“We must believe in LUCK, for how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?” Maybe you can relate to this honest statement from Jean Cocteau. In my experience, LUCK and endurance seems t...

Ever felt like a FRAUD? Ever been called one? Shit I have. By close (so called) friends and members of my biological family. Often. Way too often. So let’s really have a good look at this unwanted wor...

Our greatest desires and our worst fears often are magnified as we shiver with ANTICI……………………………..PATION. The art of ANTICIPATION is a multifaceted skill to master. When it comes to delayed gratificat...

Life is under no obligation to give you what you expect … I was so pissed off when I heard this phrase early in my recovery. I was in my first year of getting clean and sober when my marriage fe...

If we find we are being listened to less, it is worthwhile checking the level of UNSOLICITED ADVICE we may be including in our conversations. People tune out when we tell them what we think they shoul...

As you start your day, do you mostly feel like Sleeping Beauty or the Grumpy Troll under the bridge ready to bring anyone down to dares to cross you? SLEEPING Beauty may be a childhood fairy tale wher...

The meaning of the word “GRAND” describes its subject as the largest or most magnificent important version of its kind. How blessed some of us are to have truly GRAND ELDERS in our lives. For those of...

“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 ...

Our DOUBT is not our enemy. It is a word that simply describes the time our head, heart and body require to have a quick meeting to review the situation. DOUBT just buys us a little time to check in w...

We can choose GROWTH, or we can choose comfort. We can have both, but not both at once. Comfort without its partner GROWTH regresses us into boredom. GROWTH without it’s buddy comfort only accelerates...