Relationships

Someone once told me that love is a choice. Initially, I was not amused. I felt something so powerful that I couldn’t just decide NOT to feel it. Yet, how many times had I…

In the new year, remember to turn on the light. Each December for the new year, I make a list of wonderful things that I want to happen. I also make a list of…

All that noise is running in the background like a computer virus draining our energy. Clearly, hurts that we leave untreated become bigger issues. Just like a leaky roof or check engine light, ignoring…

When I get out of balance in any part of my life, I feel it both mentally and physically. Like a boat listing precariously to one side, being out of balance for long is…

A better love life. Married, divorced, or single, our lives are defined by our real love life. Of course, romantic love is only one of the many ways we love, but somehow it takes…

In fact, in my experience, bullies tend to walk around angry and unsatisfied as a rule. Considering themselves victims of great wrongs, newly powerful, or trying to find meaning, they look for someone they…

Sadly, you can live in the same house with someone and be unconnected, but connections give our relationships purpose and meaning.…

It is up to us to teach people how we want to be treated. If we do not teach others to respect our boundaries, our right to an opinion, and our physical person, then…

My favorite story from this episodic (and absurd, I thought at the time) practice was when she poured a bucket filled with ice and water over her husband while he was taking a shower…

To dazzle is to live with the perspective of the fascinating beautiful individual, and to live beyond the ordinary within an ordinary life. It starts with joy. …