“What is it like, such intensity of pain?” There are times in life when the firmament of our being seems to collapse, taking all the light with it, swallowing all color and sound into a silent scream of darkness. It rarely looks that way from the inside, but these are always times of profound transformation […]
Sometimes we are our own worst enemies and sabotage our chances of getting what we really want. Relationships, careers, fitness…we can derail ourselves in all areas of life. It’s a hard reality to confront … when there’s no one to blame. I’ve been writing about relationships for years and can’t help but notice patterns in […]
Effective leadership is the key to taking your success to the next level in 2023. Good leaders can turn negative situations into opportunities for growth, they can take themselves and their organizations to new heights of success. In today’s post, we’ll be sharing some leadership quotes so you can think about what it means to […]
Trigger warning: Mentions of suicide and death I could always tell you’d fallen in love with somebody when you started pronouncing their name differently. It was a subtle change, but I could always tell how the syllables tasted fresh on your tongue. You spoke every letter so carefully, as if you wanted to be sure […]
“It is not easy to give closeness and freedom, safety plus danger.” One of the hardest realizations in life, and one of the most liberating, is that our mothers are neither saints nor saviors — they are just people who, however messy or painful our childhood may have been, and however complicated the adult relationship, […]
Narcissism has become a loaded word over the years, yet research has also consistently found that it is detrimental to interpersonal relationships. The traits of narcissism, which can also overlap with the diagnostic criteria of the full-fledged personality disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, can include a lack of empathy, an excessive sense of entitlement, grandiose fantasies, […]
The road to enlightenment is paved with mistakes made along the way… and boy did I make them all! So much so that I created a career writing about relationships, and my personal experiences gave me so much more insights than a Ph.D. ever could! One comment I hear over and over again is, “I […]
Want to learn more about the power of mindset? Having the right mindset can turn any obstacles or setbacks in your life into opportunities for growth. So if you want to start the year with a completely different set of mental tools then these quotes will help reprogram yourself, and leave unproductive, unsupportive mindsets behind. […]
Looking for ways to better understand the human condition? One way to do so is by listening to songs about greed and materialism. Today, we have put together a collection of great songs on this meaningful topic. These songs describe how people become fixated on material things, want more than their fair share, and fall […]
“I believe talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.” “Be a good steward of your gifts,” the poet Jane Kenyon urged in what remains some of the finest advice on writing and life ever committed to words. Our gifts come unbidden — that is what makes them gifts — but with […]
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