Growing up in a single parent home without a father leads to negative consequences for children and later adults. Read more

Do You Suffer From Chronic Stress? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. There are serious consequences resulting from chronic stress. Studies show these consequences begin from age 45 Read more

Stop Self-Hating, Stop beating yourself Sharon Salzberg is one of the outstanding teachers of Buddhist philosophy and mindful living. Here is a quote from a conference she attended with the Dalai Lama: Sharon Read more

What is emotional intimacy? Interestingly, two people can be married and live together for years. But they are not emotionally intimate. Both people have committed to each other in that Read more

Quarrels occur from time to time in anyone who is married or in a committed, intimate relationship. For some couples, these times are few, while for others, they are frequent. Read more

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." ~Buddha "Resentment is a highly Read more

Gaslighting Quotes That Capture This Emotional Manipulation "Gaslighting is mind control to make victims doubt their reality." — Tracy Malone."Gaslighting is a subtle form of emotional manipulation that often results in Read more

Case: A young mother referred herself to me after reading my article on Scapegoating. She remembered being scapegoated by her family as a child, first by her parents and secondly by her Read more

There is probably no more difficult and painful emotion than shame. Shame involves complete self-condemnation. It is a major attack against the self in which the individual believes they will Read more

A description of how certain families abuse their children and drive them out Read more