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Yesterday, as I was finalizing our travel itinerary for June, I saw that one of the payments I made to reserve an Airbnb was taken from the “wrong” account. I was certain I selected the right card, even double-checked the last four digits, but the payment was taken from another account. This was an inconvenience […]
Read More >>It took me years to make sense of the feeling of betrayal I experienced when my husband “failed” my expectations. In the last ten years of unraveling I also felt betrayed by my father, my mother, my sister, some friends. Having just spent the weekend at my sister’s, I am amazed at how good it […]
Read More >>Relationships are where we get wounded. Relationships are also where we have the potential to heal. When our partners act in a mothering or fathering way, it activates our feelings of being loved. And that can seem healing. Since we bring our attachment wounds into our romantic relationships, we feel loved when our partner’s behavior […]
Read More >>“What’s the point of being together, if they cannot be everything I need?” “What’s the point of being together, if I’m responsible for my own needs?” “What’s the point of being together, If I cannot share my emotions when I need to?” “What does it mean to build a partnership that is not based on […]
Read More >>A few weeks ago, coming out of a shower, I saw a frog sitting on one of the stone walls. It startled me. I felt a pump of adrenalin spreading through my torso like electricity. My animal body was reacting to the presence of another body sharing my space without my awareness. It took me […]
Read More >>I was walking in our community garden early Sunday morning, enjoying the beautiful sounds of nature waking up. Suddenly the soothing morning sounds were pierced by a burst of loud music coming from one of the nearby houses. “Yes sir, I can boogie But I need a certain song I can boogie, boogie woogie All […]
Read More >>“If you want to be reborn, let yourself die. If you want to be given everything, give everything up.” ~ Lao Tzu These first days of March mark a year into the exhilarating new chapter of my life. Exactly a year ago, on February 29, 2024, I closed the doors to a place I […]
Read More >>We all want deep, safe and fulfilling relationships. And yet few of us actually ever get to a degree of contentment we seek. When something doesn’t quite work in our relationships, the tendency is to focus on the external factors. I spent years picking apart my husband. I even blamed and projected on his mother […]
Read More >>Any fulfilling relationship with anything or anyone starts with you. You can blame others for your suffering, for your lack of fulfillment, but you will not get any relief from it. Not sustainably. And it will just keep you stuck. I know because I used to do that. I used to try to make my […]
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