Here’s a new possibility for love… Open to expanding your definition of celebration to include more than the usual anniversaries and standard holidays. Open to seeing that a celebration can be broader than giving a gift or going to a restaurant for dinner. A celebration […]
One of the tricks to making sure you aren’t pushing love away without meaning to is… To make sure you aren’t holding onto thoughts about your partner, yourself and others that would cause you to pull back or hesitate to show up as full of
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I just got these shoes I’m wearing in this picture shown here. A financial advisor I know wore a pair of these and when I saw these (supposed) dress shoes with wing tips on the top and white comfortable soles on the bottom… I swore
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As Pam sipped her coffee, her thoughts brought her to all the ways she was unlovable. All she’d ever wanted was to be loved, truly loved, and she wondered how she got so far from actually fulfilling that desire. She hadn’t had a “bad” childhood
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Expectations–We all have them. We have expectations of ourselves that can sound limiting like this… –“I could never do that! That’s above my paygrade!” Or our expectations of ourselves can run on the positive side like this… –“Doing that will be a piece of cake
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I like to challenge my own thinking and my own beliefs to see how solid my beliefs are. I did this recently when my friend posted a statement on his Facebook profile that said… “As a Possibility…Expectations Are the Root of All Problems.” Is this
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Marsha knew she needed to have a better attitude toward her husband because she was more often than not angry with him… But she couldn’t seem to find it. The “story” that constantly ran in her head sounded something like this… “He’s a good guy,
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Here’s Susie’s true confession and insights that may help you when you feel disappointed with others and you’re not getting your needs met… ____________________ Someone very close to me had been going through one of life’s big transitions and she didn’t seem to want my
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There was about a two week window of time after I told my first wife I was leaving her that was totally real, raw and vulnerable. Most of the time, I’d just as soon forget all the stuff that happened before (and after) that caused
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Many of us grow up thinking that “vulnerable” is a dirty word and a sign of weakness. We’re taught we have to protect ourselves and be safe from physical and emotional harm by holding back our true feelings. We don’t want to hurt the other
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