Recently, we’ve been talking a lot about the Manual. The Manual is the special set of rules that we keep in our heads about what other people should do or say, essentially how we EXPECT them to behave. 👀
Ahhh the Manual… …the invisible set of rules that you keep in your head about how everyone should behave in order to make you happy. ❎ Your husband doesn’t compliment you every day? Must mean he finds other
Wouldn’t it be great if we could love unconditionally like a puppy? If you’ve ever had the pleasure of living with dogs, then you know the delight that is the open-hearted joy and affection with which they greet you
Have you ever stopped to think about what love actually is? 🤔 Love is an emotion, and on its own, it doesn’t actually mean all that much. We believe that when we take actions INSPIRED by love that
Do you know and BELIEVE that you are unconditionally loveable? 💜 We are ALL born 100% loveable and worthy. And we have the ability to love ourselves (our love-ability) in a way that is completely self-sufficient, if we
❤️ Does your definition of success include love? What if your purpose in life had nothing to do with your career, or any kind of external goals? 💛 What if you are simply meant to be a loving
Why do the people we love the most also tend to make us the most furious? (And why do these cocktail napkins always hit the nail on the head? 🤣) Here’s the thing- these humans aren’t making us
Funny, huh? And… a little bit true? We’ve all been there. When that 0 to 100 rage pathway somehow gets set off and you are yelling at your totally loving and supportive spouse about why they bought regular
What pushes YOUR buttons? Your husband not doing his Honey-Do List? Your high school child having no interest in researching colleges? The TV not working again before the big game weekend? Your kids not getting you
Anger is a way of avoiding feeling the pain that we feel when we are exposed to a situation that brings up another negative emotion such as fear, shame, disappointment, resentment, urgency, etc etc. What are some of the
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