How do you know when you don’t love your husband anymore? First of all, it’s essential to distinguish the different types of love and whether any of those types remain. It’s one thing, after all, to say, “I’m not in love with my husband.” It’s another to say, “I don’t like my husband.” We’ll get…
It can be hard enough to admit to yourself, “My parents are toxic.” The trauma of toxic parenting goes deep. And you might wonder if, without that chunk of your identity, there isn’t much left of you to know. You didn’t get the chance to see who you might have become without your parents’ damaging…
No matter how you spin it, marriage is challenging. Even if you love one another to the moon and back, you’re still bound to face difficulties with your husband over the years. But sometimes, your husband can say and do deeply hurtful things. By ignoring or neglecting you, your husband shows he’s taking you for…
When it comes to the left and right brains, the equation is simple An artist and creative thinker, Daniel Pink claims in his book A Whole New Mind, that the future belongs to those who use their right brains to create rather than typical left-brain professionals such as accountants, lawyers, and computer programmers. He asserts…
No amount of willpower will prevent bad ideas from occurring My thesis and the premise of this essay is that, contrary to the majority of publications on the internet that claim you can stop negative thinking, the opposite is true. In the same way as trying to stop negative thoughts is like trying to capture…
Are you suffering from overthinking relationship anxiety? If so, you’ve got plenty of company. In fact, overthinking in relationships is so common that you can probably think of a TV series or movie character who does what you do. Maddening, right? You hate what it’s doing to your relationship. But what can you do to…
What exactly are you protected from? There is this ongoing narrative that the world has somehow become this mad and dangerous place, and that we require someone to take charge and restore “safety” and “security” to our lives. It is common to see signs during rallies that read “Make America Safe Again.” Is it possible…
You know the feeling – the one that leaves you weak in the knees when you meet someone new, and sparks fly. You want to be around each other constantly, and you desperately want to please each other. The beginning stages of relationships are exciting and consume much of your time and energy. This is…
It seems like a cruel twist of fate. You’re going about your business when suddenly they walk into your life. THE person. The one you’ve been waiting for forever. And it’s clear you both feel the same way. Except . . . The timing sucks. You’re involved with someone else (or, yikes – you’re married).…
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of narcissist text messages, the examples given here should sound familiar. Communicating with a narcissist may seem easy at first since they generally like to do most of the talking. Eventually, though, you get to experience narcissist texting games. So fun! Except, they’re not—at least not for…
