Attachment Styles and Highly Sensitive People. What predicts healthy romance? By The Esposito Institute Let’s look at the research on attachment styles to help us understand how to create healthy romantic relationships. We unconsciously act the way we do in romantic relationships for a good reason. Human beings have an innate drive to form emotional...
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How do I do as your dad
So very precious to read; heart warming and encouraging http://www.bbc.com/news/disability-36474810?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
I love my life
Pablo Picasso once said “The meaning of life is to FIND your gift; The purpose of life is to SHARE it!” That’s why I LOVE the work I do and the people I work with!
Parenting impacts on partnering
EXPRESSION OF AFFECT AND IDENTITY. A mother Nyala and her young son are grazing below me as I sit here in the bush veldt in early summer. His coat is still fluffed and spotted, and his appetite voracious. The mother leads him to the water hole where they both drink, then he walks away to...
Every morning a new arrival
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honourably. He may be...
Grief affects us, body mind and soul
Grief affects us, body mind and soul When you really stop to think about it, grief affects more than just your emotions and mental health. Grief affects your entire being; heart, mind, body and soul. Those observing you will notice this, but as the person grieving, you may not consciously notice the major toll grief...
Anger, a friend in need
Anger, a friend? It’s worth thinking more about anger. What comes to mind now is Sue Monk Kidd in Dance of the Dissident Daughter saying that we think of only 2 things to do with anger we feel: one is to bottle it in to keep the peace, the other is to express anger and hurt...
After Spending
After spending decades of my life in a desperate attempt to pass every arbitrary test placed before me by the educational system and society, I have to be constantly reminded that the end goal of all this striving is to live joyfully! Martha Beck: Expecting Adam
Remember this?
April, come she will When streams are ripe and swelled with rain May, she will stay Resting in my arms again June, she’ll change her tune In restless walks, she’ll prowl the night July, she will fly And give no warning of her flight August, die she must The autumn winds blow chilly and cold...