Love is a complex and multifaceted emotion that encompasses a range of feelings, attitudes, and behaviors. It can be experienced in various forms, including romantic love, familial love, platonic love, and self-love. Here are some key aspects of love:
Sometimes it feels as though every time one question is answered, another emerges. Just when you think you’ve reached the end, another letter arrives. Another email. Another message. Another person quietly steps forward and says, “There’s something you should know.” Some knew him years ago. Some knew him in another country. Some knew him long… Read More Does It Ever End?
Sadism in families refers to situations where a family member gains satisfaction, pleasure, a sense of power, or emotional gratification from causing another family member pain, distress, humiliation, fear, or suffering. This does not always involve physical violence. In many families, sadistic behaviour is emotional or psychological. Examples can include: Deliberately humiliating a child, partner,… Read More Sadism
Over the past decade, I have lost count of the number of times people have told me how resilient I am. They mean it as a compliment. They see someone who has survived difficult circumstances, kept going when life became overwhelming, and somehow found the strength to carry on. They see resilience. But if I’m… Read More I Hate the Word “Resilient”
One of the most important lessons to learn during and after trauma is that you cannot pour from an empty cup. When life has been turned upside down, your wellbeing must become a priority, not an afterthought. Think of the safety instructions on an aeroplane: “Put your own oxygen mask on first before assisting others.” This advice is… Read More Looking After Yourself During and After Trauma
While sorting through old documents, I also came across something else from that period—recordings of the conversations that took place that night. After being locked out of my own home, I went back inside expecting the worst. Something told me that I needed to record what happened, not out of revenge, but to ensure there… Read More Phone recordings
For years, you may have been told that you were too much. Too sensitive.Too passionate.Too emotional.Too honest.Too ambitious.Too kind.Too loud.Too quiet. Perhaps you spent years shrinking yourself to make other people comfortable. You learned to speak less, ask for less, dream less, and expect less. You questioned your own worth because the people around you… Read More You Were Never Too Much—You Were Just in the Wrong Room
One of the most common questions people ask is how to safely remove themselves from a difficult or volatile situation. The most important principle is this: exiting safely matters more than explaining yourself fully in the moment. In emotionally charged or unstable environments, direct confrontation or detailed explanations can sometimes escalate tension rather than resolve… Read More How to Safely Exit a Volatile or High-Conflict Situation
People often praise patience as a virtue. “Be patient.” “Give them time.” “Everyone has flaws.” “Relationships take work.” And they do. Healthy relationships require understanding, compromise and forgiveness. But there comes a point when patience quietly changes into something else. It becomes tolerance. Not tolerance of mistakes or difficult circumstances, but tolerance of repeated behaviour… Read More When Patience Is No Longer Patience
Someone asked me recently, “Surely you can remember something nice about him?” I stopped and really thought about it. I searched through thirty-two years of memories, trying to find moments of generosity, kindness or selflessness. But every memory that surfaced came with a condition attached. It wasn’t that he never gave a gift or did a… Read More “Can’t You Remember Anything Nice About Him?”
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