how to spot manipulation in a relationship People who are manipulative will blame you for their actions. They will hold you accountable for how THEY feel. Manipulation is a way for individuals spiritually wanting (choosing) to stay stuck in their wounds, to feel better. They use you as a scapegoat for their pain. I am [...]
Why is it so hard for us to do for ourselves what we do for others? I had a dear friend remind me of this today and I'll tell you what...it hit me HARD. Like hard to where I just cried instantaneously because it was so spot on. See for me it's very easy to [...]
I sat across the table and watched her make a face as she slumped her shoulders and slurped her soup and I couldn't understand why she wouldn't just say, "I'd like to have it." She asked him several times, "Do you want that last hot dog," and he responded with, "I'm not sure." I couldn't [...]
You ever have days where you feel like nothing is happening. Like you're just here and that's it. See we all have days at least once in awhile where it feels like that. You could label it whatever you want from being lazy to bored or perhaps even lonely but it's really none of those [...]
Can you find some comfort in knowing that feelings only emerge when they're ready to release? I mean anything from fear, sadness, anger, resentment, pain, bitterness, jealousy - when it comes up...it's ready to go and that is the very reason you are feeling it. It was divinely TRIGGERED in order to be released. [...]
Life happens when you're making other plans. And as that Ferris Bueller quote goes, "...if you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." My week has gone by so incredibly fast and tomorrow I officiate a dear friend's wedding which gave me a huge reminder as I was speaking with the [...]
All the love you need is within yourself. Far too often we believe we need to seek love out in another person. We think there is that 1 person out there in the world meant to fulfill us. I, too, used to believe this. I used to believe that my love came from "out there". [...]
Remove your agenda from your life. Remove your plans for your career, relationship and future. Just remove everything you think you're actually controlling - because I hate to break it to you...you're really not. The only control you have is over the vibration you shoot out into the world around you. That vibration is regulated [...]
Love can be such a heavy word to so many. Heavy as in they put a lot of pressure on the concept of what it is. So why don't we address that right now. What is love? Love is who we are. Love is our core being. Love isn't always romantic, though it surely can [...]
Have you ever felt like you needed to change yourself to please someone else? Have you ever hesitated saying something, wearing something or doing something for fear of what another thinks? At some point in time we all have done this to some extent. So often we are concerned with what others think or feel about [...]
