The day I got married, I did not love myself. I thought I did, but I was just in love with the idea of being loved… while loving someone else, more than I loved myself. I assumed that was how it was supposed to be. Caught by the trap of not seeing that love-bombing, because it’s so intense, is not the…
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Do you ever have dreams where you’re falling? I do. And I usually wake up as soon as I start to fall. I physically jump, shake and take a deep breath… I’m okay! Thinking my muscles just needed to relax. Last week I had one that was a little different for all the other ones that I’ve had before. I was…
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Contrary to what most of us believe about abuse… and even “domestic violence“… the sight of a woman who’s being punched in the face and kicked in the ribs while her husband threatens to kill her is not the only form. That would be at the extreme end of a spectrum known as partner abuse. Most abusers never have to hit,…
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Before I married, I was a confident and carefree woman. I was working for a large newspaper as a circulation manager with employees under me. I was moving my way up in the company, that appreciated the work that I was doing. And although I had some normal female insecurities, I wasn’t really worried about what people thought of me,…
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If an unwanted divorce is not enough to be dealing with many of us women are dealing with a toxic family of origin as well. I’ve been coaching and mentoring women through the divorce recovery journey for about four or five years now. In my experience, I’ve only coached a couple ladies who did not have problems with their birth…
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