The Ex

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 photo...

Betrayal

When we edit our truth for the approval of others we BETRAY ourselves. If we ignore the habit of self-BETRAYAL it eventually shows up in our relationships. When we pretend we are happy, that something...

Difficult

“All things are DIFFICULT before they are easy.” Thomas Fuller reminds us that patience and self-compassion are necessary if we are seeking to learn new skills and experience new adventures in love an...

Deprivation

Emotional DEPRIVATION is a very real issue many adults silently battle to overcome. DEPRIVATION as a heart wound was first discussed by Dutch psychiatrist Dr Anna A. Terruwe in the 1950s. Way back the...

Clean And Sober

“Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise” … H.G. Wells puts sobriety and wisdom into a simple context that applies to all humanity, not just reco...

Emotional Work

“If you can laugh together, you can WORK together”. Robert Orben reminds us that a happy heart is the key to true success in whatever we are WORKING on. Our WORK ethic in life reflects our relationshi...

Naive

To be described as natural and innocent in speech and/or behaviour because we are young or inexperienced is what we also call being NAÏVE. Forrest Gump the movie was a beautiful portrayal of a pure an...

Reminders

Most of us are not slow learners, we are just quick forgetters. REMINDING ourselves to remember to listen to and honour our innate truth is an art that does not come easily for some of us in our noisy...

Desire

“Love is an irresistible DESIRE to be irresistibly DESIRED” … Robert Frost advises. Heartfelt DESIRE grows deeper, more personal and privately beautiful as we mature. Our deepest DESI...