Annelisa

Wishing all who read this a joyous, safe, and reflective holiday time. Thank you for sharing your hearts and journeys with me this year –...

Alone on an empty beach, a heart full to overflowing - the sea gulls, the ocean, the sand, and the moon, not quite sunrise. The longing...

Falling apart, holding it all together. Then falling apart again . . . and then . . . coming back together. Cycles of clarity and then...

Constellations By MaMuse https://open.spotify.com/track/5Jh6fOPRZsnGrXNfs9NUS7?si=8765d35240c144e7 Well here we go Around again And back...

Before You Know What Kindness Really Is by Naomi Shihab Nye, from The Words Under the Words Before you know what kindness really is you...

Trauma can sometimes be thought of as a state of unbearable psychic pressure or disorganization. Your thoughts, feelings, sensations, and...

At times, blazing rage will push its way into your conscious awareness. A valid and sane response to abuse, neglect, and boundary...

In any close relationship, we open ourselves to an encounter with the two archetypal energies of abandonment and fusion. As relational...

At times, the wisest, most skillful, and most compassionate action is to establish a boundary with another person. To stand up and...

Gratitude is the understanding that many millions of things come together and live together and mesh together and breathe together in...

by Samantha Camargo I don’t want attachment. I want love. I don’t want you to be with me because it hurts you to not be with me. I want...

By Karen Drucker https://youtu.be/IvWcfx1mpPg https://open.spotify.com/track/3VBiGBahMQE4Al342X3X8I?si=4bff4efa62444a73

In Mandy Len Catron’s essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,” she refers to a study by psychologist Arthur Aron that explores...

Opening your heart to your partner or spouse is not the same as becoming an unboundaried receptacle for the unloading of another’s...

At times, you may be confronted by the darkness in your partner or spouse. You may be in a position where you must consider allowing them...