Sep 20Member-onlyPsychics, Prophets, or God: Who Reads Your Future Right?Did you ever try a Ouija board? Tarot? Mediums? Psychics? Do you have dreams that come true? Déjà vu? In ancient stories, people consulted oracles or examined the organs of dead animals for wisdom. We may consider ourselves much more modern and enlightened than consulting the liver of a dead…Psychic6 min read
Aug 28Member-onlyMy Journey to the Middle of the BedIt’s further than it looks This time of year, years ago, I moved into my first “home” with my then-husband. It was an A-frame at a camp in North Carolina. We were newlyweds, fresh off a terrible honeymoon on Anna Maria Island. I love the island, but it was a…Mattress3 min read
Aug 28Member-onlyThe Best/Worst Product You Shouldn’t Live Without(Can You Guess what it is?) How many clues will it take for you to identify this “product”? Here we go: Anyone can get it. Probably. But they don’t. Some people say it’s not for everyone. Some people say it’s fake. There are so many copies of it that the…Sales2 min read
Aug 9Member-onlyJesus Showed up Too LateAnd I’m kind of mad about it I used to sit in church and hear stories about “the children of Israel” and their trek through the wilderness to the Promised Land, a land “flowing with milk and honey” and full of giant clusters of grapes. And giants. Pretty tempting for…Rich People6 min read
Jul 24Member-onlyI Request an Amnesty Day for Trump SupportersThey’ve pushed themselves into a corner they can’t escape. They’ve helped put arguably the most dangerous and stupid man in our history into the biggest chair in the country. They’ve endangered democracy itself. If I hadn’t left fundamentalism, I could have been one of them, once upon a time. That’s…Pirates Of The Caribbean2 min read
Jul 24Member-onlyThe Surprising Benefit of Being with a Covert NarcissistYou want to know a secret? Life with a covert narcissist is much easier than life after you leave him/her/them. Are you surprised? If you’ve lived with one and then escaped, you know the relief. But you also know how hard it is to heal afterwards. You know how drained…Divorce Counseling2 min read
Jul 6Member-onlyCan You Stop a Hurricane?An Experiment in Prayer A hurricane was coming, and I wasn’t ready. A few years ago, as a freshly divorced single mom in Florida, I was watching a hurricane form above Africa and start moving towards the US. I didn’t know how to drill plywood holes to cover the windows, even if I HAD some plywood. I grew…Hurricane5 min read
Jun 28Member-onlyVoices in Your Head: Stranger Things, Sense8, and SchizophreniaSometimes stories are truer than the truth What if the voice in your head is NOT yours? Since I deal with the aftermath of narcissism and other abuses in my life and in my clients’ lives, I’m constantly looking for ways to see problems more clearly or to explain them…Deliverance7 min read
Jun 20Hey Dummy, HE was the Main Character, not YOUHappily Never After Meeting your Narcissist* He’s charming. He’s attentive. It’s overwhelming, a bit. But this feels right, it feels familiar, you get excited. “Finally, someone will love me.” You’re anxious to please, overly clingy. You’re filled with relief and eternal gratitude. “Happily ever after”? How about happily never after? …Relationships5 min read
Jun 14Member-onlyThe Apocalypse: Is the Sky Falling?“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride Bad News, Good News Doom is palpable these days — you can taste it, smell it, read about it, see it, and FEEL it. Certain top Medium writers…Apocalypse4 min read
