When Relationships Change

Many times in the course of our lives, we will enter into relationships and over time that dynamic will change. It may completely run its course and the relationship will end, or perhaps the dynamic will just shift, such as going from a friend to a lover, or vice versa. These friendships, work related, or personal/romantic […]

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Breath Work

To control the breathing is to control the mind. With different patterns of breathing, you can fall in love, you can hate someone, you can feel the whole spectrum of feelings by changing your breath.” – Marina Abramovic Even before ever reading the quote above, I have realized the importance of breathing and the impact […]

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Let Yourself Be Loved

Sometimes we look at couples and say “they are just MADE for each other” or “they are gonna be together forever” … and others we seem to think “they won’t last” or “they don’t seem truly happy” – but none of us can ever really know for sure. Sometimes the ones that seem so unlikely […]

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Choose Wisely

It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. – The Fault in Our Stars, Film I don’t know why, but the film “The Fault in Our Stars” always gets me right in the feels. This film is based on a book by author John Green, and was originally written/made as a […]

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A kiss for later

Have you ever kissed someone goodbye? I’ve never purposely, at least not for the final goodbye. I’ve said goodbye at airports, I’ve waved good bye while being separated by military deployments. I’ve looked back, for that one final glance when being separated by distance from family, friends and lovers, but I’ve never realized the last […]

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Sitting in the Sadness

For many reasons, both personal and global, my heart is heavy. I type this and I try to understand. The only thing that seems to help is writing. Journaling, blogging, and just putting words out of my head in some way. I understand that my sadness is for myself, for people close to me, for […]

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A Grand Relationship

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. – Sam Levenson I do not have children; however, this quote struck me as highly amusing since I am now an adult and can see the perspective of parenting from a broader view. As one who was fortunate enough to […]

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Ikigai

In Japan, there is a term – ikigai (pronounced Ick-ee-guy) – which roughly means “reason for being”. It’s been featured in many articles, but just one was in Forbes, which you can read about here, and where I got the diagram/visual below. I found this fascinating when I was first introduced to it, because it’s […]

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Travel Memory – The Isle of Arran – Scotland

Just around a year ago, I visited Scotland to see my man-friend, and during that visit to Glasgow, we took a little weekend trip to the Isle of Arran.  To start the trip, it required us to take a train from Glasgow out to the western shores, where we could catch a ferry. On this […]

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Falling Out of Love

As sad as it may be, falling OUT of love often teaches us the most lessons. Falling IN love is where many of the great memories are made and “feel good” moments live, but falling out of love is where we are forced to grow, or at least consider the process of reflection and growth.  […]

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