Wow. This is a powerhouse statement. My first thoughts are, if you’re accepting that your husband/wife/life partner, however you label your significant other, is physically, emotionally or mentally abusing you, then that is what you will get. Why? Because, in my early twenties, I was in a physically, mentally, emotionally abusive relationship. Why did I…
Tag: Self-Respect
Today is my 51st Birthday! Reflections of my First Year in the Second Half of my Life – What a Hell of a Ride!
51 It is just a number. To me, 51 represents the distance in this journey of my life. Reflections Emotions are messy. Regulating them is challenging at best. Sitting with uncomfortable emotions without reaction takes practice. Meditation truly gives inner peace, but Rome wasn’t built in a day and the same applies to my meditation…
5 Months & the ABSOLUTE POWER of Self-Talk!
I’ve spent my entire adult life changing. Changing masks. Masks are those invisible people-pleasing behaviours that allowed me to try and always do the right thing to please others. The masks have the same purpose – to please/fit in/to be accepted and liked – and what mask I wear changes for the people I’m around so I can…