In my professional and personal life, I have met and observed an overwhelming number of people who have grown up in difficult environments. As children, all of us have probably…
It’s been awhile since this movie came out but I wanted to draw your attention back to it as Reese Witherspoons’ activism and recent work has been truly inspiring for…
I don’t watch much TV but at the odd times I see it in doctor’s offices or hospital rooms, there’s an assumption that we Americans all have the same lifestyle:…
The most common question I’ve heard, in person and in emails or comments, is this: “I have these serious problems. How do I fix them?” Or a variation of it,…
In my forested hilltop hamlet of sixty Norwegian souls, there is a Little Free Library. How the book Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo…
People who suffer from toxic, chronic shame are affected by it in many areas of their life. Sometimes people aren’t even consciously aware of how it impacts them. Some simply…
The empathetic, sensitive daughter of the narcissistic or otherwise difficult mother… never learns what love really looks like. The lessons she learns about love trap her into mistaking anxiety for…
People with strong narcissistic, sociopathic, and psychopathic tendencies (hereafter narcissists) are unwilling or unable to resolve conflicts or participate in discussion in a healthy, mature manner.