Question of the Day: “What do you say to your child when he’s crushed because he doesn’t have a crush?”

My son Jonah has always been a bit different. If you’ve read my previous posts about him, you’ve learned about his anxiety and his struggles with autism. Despite all of this, he has always been able to make friends and be social. He struggles and often “tries” to act like others and “be normal”, but…

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Question of the Day: “How do I process my anger?”

Anger is the most difficult emotion for me to process. Rage has always equaled abuse and pain. It has represented hurt and violence. As an adult, I finally see how people can use anger as a catalyst to get things accomplished. When anger is used for positive ends, it can be so much more than…

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Anger and the Empath

Anger is a tricky emotion. When I feel it in people, it feels like a wind storm.  There is such much swirling and debris.  It is explosive.  It arises in people quickly and sometimes dissipates quickly. Depending on the underlining catalyst, anger is unpredictable to me. I can never see it coming.  When people are…

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Single Mom Life: Dreaming

I have been doing a lot of dreaming lately.  In my daily life. In my meditations.  I am dreaming of my future and I am dreaming about my past. The other night my BF and I were at an Ugly Sweater party.  He is about seven years younger, so much of the party was made…

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Single Mom Life-Am I a Fighter?

Another afternoon conversation with one of my best girlfriends went like this: “Well, I am really proud of you.  You fought back and you’re not a fighter,” my friend with a smile.  Her remark was in response to my son’s most recent IEP meeting.  I had not backed down.  I stood my ground when they…

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A poem about Divorce- Maybe

Maybe Maybe we’re getting divorced because you put the stick of butter in front of the butter dish instead of in it. Maybe we’re getting divorced because I vacuum and you just can’t see the dirt. Maybe we’re getting divorced because I make more money than you and you stayed home to raise our boys.…

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Abuse and the Empath

When I was child, I was abused by my father. When I did anything wrong, I was beaten with either a hand or belt. I was most scared of the thinner belts.  They hurt the most.  My father has a “funny” story that he used to tell when we would be sitting around the dinner…

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Love, Desire, Anger, Hate- Emotions and the Empath

After addressing love, I thought I would create the juxtaposition with hatred.  First, I’ll address desire. The partner to love is often desire.  Desire is a bubbly, surface emotion that has a very short shelf life.  It is a quick hard-hitting emotion that often hits me in the stomach when I feel it on someone…

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