Letting Go – Leaving the Relationship Photo Credit – Quotesgram Sometimes love means letting go. Letting go of love, knowing when to say goodbye, is an incredibly courageous step in living an authentic life. I ask, what is worse: the pain of staying in the relationship or the pain of letting it go? I’ve been…
Tag: Trust
55 Rules For Love – Rule #47 – Trust
More Than Sexual Fidelity Trust is more than being sexually faithful to each other. Trust is having faith is what motive lies behind your partner’s actions, trusting their word, and their ability to have your best interest at heart. Photo Credit – Line.17QQ.com Trust is Earned – Not a Right Trust is earned over time…
55 Rules for Love – Rule #31 – Space Is Needed To Breathe And To Grow
Oh, 2020!! 2020 is the year of COVID. 2020 is also the year my husband Michael and I spent eight of these 12 months apart while we sorted through the long list of logistics of transferring his life (before us) in British Columbia, to our now life in Nova Scotia after repatriating from Qatar. Either…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #28 – Trust Your Instincts, But Don’t Be Paranoid
Took me a long time… …to trust my instincts because I didn’t trust that I could properly interpret what my instincts were telling me; my own issues were in the way. My lenses were worst case scenario at all times – he’s cheating. He’s hiding something. He can’t be trusted. I grew up believing men…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #15 – Leave Drama Out Of It
Drama = Theatrics = Making a Big Deal Over Nothing = Overreacting = Being Irrational = Acting Crazy = Me Well, how I used to be. I’ve come a long way from screaming at my husband during a heated, one-sided argument, as he hides in the car with windows rolled up and doors locked, while…
Ten of My Favorite Feelings – Joyful Stephanie
Thank You Omobola I was nominated by Omobola, author of the blog Live life Live Fully, to write ten of my favorite feelings. Over the years, I’ve blogged extensively about my emotional journey through alcohol addiction and anxiety; first as a medium for exploring and gaining clarity of my own story, second in hopes that…
Confidence
As I sit here in the Toronto Pierson Airport on our way to British Columbia, I’m people watching while sipping a Tim Horton’s coffee and thinking about confidence. As all of these people of many different cultures walk by, I wonder? Who has confidence? Who feels safe within themselves? Who feels self-assured because of their…