816 and translates still today as a display of coldness or indifference, intended to wound another.  It is said that in this era visitors to...

A SLAVE to love? Or booze, sugar, drama, drugs, sex, exercise, cigarettes, money, study, our children, parents, friends, an uncaring lover, an unhappy marriage or our past. Anything ringing a bell? Ba...

“Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” Dame Edna Everage so wisely reminds us. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not about to get all “born ...

STRENGTH and FLEXIBILITY are two vital elements to seek in another to sustain a healthy relationship that will cultivate emotional growth for us. When we’re willing to commit to someone who has more e...

  If you’ve read any of my writing before you’re well aware that I’m an addict in recovery.  If this is your first time reading my words … Hi, I’m Cynthia, I’m a 56-year-old Aussie writer who’s b...

COMPROMISE makes a good umbrella but a poor roof. Such an important fact for us all to remember when it comes to when and, when not to make a COMPROMISE. It is a fair question to ask ourselves when we...

Consistently striving for only perfectionism is a self-sabotaging habit disguised as self-righteousness. When we are hell bent on being a perfectionist we turn into a MUSTIBATOR. MUSTIBATORS are alway...

Ever looked at your EX and wondered .. “Was I drunk the entire relationship?” I have, and yes I was. Drunk and or off my trolley on drugs throughout many of my past relationships.  I look back at phot...

The way I see it, when it comes to parenting and family, biology is the least of what makes someone a parent, and family isn’t about whose blood you carry; it’s who you love and who loves you back. No...

It’s helpful to remember that when people LIE (including us) it is always driven by fear and a lack of confidence to honour our truth. Somewhere in the past the LIAR has been punished or abandon...