There’s a special place in my heart for the people who make me feel seen. When we feel seen, heard and respected, we feel safe. And feeling safe is having our most basic needs met. I’ve been thinking lately about the people who make me feel seen and by virtue of comparison I find myselfContinue reading “Inner Work: Finding True Connection with Yourself”
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Understanding Addiction and Sobriety: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol
Brene Brown has said that a key pillar of her sobriety is no longer gossiping. When any of her friends or network start talking about another person and it smells anything like gossip, Brown removes herself, or calls them out on it. At first, I didn’t understand what Brene meant. I thought sobriety was aboutContinue reading “Understanding Addiction and Sobriety: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol”
Top 3 reasons to stick with date night
I used to love date night. As a new, working mother to a couple of young boys, I craved time alone with my then husband. We implemented a rule: no talking about kids or work. It meant we had to create space for other things, with the goal that our marriage would be about moreContinue reading “Top 3 reasons to stick with date night”
Live well: top 3 songs for everything
Music gifts each of us a soundtrack to our lives. Major break up to “Purple rain” High school graduation to “Good Riddance” Walk down the aisle to “Stand by me” Farewell a beloved friend to “I am Woman” Great songs provide the music and lyrics to the milestones of our lives. Our hearts break, ourContinue reading “Live well: top 3 songs for everything”
How to save a starfish
As a kid I got made fun of and put down, what we would now call bullying. I know this didn’t only happen to me, but is it just me that held on to it for more than 3 decades and let it form part of who I thought I was? Here’s a snapshot ofContinue reading “How to save a starfish”
Live well: How to say “I’m not OK”
Hi, how are you? Pretty terrible actually. Aren’t you glad you asked? What is the benchmark for being “OK?” and do people really want to know if we’re OK and doing well? It’s a benign question if everything is going well for you at any given point in time. But what about when it isn’t?Continue reading “Live well: How to say “I’m not OK””
Love well: In just 6 seconds
Can you change your life in six seconds? Can a couple move from anger and resentment to calm, kind love in this short time span? Can a wound heal in that same fragment of a minute? Research, and my personal experience, says yes you can. The six second kiss is a relationship secret that notContinue reading “Love well: In just 6 seconds”
Ode to 2023
2023, before you fade into the background of my life, taking up your new position as a calendar of memories, I can’t help but see the many faces of your last 365 days. The heartbreak of losing loved ones, some to the heavens and others to the consequences of their choices. The sorrow cut soContinue reading “Ode to 2023”
Heal well: Letting peace in
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it Helen Keller My friends, which do you choose to participate in? Which do you seek? The suffering? Or the overcoming of it? When you’re in the house of love, choosing the overcoming of suffering, you seek to heal, toContinue reading “Heal well: Letting peace in”
Heal well: the power of forgiveness
Spoiler alert – it starts with forgiveness for yourself. In our 66 ways to wellness, way number 10 is this: Write a letter of forgiveness. You may not send it, but write it anyway. Let the recipient know you forgive them, own your part of the problem if that’s appropriate. It might be a letter toContinue reading “Heal well: the power of forgiveness”
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