Leanne Halyburton. Email: spiritoflife@hotmail.co.uk
A young lady I know was recently looking through old pictures on her phone, and commented on the fact that her sister (I will call her Jane) had had different boyfriends over for Christmas dinner for two consecutive years. There they were, all smiles and hugs, surrounded by piles of discarded brightly coloured wrapping paper. […]
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If something is to empower us, or lead toward our empowerment, it has to be honest. And by honest I don’t mean passive-aggressive or downright nasty; if someone snarls at you, “do you know what your problem is? You can’t take the truth!” they don’t have your greater good at heart. Genuine, well-meant honesty definitely […]
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If you have fallen in love with someone who has been honest enough to explain that they aren’t open to developing a committed relationship with you – are you, a) listening and accepting… or, b) ignoring and resisting what you don’t want to hear? If you have actual, behavioural evidence (as opposed to mere words […]
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The title of this blog says it all: there is no such thing as closure where a broken relationship and heart is concerned. What there is, however, is something much more powerful: ultimate detachment… but first, we have to understand how to allow ourselves to reach that stage! We imagine that if we can just […]
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How much time do we allow to pass before cutting our losses where a love interest is concerned? How long is too long? Well, if things haven’t progressed to the stage of actual dating by the time three months have passed, it is probably unlikely to ever do so. And when I say dating, I […]
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Men are great, aren’t they? Well, a lot of them are, but it seems to me that they often have to carry the can for those who are… shall we say… less than ideal? You know that, “all men are users/losers” thing – you’ve heard that, right? Well, how can that be? All men? Everywhere? […]
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Romance is a wonderful thing… especially when two people really care about each other! Then, it is not just fun, it is meaningful – an emotionally intimate experience, a reinforcement of affection and respect. It plays its role in keeping a relationship fresh… alive even. However, romance is subjective; your idea of what constitutes a […]
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