How you can help someone with domestic violence signs? October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Awareness being the operative word. That said, I wanted to share a personal story about domestic violence, and how you can help yourself or someone else. I was starting out as a young acupuncturist in Cambridge, Massachusetts when Eleanor, […]
By Suzanne, Journey Beyond Client In many ways the routine of life is the same, but I am happier, empowered, and more independent. I am doing things and going places that I didn’t do for 11 years because my ex wouldn’t or I was too afraid to ask and be rejected by him. In the […]
By: Karen McMahon Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game. In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles. I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of opening […]
By Lisa Brick You are the only person in your life who is always there. The relationship that most impacts how happy you are and what you are able to accomplish is your relationship with yourself. Everyone else (parents, children, significant others, extended family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances) comes and goes. The extent that […]
By Karen McMahon Many of us who have faced divorce lived with shame or guilt around the secrets hidden behind our front door. Welcoming outsiders in to see the insanity you have been living with offers a treasure chest of possibilities. “We are only as sick as our secrets” ~ Alanon How very true […]
By Karen McMahon Our lives are an ongoing chain of relationships with those who have known us for a lifetime to our friends, co-workers, companions, neighbors, bosses and employees. Some are warm and wonderful while others can cause a constant rub. The key to mastering all our relationships is to see them as a mirror […]
Guest post by: Sandra Lee Williams Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back; a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. -Anais Nin Obviously the term “leash” here is a metaphor for those things that hold you back. It […]
By Karen McMahon The way we draw what we want to us is by developing clarity around our desires. When I was going through my divorce, I was worried about where I would live and how I would be able to make a living while caring for my two school age children. I was […]
When I look back on this year, I can say that I have grown tremendously in my awareness and behavior around my relationship. It has been anything but easy. I have been upset, confused, frustrated, angry and broken hearted. I have experienced both love and loneliness, faith and insecurity, self doubt, complete certainty; deep joy […]
I challenge you to choreography your life. Keep in mind the key for quadrants of our lives: physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Where are you and where do you want to be a year from now. Notice what was important to you a year ago that may no longer be so. What has taken its place? Where have you grown...
