WOO YOUR LIFE & RELATIONSHIPS
If someone asked you about your childhood, what would you say?
“I don’t want to talk about it,” or “There’s not much to say,” or “Nothing was wrong with my childhood”?
Perhaps you wouldn’t remember much even if you tried… except your mother’s icy face, your dad’s angry voice, or your uncle’s drunken laughter…
And your fear of being in this unsafe and dangerous world.
Scared and sad, you had no one to talk to. No one who would listen and understand. [Read more…]
Imagine…
You wake up in the morning refreshed and energized, feeling that your life is real, not a dream.
You smile at your reflection in the bathroom mirror and say hello to a busy blue titmouse in a birdhouse outside. Then you enjoy your morning yoga routine while bathing in the sun flooding the room.
Feeling strong and capable of facing whatever challenges life throws your way. That, no matter what’s going to happen, you will be fine.
Sigh…
Instead, you wake up tired and overwhelmed. You drag yourself out of bed, log in to your Facebook account, and get stuck. One more day in a prison of the past.
Your childhood wounds are still bleeding. Living with the consequences of a childhood emotional abuse makes it hard to live in the now and find happiness.
Happiness isn’t for you. At least, not before you’re healed… right? [Read more…]
That nasty, nagging voice inside your head.
“I can’t do anything right. I’m not good enough. I will never pull it through. I’m useless.”
Argh…
It doesn’t matter how much you try to do your best – it never seems good enough. The voice is almost always there.
Your diligent inner critic.
It mocks you in the morning, your rumpled face and tousled hair: “You look awful! You need to get to bed earlier.”
It keeps you from taking opportunities and trying new things, crippling you with self-doubt and apathy: “You will never pull it off, just forget it!” [Read more…]
“I’m coming home,” Josie chirped when Annabelle answered the phone. “What can I get for you, Mom?”
“And why would I need you, useless as you are?”
Mother’s words cut through the distance, piercing deep into Josie’s heart. Numb, she hung up and tried to steady her trembling hands.
She made herself a cup of tea, grabbed her ticket from the table and tore it into shreds. She sat in silence for a while sipping her favourite oolong, feeling nothing but pain. [Read more…]
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
~Ernest Hemingway
Honestly, how do you feel about your mom?
Do you enjoy her company or avoid her like a sunburn?
Does her number on your cell phone screen make your heart fall into your feet?
Is she the one who knows it all?
Then you’re in the right place. Keep reading.
So your Mom’s always right. She likes talking about her smart self, even to your friends. Never listens and dismisses you as if you were saying nonsense. [Read more…]
Ever watched raindrops on a spider web sparkling in the summer sun? How light refracts in the prism of water beads, spilling out into hundreds of colourful beams.
The articles on life lessons are like that too. Caught in the virtual web they are waiting to be found. To share their wisdom gained throughout years of human experience.
Why do we bother reading them?
Because we are unique beings living unique lives. Similar in some ways, different in others. Lessons we need to learn are not the same, neither how we learn them.
What we share reflects valuable knowledge from the areas of life most significant for our personal growth.
Looking for some answers? [Read more…]
