Mothers

A message of comfort and a toast today to the too often forgotten, brave children who needed to break up with their mothers to save their sanity and their life. You deserve recognition for completing ...

Solitude

  Turning down the volume on the world at times is so necessary. God knows I personally need to do it more deliberately in the lead-up to the close of an old and commencement of a new day, week, ...

The Honesty Hammer

THE HONESTY HAMMER is too often used to harm rather than heal. If being HONEST compromises our dignity we are using it destructively instead of constructively. THE HONESTY HAMMER is something we learn...

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...