Love Letters to a Healing Heart
"Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I grew up in a family that confused honesty with truth. While we were honest about our feelings and desires, we were fundamentally untruthful. We engaged in self-deception and lied to others in pursuit of comfort and to protect our privileged worldview. This difference is why, as Dr. Jeremy Sherman writes, “One can be completely […]
Read More 03: Survival in an Emotional DesertThis essay and Rich’s quotes are uncomfortable truths reminding me of the impact on people that trusted me and loved me and that I trusted and loved.
Read More 07: Some Thoughts on LyingRecently I made a statement on my Twitter thread that I had a FB crush. Like so much of what I write on Twitter, it was intended as a comma on a particular moment. Perhaps, I shouldn’t have said anything?
Read More 54: Stories of A Facebook CrushIn truth, I didn’t value myself either, and as such I acted accordingly. Like Reese Piper, “I didn’t realize what it would cost me” to try to be everything for others leaving little for myself.
Read More Thoughts on The Cost of Feigning IntimacyThoughts on Affair Recovery’s “The 20 Most Common Mistakes of the Unfaithful Spouse.”
Read More 01: The Unforced Errors – Thoughts on Affair RecoveryLisa Arends asks “After being cheated on, it’s natural to question if the entire relationship was a lie. Is it possible for people to cheat on someone they love?”
Of course you can.
Read More Thoughts on Lisa Arends Video: Can People Cheat on Someone They Love?Days go by, and still I think of you…
Read More 51: Things I Carry – Days Go ByThe body reacts to sexual arousal and the flu in similar ways. As such, if I don’t stop long enough to greet my emotional and physical sensations with curiosity, I will get fucked twice.
Read More Thoughts on Anita Pavlovic’s Exist in the MomentDon’t misunderstand, I’m not saying there aren’t “narcissists in the world, just not as many as you would guess from the number diagnosed as narcissists by disappointed partners.”
Read More Thoughts on the Flying Monkeys (The Narcissist’s Tool for the Smear Campaign)Don’t misunderstand, I’m not saying there aren’t “narcissists in the world, just not as many as you would guess from the number diagnosed as narcissists by disappointed partners.”
Read More Thoughts on the Flying Monkeys (The Narcissist’s Tool for the Smear Campaign)
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