Peace is an Inside Job and I Don’t Have It. Yet.
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. Thucydides 460 B.C-395 B.C. Much has been said about fake... Read More
Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice
For many people, holidays bring up a wide range of old and new emotional pain. One client of mine is spending time with a relative... Read More
Protect Yourself: Avoid Matching
“We don’t absorb the energy of others, we match it. Wayne Dyer I’ve written about emotional vampires before: those people around us that... Read More
1,900 Year Old Advice on Adversity
I’ve been devouring the writings of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 120-180), a practitioner of a practical philosophy called Stoicism. Ancient Stoics sought to accept... Read More
Stifle Emotional Vampires
Nothing Ever Becomes Real Until it is Experienced. John Keats There are several forms of emotional vampires (narcissists, victims, controllers, etc.) who go far beyond... Read More