“I Need to Get Stronger”

My 7-year-old son was bullied at school recently.  Fighting off tears, he told me a kid punched him in the stomach "and it really hurt".  He explained further that there were two boys and after the one punched him in the stomach another gave him an Indian burn (twisting one's arm separate ways, creating a burning [...]

Affirmations, Meditation, Creation

"Brainwashing"....  has a stigma about it, doesn't it. I quit school and my banker job in my young twenties to join a network marketing company... (more stigmas!).  I remember my good friend (and the guy who signed me up) rebutting claims from people saying the company was "brainwashing" us.  He said, "maybe we need some [...]

Co-Dependency vs Interdependency

How have I never heard the term Interdependent until recently?! (two marriages later).  I've discovered that most people are somewhat familiar with the term codependent but not interdependent, just like me.  It's taken me two marriages and a whole lot of legal battles, losses, and lessons learned to understand that I am a codependent (unhealthy) with [...]