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Month: March 2024

The Trek to Finding Real Love: Coping

The Trek to Finding Real Love: Coping

Uncovering Coping Mechanisms Dealing with an addiction at home, albeit a parent’s addiction, can be uncertain and uncomfortable at times.  Coping with this situation could be difficult. The best times were to be had at school, a friend’s sleepover, or engaging in an athletic practice.  In other words, staying away from home was paramount to keeping some modicum of sanity.  Secrets of the addiction kept embarrassment down, but loneliness was always an issue.  I had to find opportunities to slip…

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The Road to Real Love

The Road to Real Love

Traveling with no mercy We have very little opportunity as children for autonomy and control. When we reach our teen years, the lack of those things can lead to some defiance, anger and frustration. Adding a component of addiction and/or mental health issues from the parents can deepen child anxieties, worsen self esteem and hinder important communication. Being a parent is difficult, but such a rewarding experience. It is a bonding time to practice and show love to yourself and…

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Finding Real Love

Finding Real Love

Why Am I Here? What a great question for a soon to be 65-year-old!  So why do I ponder this now at this juncture in my life?  Why not?  I have seen many years pass by me, full of stories, memories, and experiences.  Yet, I feel as though I never really understood why I am here.  As the latest movie, Barbie, explains in a song entitled “What Was I Made For”, she wants to remember how to “be happy…something I…

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