On the surface, the logical rational side of things, there is no way to see the pain and upset that was hiding beneath the surface. Without taking the time to truly listen with empathy to what is happening inside the other person, neither Sara nor Jeanie would have had a clue as to what was really going on with their partner
September of last year my friend was going through a really hard time. She was attempting to launch herself as a singer, speaker and life coach and had been struggling financially. At one time in her life she had been an extremely successful pharmaceutical sales person and owned a 3,000 sq ft home and drove [...]
When we carry childhood wounds (and, okay, tell me someone who doesn’t and I’ll tell you somebody’s not being honest) we have learned things about the world that we believe to be true. These are like the Four Agreements by Don Miquel Ruiz, we learn or accept certain things to be true about the world, then we go about proving them through the process of our lives.
I know it’s a radical statement to make and statistics being what they are, will not back me up. But statistics rely on one important measure: self-report or outright evidence. In my experience the victims of female perpetrated crimes will not admit to having been perpetrated by a woman for lots of socially understandable reasons.
Yet of course, the Smart Marriages coalition and the anti gay marriage activists all claim marriage as their highest value. So why is it if this is the highest value for this group, that their marriages fail?
I posted on my Facebook page about how little compassion we, as a culture, have for people who act badly. Okay, yes, we are upset that Tiger, who many of us had on a pedestal has fallen so far down. But it happens to the greatest of men in the greatest of roles. Why should [...]
Obviously, there is something terribly wrong with how we are aiding our returning vets. Even if you question that statistic (coming as it does from democracynow.or) even the ABC news reports that there are 1,000 attempted suicides among veterans PER MONTH.
An article came out on Times Online this week about how scientists have discovered a way to alter our experience of traumatic material with the use of drugs. The article addressed this issue as if it were a new idea, and that some might find the whole idea offensive. The news of the advantageous aspects [...]
It all blew up last week when she got fed up with his continued drug use (now “Coke” laced with “Meth”) and his growing out of control behavior. She walked out on him.
That put him over the edge and after a series of events, ended up shooting and killing himself.
