NBA superstar, Kobe Bryant, practices without a basketball. According to his former teammate, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe spends time cutting, motioning and grunting like he is dribbling and shooting but without a ball. Shaq finds this weird but admits it seems to help Kobe's game. Bet you didn't think you'd get a sport's story here.;) Feeling weird in your [...]
A sweet man recently asked if it was necessary for my partner to be an introvert. I had to think about it. Right after my marriage ended I swore I would never be in a longterm relationship with an extrovert again. They just don't get me. We can't connect deeply and spiritually. But... in [...]
In American culture, we believe that men can never be entirely trusted in the realm of the physical. We collectively suspect that, given the opportunity, men will collapse into the sexual at a moment’s notice...And where does this leave men? Physically and emotionally isolated. Cut off from the deeply human physical contact that is proven [...]
I stepped out into the freezing rain and headed toward the closest door. An older gentleman walked by and offered me an umbrella. So nice he offered. Instant good feeling. I followed him to the sanctuary since I didn't know where I was going. I hadn't been to a church service in over 20 years. My [...]
Despite overall good physical health... I don't always sleep well. I experience the introvert energy drain and my emotions simmer dangerously close to the surface... Much of this is due to my temperament and it frustrates me. I absolutely embrace my sensitive, intuitive, deep-processing self but sometimes it just stands there with limp, low-energy arms, not hugging [...]
"You'll always be looking for something better" he said. "What you want is unobtainable" he said. These statements came in a heated moment shortly after I softly let him know I didn't think we were going to work. These words from a man I valued, hurt. They stung because I knew I hurt him. They hit [...]
