Moving up on the "People Who Deserve Happiness" list

Numbness is well known to those of us who spent years rubbing shoulders with vulnerability and fear due to a violent partner. These two te...

In keeping with my theme this year of books that have meaning to me, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz comes to mind. The wisdom of t...

One Facebook friend asked me if there was a book that would speak to her now that she’s left and accepted the fact that that relationship i...

The holidays are here. Some of us may have mixed emotions, leftover memories of Christmases past haunting us. Often, it’s a time when singl...

Self-esteem -- the element that underpins all the work and decisions you must make as you recover from a controlling relationship. While yo...

When all your boundaries have been violated, it’s hard to set new ones, let alone, know what reasonable boundaries look like. When you’ve ...

Janis Ian sings a sorrow-filled, haunting song called From Me to You where she says:  I’m  leaving by night I’m leaving alone I’m le...