TRAINER WHEELS Adults still need TRAINER WHEELS from time to time in life. Learning anything new or foreign can be confronting for the ol’ ego when we are grown ups that are supposed to have our shit ...

SELF ACCEPTANCE If we withhold SELF ACCEPTANCE towards ourselves as a form of self-punishment we become emotionally malnourished. When we are in a state of emotional hunger we are not relaxed but anxi...

ANGELS & DICKHEADS “Embrace your inner DICKHEAD” is a line I say often quietly to myself and gently to my clients from time to time. I believe that we all have the capacity to both enjoy ANGEL an...

INTIMACY INTIMACY is being seen, known, loved, understood and cherished for the person we truly are. It’s that place in our relationships where both our laughter and tears, triumphs and tragedie...

THE BITCH AND THE BASTARD “You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something sometime in your life.” I love these words from Winston Churchill. Sometimes in life we need to stand up a...

THE 72 HOUR OPTION What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours …. So the song goes. However allowing ourselves the gift of the 72-HOUR OPTION when big decisions need to be made is invaluable. It is...

  VULNERABILITY I am a proud and grateful introvert, so if I am honest my greatest fear has never been being alone, that is actually easier for me than being with others. My greatest fear has bee...

RECEIVING I still have work to do on RECEIVING love, I much prefer being in control and giving it. You? Being in control however is not truly partnering and participating in sharing love. It is actual...

SECRETS We are only as sick as the SECRETS we keep. This is a mantra reminding us that the shame in keeping SECRETS long term will make us sick. These words are repeated often to those like me recover...