Enchantment

Our heart has an emotional need for the beauty of gentle ENCHANTMENT that is as deep and devoted as our physical need for food and water. ENCHANTMENT does not just belong in fairytales and children’s ...

Safe

When it comes to emotional SAFETY and commitment, our intimate relationships don’t require we offer 50/50 they require both parties give their best. That means not just physically and intellectually, ...

Brave

The BRAVE among us dare to love. It is the biggest life assignment we are given. First to forge a solid marriage with our own head (thoughts), heart (feelings) and body (actions), then merge lovingly ...

Normal

Everyone seems NORMAL, until you get to know them … When we use the word NORMAL in comparison to others to make one of us right or wrong we emotionally self-harm.  The only healthy and accurate b...

Mediocre

The difference between MEDIOCRE relationships and fanbloodytastic ones is each other’s willingness to pay attention to detail. Those of us interested in creating beautiful lives for ourselves and our ...

Hurt

We all HURT ourselves and others emotionally from time to time. How we HURT others signposts how we HURT ourselves too, but may not yet be aware of. Maybe we criticise or ignore, yell, sulk or slam do...

A Happy Place

Avoiding UNHAPPINESS is not the road to HAPPINESS. Where is the HAPPY PLACE you go to when you are UNHAPPY? Avoiding owning our UNHAPPINESS and sitting with it so we can deal with it simply magnifies ...

Comparison

“COMPARISON is the thief of joy”. Really? I’m not so sure. Franklin Roosevelt’s observation about this habit only tells half of the story in my view, throwing the baby out with the bath water. Simply ...

Disappointment

“We must accept finite DISAPOINTMENT but never lose infinite hope” Martin Luther King shares a tough unavoidable Emotional Fitness workout for us all. DISAPPOINTMENT is a heavy weight to lift in life ...

Denial

Those of us inexperienced at following our bliss hang onto our DENIAL instead for dear life. DENIAL protects open-heart wounds effectively like a bandage. DENIAL enables many of us to survive when fol...