Have you ever been in a relationship where you were long gone before you even left? Your heart, your mind, your soul. All gone before you physically made your way out the door. The person you used to love now drives you crazy. It’s hard […]
Tag: sadness
DESPERATE FOR AN APOLOGY?
We think when we’ve been “wronged”, we deserve an apology. Some validation that we are right and they are wrong. It makes us angry every time we think about the injustice. Judgement, bitterness, righteousness; it can fill us up. If they would just ADMIT some […]
CAUSING PAIN?
Who wants to feel pain? Hurt? No one does. So instead we lash out and hurt those around us. Sometimes even ourselves. This was never more clear to me at the end of my marriage and the months following. I was the object of a […]
UGLY TRUTH
Ok, here is some tough love. We all have a sad story. We all have stress. So many responsibilities. We get to choose how to tell our story. Do you tell your story with a lot of drama? Do you tell your story and sound […]
RESISTANCE
There are things in life that have a tremendous amount of meaning to us.When we try to deny that, we end up stuffing those emotions.We feel like it shouldn’t be a big deal.We downplay the importance it may have to us. We think we are […]
SELF-WORTH
What do you believe about your worth? That you aren’t good enough? Be careful, you will try to prove that belief. You WILL find proof. You may even create the evidence. Not smart enough? Make sure you tell yourself and others that you aren’t intelligent […]
POST DIVORCE HOLIDAYS
DREAD Are you dreading Christmas? Last year I just wanted to skip it. I was newly divorced with two young kids. Turns out it wasn’t my year to have my children and the thought of waking up ALONE on my first “single” Christmas brought tears […]
PAIN
I have been through the trenches on this one. Divorce triggered my pain and it was tormenting. My body felt ravaged by hurt and it was excruciating. I wasn’t prepared. Not even a little. We all experience pain at regular intervals in our lives. We […]
THE COURAGE TO FACE PAIN
I never thought there would be a day when I would truly believe the thought that I wanted my ex-husband to be happy. That was too painful. He’s happy and I’m not? I still had a lot of work to do. I knew that I […]
