The Grief Club: The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change by Melody Beattie. Courtesy of Hazelden Publishing *** Initiating Change: When a Child or Someone We Deeply Love Dies The man sitting in the
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I was forty-six years old before I finally admitted to myself and someone else that my grandfather always managed to make me feel guilty, angry, and controlled. —Anonymous We may love and care about our
A woman told me about a dream she had, one that was bothering her deeply. “What do you think it means?” she asked. “I don’t know,” I replied. “Besides, it doesn’t matter what I think.
Herein lies an irony: the person who is trying to manipulate you views you as having greater strength or power than he or she does. — George H. Green and Carolyn Cotter, Stop Being Manipulated
Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I’ll worry; if
One step at a time. That’s all you can take. That’s all you have to take. Yes, you have visions you’ve created of where you want to go. But you don’t get there in one
Somewhere out in the Pacific, a storm brewed and swirled and thrashed and died without ever touching the land. Three days later, under a clear blue sky, the storm surge reached the California coast near
I’m furious about my job. Another man got a promotion that I believe I deserve. I’m so mad I feel like quitting. Now my wife says I should deal with my feelings. What good will
I sat in my room, a small cabin in Chimayo, New Mexico. The clock whizzed through the hours, but I didn’t whiz through my morning. I felt overwhelmed. Lost. I had more to do than
A painting of a rice cake does not satisfy hunger. — Ancient saying An old man was telling his grandson about how poor he was when he was younger. “Why when I was a kid,
