Sunday Sabotage

Some of us use any form of emotional sedation we can on SUNDAYS. Maybe we need to quell the anxiety of either too much alone, couple or family time during the weekend hitting emotional overload.  ...

Emotional Monogamy

“For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship” … Warren Beatty, a once famous womanizer, now confesses what he has discovered in his later years. Are we human beings ...

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 recovering from...

Instant Gratification

“INSTANT GRATIFICATION takes too long.” I couldn’t agree more. Fellow emotionally transparent addict and alcoholic Carrie Fisher sums up the problem with INSTANT GRATIFICATION … Just beautifully. Dela...

Vulnerable

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 been about being VULNERA...

Food And Sex

FOOD AND SEX “FOOD is like SEX, when you abstain even the worst stuff begins to look good” shares Beth McAllister … When FOOD and SEX mean everything or nothing in our lives, this is an alarm to let u...

Partnerships

  Being in an intimate PARTNERSHIP is a full-time job, so if you are not ready, do not apply. An intimate relationship goes to a whole new level when both parties choose to hold each other’s hear...

Intuition

  Some of humanity’s most brilliant minds … Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, all consistently remind us that their success was due to the fact that they learnt to trust then hono...

Triggers

Bang, bang, you shot me down, bang, bang I hit the ground … Words can TRIGGER devastating bullets straight to the heart if we have no emotionally protective boundaries in place. Most of us spend the s...

Being There

“The only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.” … Simple to say, but not always easy to do.  Thanks for the quote, Richard Bach, I do agree wholeheartedly. There is no perfect sc...