Valentine’s Day has come to be associated with romance, even though its origins have little to nothing to do with romance. The current tradition for adults dictate some romantic gesture toward a partner: dinner, flowers, chocolates, or a card. This...
I was honoured in February to be nominated for the Women of Worth Foundation award for Leader of the Year 2019. Almost as soon as the email hit my inbox, I ran into myself! I felt guilty inviting people to the event just for me, and worse asking them to attend when I...
And, as with all of the strategies we develop, mine created the very experience I was trying to avoid. Making yourself needed will never result in feeling wanted, chosen, important or good enough. Instead, overfunctioning sets a contract up with others that says...
Note: this is a continuation of the story begun in Face Yourself First – Part 1. If you haven’d read that post yet, go do that before reading this one. When I was young, I found my refuge in books. I read between the lines of Snow White, Cinderella and...
I was one of those little girls who was always on the outside of the group. Through careful study and imitation of the group I could work my way ‘in’, but then I would say or do something that would put me right back on the outside again. I lived in a small town,...
