Is This Stopping You From Building Relationships that are Healthy?

April 24, 2012

We’ve all been there…at a time in our lives where we believed that anything was possible…especially a healthy relationship. Then reality stepped in, we had a number of firsts…first boyfriend/girlfriend…first break up…first marriage…and for some of us, first divorce.  Along the way, the gleam wore off and we started to see things differently and then…this [...]

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How My Grandmother Missed Being on the Titanic

April 22, 2012

We have a family legend passed down through the years about the Titanic, that famous unsinkable ship that sunk 100 years ago this month.  Yes, my great grandmother, grandmother, great aunt and two great uncles “missed the boat”. Because of that, I am alive today and I am grateful for them “missing the boat”, because [...]

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How Setting Boundaries is Crucial to Your Relationship Success

April 19, 2012

Do you have difficulty settingl boundaries in your relationships? Perhaps you think it is normal to merge with the other person, to become as one. It is a common myth.   “Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.” Balthazar Gracian What Can Happen in Relationships without Personal Boundaries? Financial problems Fidelity issues Violence [...]

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Are You Failing to Stop Being a Perfectionist? You are Not Alone

April 15, 2012

Did you feel that you needed to be perfect growing up? Perfectionist tendencies are most often started when people are children. It can have its origins in the school system, in peer groups, or be handed down from parents through expectations. Recently, on Grey’s Anatomy, there was a very brilliant scene. Mark Sloan, a perfectionist [...]

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Be Confident and Let Go of Relationship Anxiety

April 12, 2012

Have you been plagued by relationship anxiety? Has it been a factor in your life because of your own anxiety or because of the anxiety of a partner? Nerves and butterflies are fine – they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager.  You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's [...]

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