The pleasure, pain and growth of human connection.
I had a little meltdown today. It had to do with old baggage about competition and insecurity. I should have known it was coming. I've been going 100 mph lately. The primary reason: I'm prepping my house for sale. Lots of organizing, cleaning, mess avoiding and workmen swarming. I'm stressed about timing and frustrated because my [...]
Being the introverted, freedom-loving woman I am, it would make sense that I celebrate single-hood and relish activities that are self-directed but I’ve found dating to be exciting and expansive as well. Oh sure, I’ve been involuntarily groped in a coffee-shop parking lot and forced to sit through unusually long cat stories (complete with pictures), but overall [...]
I didn't fall apart during or after the divorce like everyone expected. I was worried as hell about how it would affect our children, scared to death about taking care of everything myself (how would I find the energy?) but ultimately not afraid to be alone. I knew I was on my way. I was doing [...]
I am told our desire to get away from everyone every now and again and again is perplexing and sometimes painful to extroverts. They don't understand how we could enjoy being alone, period. Even more confusing, we sometimes choose to be away from people we really like. The truth is we see all people as stimulation [...]
I am an introverted Pisces dreamer big-picture kind of woman. I could while away hours daydreaming about traveling in foreign lands, meeting a beguiling stranger on a midnight train, writing a bestseller and championing lost souls. I am most content when I am available to possibilities. Possibilities in Love Deeply Single: A state of perceiving the [...]
It seems I'm most alive when I'm dancing on the fringe of a relationship, either almost disentangled or almost entangled. That space where I can taste freedom or I can taste enchantment is where I am creative, brave and generous. It's where ideas flow and my smile is the most genuine. You see, I have a [...]
