It’s getting close to that time of year again. Where we have to all gather around the table for the big family Christmas dinner and celebrate. Yippee! Unfortunately, we aren’t all too excited about this upcoming event. Many of us have to deal with a dysfunctional family at Christmas. Are you one of them? I
You know, so many of us are compassionate towards others. We hear of some unspeakable pain or even just someone’s trials for the day and we instantly feel empathy and want to do what we can to alleviate their pain or suffering. Today we’re gonna talk about how to practice self compassion. We often get
The past is a funny thing. I don’t mean funny ha-ha, I mean funny hmmmm. We want to forget it. Really we do. We don’t want to keep going back there. It sucks. We try to forgive and forget but we don’t. I want to share with you a few ways on how to deal
If we’ve never felt love or been loved properly, we have no idea what real love feels like and the way we love ourselves is a reflection of all that. Today we’re going to talk about how to find self love so people will know how to love you the right way. I’m no stranger
You’ve been in this relationship for a while. It all started out rosy and happy. Of course, it did. Don’t they all? They seem to be the perfect partner. They check off everything on the list. You were certain that this was the person for you. Your “happily ever after”. You never once think of
Let’s talk about love. I love love and everything about love. Just the thought of it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. But, love isn’t always roses. Sometimes love comes with a bunch of toxic relationship red flags but we choose to ignore them. Sometimes, love kinda makes our hearts sad. We give all
This is a new word for me. Narcissism. To be perfectly honest with you, I didn’t even really know what one was. I had to Google the definition. Then I Googled covert passive aggressive narcissist. Phew. It all sounded terrible!! And it all made sense to me. From some of the blogs I was reading,
So you’re in a relationship. It’s been a few weeks, months, maybe even years. Things seem to be going relatively ok for the most part but some things just don’t sit well with you. Recognizing signs of disrespect in a relationship can sometimes be kinda tricky. We’ll address a few of those signs here and
Our hearts eat lies. They do. Too often we believe what people tell us just so we can feel love and that right there my friends is the major cause of a broken heart. Let’s discuss this more. So why do we torment ourselves like that? Why do we keep letting our hearts eat lies?
Ah the break up. Pooey. It hurts like hell and you never even saw it coming. Or maybe you did. Maybe you are the one who broke up with your partner. Either way, breaking up sucks. Yes? I remember when I finally dumped my toxic boyfriend I read a lot of moving on quotes. These
Iva Ursano is a retired hairstylist turned badass freelancer, who left behind 52 years of her life in Northern Ontario, Canada for a life of freedom, love and beauty in sunny Guatemala. She has two main purposes in life: feed hungry bellies and help inspire people to live a life of joy and love.
