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I climbed into bed with a half-smile and my heart singing. This was such a good day. As I mentally compiled my gratitude list, it became...

[In a recent conversation with a new acquaintance, we eventually got around to discussing some of the more personal, painful parts of our...

I’ve written before about the four-legged lunatic that has free reign of our house. He continues to provide daily doses of both hilarity...

I recently read On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good”, by Elise Loehnen. It’s a highly...

[This week has been a pivot extravaganza. The standouts among a series of unanticipated events have been a microwave fire that narrowly...

Until quite recently, I imagined that my convoluted, protracted path towards healing was unique. Surely I was the only one who was so...

It’s no secret that we all absorb ambient negativity to some degree, often unconsciously. For the past several years, I’ve been working...

What happens when instead of hitting the ground running, as planned, you just hit the ground? If you’re me, you grumble a bit and then...

Until fairly recently, becoming a writer seemed like an unattainable dream to me. The huge “woulda, coulda, shoulda” of my life. The...

This week the CWP is off doing her thing and I’m treating myself to a glorious staycation. Lots of rest and reflection, good food, books,...

I may never be an enthusiastic celebrant of the holidays (the fact that this year I considered requesting a medically induced coma from...

I’ve previously promised more content on all aspects of narcissism and narcissistic abuse, and although these posts differ greatly from...

Maybe it’s a function of being in the third trimester of my life, or maybe because I’m no longer in survival mode my brain has time for...

About fifteen years ago, I bought and loved Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, edited by...

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I’ve shared previously that I’ve always struggled with the holidays to some extent. As the...

As pumpkin spice mania is reaching critical mass and most of the public spaces around me are extravagantly decorated for Christmas...

Until five years ago, the many and varied attempts I’d made to meditate regularly over a period of at least 25 years were all eventually...

I have to rant. I was recently asked this question, emphasis on the do, and not for the first time. It may or may not be a coincidence...

This is the first in a series of explorations of the fascinating world of narcissistic abuse by a partner. Before we begin, I want to...

Now that the CWP is launching and I’m taking my writing more seriously, I spend large swaths of time alone. Some days the only...