Divorce with a side of Manipulation & Control Controllers, Manipulators, Manipulation and Surviving Some are manipulated, controlled, harassed, or assaulted in some way and can’t figure out how they got there or how to get out. What is confusing is… Continue Reading
Warm weather is the end of the winter of my discontent. I flourish in sun but not so much the winter rains of my home in the San Francisco Bay Area. My pessimism doesn’t trump my optimism during winter but… Continue Reading
I Got Up and Kicked the Bastards in the Balls. (This painful memory, with language no one who knows me will believe I am using, is dedicated to the men and women victimized by revenge filled spouses, dirty lawyers and… Continue Reading
Repair the Damage “Historical and moral justice is served, and moral repair is made possible, only when the healing of wounds matters.” Thane Rosenbaum, The Myth of Moral Justice What a ride it has been. If anyone had said when I was born,… Continue Reading
Dating,porn,trust,being a good partner – this slice of life essay has it all. Genders have issues – we all know it – this just brings a few things front and center about it! Women – is he: screwed up? … Continue Reading
You choose. Do we have the glass half full playbook or the glass half empty? The silver lining playbook or the nimbus cloud? It helps to be born with the optimism gene and let life’s little terrors bounce off your… Continue Reading
Life After…Moving To Happy You Have Many Possible Futures – Which One Will You Choose? You may have been told for so long that everything was your fault, you can’t do anything right, you’re not smart, so that all of a sudden you don’t… Continue Reading
Word Salad and Stealth Transaction Fees Oh how clever the narcissist: learning the language of manipulation so that it appears normal. They will act relaxed, laid back, and even serene with you. But the tab… Continue Reading
Did Ashley Madison just enter your life? Maybe it did and you are shocked or perhaps finding your partner’s email there was only validating what you suspected. Either way it hurts like hell. Your trust is gone,… Continue Reading
Women – Is he screwed up? Dysfunctional? Distant? Cold? Emotionally unavailable.? Then get this guidebook in his hands now and if it doesn’t work, get out your courage and your walking shoes.MEN:Yes, you – the one with one hand on… Continue Reading