If being "in a relationship" is important to you, then making changes and adapting to your partner or spouse is an important developmental process. The adage "This is who I am" underscores a defensiveness that speaks more to a frozen part of who we are, unwilling to reflect on ourselves and make changes benefiting the relationship and the person we profess to love. We all come into … [Read more...]
15 minutes of fame — do we really need it?
Andy Warhol made his career in part insisting that we all will achieve 15 minutes of fame at some moment in our lives. What did he mean by this? Is this true? Certainly society promotes the premise and thrives on it. The entertainment media has tapped into a wellspring of psychological and emotional needs. Reality TV shows take us deep into jungles, where casts of everyday people try to … [Read more...]
Compassionate musings
Some thoughts and resolutions centering on kindness and self-worth. Followed by the wisdom of others. ● I will treat myself with kindness and consideration. ● Because I treat myself this way, I wish to be treated with kindness and consideration, and treat others with kindness and consideration. ● When I am not being treated with respect and kindness, I will take measures to protect … [Read more...]
Into the great wide open
Reaching midlife has its ups and downs. You've worked hard and deserve to reap some of the benefits of your investments in life. The kids are either gone or rarely spend time at home. Life and its new horizons stretch out before you -- beckoning you to partake in new and unexplored ways. It's often hard to move from a role with which you have always been associated to something else. To explore … [Read more...]
Giving thanks … for being thankful
The practice of gratitude and appreciation reduces stress and aggression, new studies show. This makes sense: Allowing ourselves to be thankful for what we have places the focus on the importance of our existence and our inherent worth. Being thankful also connects us to one another, because gratitude is often directed to the people in our lives who have affected us in positive ways. Perhaps … [Read more...]
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