What To Do With The Fake Apology
We all have those people in our lives, the ones who apologize for the same thing over and over but never change their behavior. They say they are sorry, but after the 183rd time we all know the apology...
Three Questions to Help You Decide Where to Set Boundaries
Do people expect a lot from you? If you’re reading this article it is likely your answer is yes. Let me also ask you this - do others’ demands on and expectations of you take up an outsized amount...
Dating for The Seasons Six Ways to Keep Love in Bloom
Love, romance, companionship, intimacy and desire dominate our thinking especially during those days of spring awakening. It is a rebirth of nature and our bodies long to be part of a union, a partnership, a human connection.
The birds and...
Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman
We men like to think we are self-made. Many of us did have to fight our way to the top, and there is a certain amount of earned pride that comes along with that achievement. Yet the truth is...
15 Things to Consider When Selecting Your Wedding Menu
Weddings have always had a significant cultural value in our lives and always will. Whether it’s a small wedding or a big one, we want it to be lavish and memorable for all the right reasons. However, it’s not...
What to Keep in Mind and Close to Your Heart as You Grieve
There is no way out of grief. All you can do is experience it as it arises with more or less intensity. Some people refer to this as riding the waves of grief. You cannot always anticipate when a...
When Perfectionism Stops You from Thriving
Do you set impractical standards for the way you handle situations at home, in social settings, or at work? Do you beat yourself up when you don’t get it totally right - deep down fearing the judgment of others? ...
5 Important People You Will Attract in Grief
Life is tough. Our hearts get hit, again and again.
We get battered with disappointment, estrangement, abandonment, rejection, break-ups, illness, disabilities, and death. Grief is familiar to most of us.
Fundamentally, life is about relationships. It makes sense then that people...
5 Ways to Turn Your Breakup Pain into Your Greatest Blessing
It’s over for all the right reasons - the betrayal, loss of love, lies - it was time to call it quits. And now, your pain is overwhelming and debilitating, flooding your mind with disempowering, confusing and frightening thoughts...
How to Move Out of Victimhood
I am always looking for ways to create resilience, especially for highly sensitive people. I want us to thrive in the world both as individuals and in relationships. I've seen significant research that shows how we interpret our lives...
Standing Your Ground in a Marriage
No doubt, marriage is difficult. When we first get married we are so in love that we imagine our partner will bend or lean to agree on everything and anything of importance. Unfortunately we are blinded by the 'dopamine effect' and are not actually living in an altruistic world....
The Ideal Husband – Is There Such a Thing?
The search for the ideal husband is an eternal one! The truth is that it is rare in life that any one thing or person turns out to be “ideal” and choosing words like reasonable, amicable, livable, satisfying and acceptable would be better terms with which to describe your...
Renewing Your Vows – Saying I Love You Again
Life has a way of taking from us. We can give to it until we bleed, and yet it still wants more. Always. Thus, life also has a way of taking away from our relationships and the people in our life that are of the highest value to us....
