Microclimates of My Soul
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
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Life’s Little Playbook
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
Narcissism, Suicide and Stopping the Pain
Guest Blog by Chloe Pearson: On Suicide, Pain, Substance Abuse and Narcissism: Connections and Help I’m so pleased to have this article by Chloe Pearson on suicide prevention because any life lost to suicide is a tragedy and whatever… Continue Reading
The Narcissist and Reality: Not Like Yours
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
Getting Real With A Jerk and How My GFE Saved Me
Sometimes you have to be blunt with your friends to get the message across. I refer to GFE here which means, according to Urban Dictionary, Girl Friend Experience from a prostitute. (No, I won’t deconstruct… Continue Reading
I’m Fine, What’s Wrong With You?
When someone thinks they know everything about you – and they get it all wrong it creates some cognitive dissonance. I read this and think, “Who is this? Who thinks like this?” A while ago… Continue Reading
Exposing Corruption
DOES CORRUPTION MATTER? Yes. I write about corrupt people. I expose them, using their own words and deeds. Nothing else. I hold up the mirror and show them their reflection. They do not like it. They complain. I do this… Continue Reading
When Anxiety is Hijacking Your Life, Get Rid of It
Anxiety is a part of the human condition. Everyone, everyday has some. But when it controls your actions, your sleeping, your eating and robs you of joy and becomes your only companion it is time to do something about it.… Continue Reading
The Alchemy of Failure Teaches Us How Not to Be a Doormat
It is really easy to feel like a doormat in a relationship with a narcissist. My alchemy came as an unexpected gift from my narcissist. Problems, failures and disappointments, when put into the proper perspective, make alchemists of us all.… Continue Reading