What is a love language? What are the 5 types? Why should I learn about this? What can I do with the knowledge? These and lots more questions are answered in this post on the 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman!
Category Archives: Figuring yourself out
20 Lessons 2020 Taught Me
2020 is coming to a close and I’m taking the time now, before the holidays kick off and the children take up most of my time, for a lengthy reflection and 20 lessons I’ve learned this year. Feel free to add your own lessons learned in 2020 in the comments. I know you must have some!
Why I Don’t Drink
I had my last drink on July 2nd, 2017. It was my sister’s birthday. Since then, I’ve only had the odd sip here and there, and haven’t emptied a glass of anything alcoholic. Here’s why…
What’s Behind My ‘Freeze’ Response
When I shut down in fear, and completely freeze up, what am I really thinking? What’s my self-talk like? And how did I discover it?
Why Do We Want to be Right?
We all want to be right. We think we’re right, most of the time and it feels really great. But if all people are fallable, and everyone makes mistakes, we’re bound to be wrong sometimes as well. What happens when we are?
Getting Organized: Why Is It So Hard?
Why is it so hard to get organized and why do I keep putting off my routine cleaning tasks? I’m constantly stressed and irritated by the state of my house, and yet I can’t seem to get up and do something about it…
The Impact of Doing Emotional Work
My last therapy session involved the technique of EMDR. Diving deep into difficult emotions has left me physically exhausted, but mentally more at ease than I had been before.
How Are You Crazy? – Our Inner Contradictions
Did you know we are all of us a bit crazy? And that we all harbour strange contradictions within ourselves? What are yours? And why should you go looking for them?
The Subconscious Practice of Building Escape Routes
How do we cope with fear of missing out? And what is it costing us? What’s the key to changing our habit of building escape routes into our lives?
From Christian to Atheist to Spiritual Explorations to … Me.
My journey with religion has been bumpy, to say the least, and I don’t think it has ended either. I’m curious to see where it will lead me next.
Unscrewing Myself 