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:
I have safeguarded myself through the courts. A restraining order has just been extended for another year — because the evidence, the risk, and the history demand protection. If I was the one who supposedly attacked him, as he’s whispered into ears that still want to believe the best of him, then why didn’t he go to the… Read More Let Me Go — I No Longer Belong to You
Let’s be clear — when a married man engages in secret communication with another woman, especially when there’s flirtation, hidden motives, or emotional intimacy that crosses boundaries, it is cheating. It’s not just “a bit of harmless chat” or “a little ego boost.” It’s a betrayal. A betrayal of trust, of vows, and of the woman who… Read More Real Men
A Psychological Reflection on Love, Loss & Self-Rediscovery I’ve been married twice.Two completely different men.Two completely different stories.And two different versions of me. 💍 The First Marriage: Young Love and Real Beginnings I married young — 18 years old.He was good-looking, charismatic, and in the beginning… he truly loved me. We started with nothing.Built a life together… Read More 💬 “Two Marriages, Two Lessons — And One Beautiful Return to Myself”
A Psychological Exploration of Why We Choose the Wrong Partner Someone once asked me:“Did you marry him because he had money?” My daughter practically fell over laughing. “He never had money. You were the one working hard. You earned everything. Unless he’s been secretly stashing it away all your married life!” Let’s get one thing… Read More “So If It Wasn’t for Money, or Looks, or Kindness — Why Did I Marry Him?”
✨ When Family Becomes Fragmented: A Promise to Never Repeat the Pattern Today, I received news that my son — whom I haven’t seen in over 30 years — is going travelling for the rest of his life. He stopped to see his father before setting off. That in itself isn’t what breaks my heart.What… Read More ✨ When Family Becomes Fragmented: A Promise to Never Repeat the Pattern
“Wait… So You’re Telling Me Love Isn’t Supposed to Feel Like DIY Therapy?”Or: After 3 Decades of Tolerating the Bare Minimum, I Found Out There’s an Upgrade Package You know that moment when you meet someone and think:“Wait… you can do all that and be kind to me?”Yeah, me neither—until recently. Because after 30 long years of being with… Read More “After 30 years of tolerating emotional crumbs, I found someone who brought the whole damn bakery.” 🥐
“Don’t you miss him? Having to do everything yourself now?”Ah, the million-dollar question. You could hear the room hush slightly, everyone waiting for my answer. But before I could even respond, my oldest friend—who’s known me since we were both sporting perms and lip gloss in the 80s—burst out laughing. “Miss him? She’s always done… Read More “DIY Diva: 30 Years of Doing It All (While He Played Tennis)”
When I finally walked away from the chaos and control, something unexpected happened. A dear friend from church, who had quietly watched me dim under the weight of a toxic relationship, pulled me aside with the kind of honesty only true friends dare to deliver. With a half-whisper and a full dose of sass, she… Read More “Not Quite George Clooney – But Close Enough!”
A Consistent Life Doesn’t Need Editing In a world full of masks, manipulation, and people rewriting their own narratives to avoid accountability, there is something quietly revolutionary about choosing to live in truth — especially when it’s hard. As therapists, survivors, or simply people striving to live in alignment, we learn this:Truth doesn’t waver. It… Read More ✨ “Come from Love. Stand in Truth.”
A Gentle Compass When You’re Struggling to Decide When we’re lost in uncertainty — trying to decide whether to stay or leave, speak up or stay quiet, forgive or protect ourselves — the internal conflict can feel like a war zone. Trauma survivors in particular often second-guess themselves, because their trust in their own judgment… Read More 🌿 “Do Everything from a Place of Love”
Linda C J Turner | Trauma Therapist & Emotional Healing Specialist 