You’re twenty something. Okay you’re thirty something. Well maybe you’re forty something and single. You want intimacy not just great sex. You want emotional availability. Oh yeah and you want someone who has a decent job, no freeloaders. You want someone who is kind and respectful and romantic. Kids? You’re at a place where you could go either way. Online dating seems to have been … Continue reading Love, Sex and Single
I caught myself pursing my lips while on the phone with an old friend. I finally brought up why I was pissed, it was about the forty bucks she owed me from a few years back. The air between us got awkward. More than three decades ago I declared I would never again ‘lend’ money unless I was truly okay with never getting it back, no matter … Continue reading Break the Fault Finding Habit
Transitions are tough. Everything in our physiology naturally goes into resistance when facing a transition. The brain loves to create patterns. With patterns (even, unfortunately, negative, destructive patterns), you find comfort simply because the pattern is known to you. Patterns help us feel stable. But what about the patterns that start out as healthy and after time become unhealthy. For example, a drink after dinner … Continue reading How to Break a Bad Habit
My friend leaned in over the noisy din at “China World Buffet”… “I love food! All kinds of food. All kinds of restaurants. I love eating out!” We hadn’t seen each other in a long time and agreed to meet at her favorite food buffet. As I sat with her, I found myself increasingly repulsed, not just by what she was eating, but how she … Continue reading Foodie or Food Addict?
There’s nothing as humiliating as “the public reprimand.” We see parents do it to their children, husbands to wives, significant others to each other, even dog owners to their dogs, as the poor animals slink away with their tail between their legs, heads bowed filled with shame and sadness. It’s uncomfortable to watch, let alone be on the receiving end. Whether we’ve done it loud … Continue reading The Hidden Truths in Relationships The Public Reprimand
Consider this scenario: So you good with us going to that Greek restaurant for dinner tonight? Cause I know it’s not your favorite but you said you wouldn’t mind once in a while and we haven’t gone there for a long time. I just don’t want you to be mad. So you okay with it? Yeah, sure. Okay good, well you know you picked the … Continue reading The Hidden Truths in Relationships I’m NOT MAD
Lionheart Institute of Transpersonal Energy Healing Presents: The Hidden Truth in Relationships a bi-monthly publication This week’s topic: How Emotional Reactivity Sabotaged My Relationship By Laura L. Fine, MFT degree, Energy Healing Therapist Have you ever hated yourself for saying something hurtful to a loved one, even though you knew better?! Emotional reactivity comes with a price. I know when I don’t feel validated by … Continue reading How Emotional Reactivity Sabotaged My Relationship
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