Dealing with emotionally harmful people can be difficult for even the most emotionally strong and intelligent individual. The Emotional Criminals we face in our day-to-day lives can be frustrating and even dangerous to our inner peace and well-being. So what do you do to protect yourself against the Emotional Criminals…
Tag: Relationships
20 Things I Want My Kids To Know As They Enter Adulthood
Being a parent at any stage in life is not easy – especially when you are parenting children who are on the cusp of adulthood. That undescribed, awkward and terrifying place between not quite being an adult, yet no longer being a child. The time when life is both full…
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Post Is About You.
Sometimes I just want to bang my head against my desk and scream SERIOUSLY???? And when I mean sometimes, it’s usually the times I’m dealing with a certain, “Miss Easily Offended” who just doesn’t seem to get that the world does not revolve around her. Newsflash: Things I talk…
Goodbye Helicopter Parenting, Hello Mothership Parenting
“Mothership, I have returned!” Those were the words my 17 year-old wise-cracking son uttered as he strode through the door after returning from an outing with his friends. “Mothership”? Seriously? I wasn’t quite sure what to think about Matt’s new nickname or why he bestowed yet another endearing term…