Selfish

"I don't understand why some women do it." "Do what?" "Cheat on their husbands." "I can give you five reasons why a woman cheats. She feels underappreciated, neglected, or ignored. She craves intimacy. She is bored and/or lonely.  She never feels fully loved and appreciated.  She has an intimacy disorder because of some early childhood …

Broken Heart Syndrome

You can die of a broken heart -- it's scientific fact -- and my heart has been breaking since that very first day we met. I can feel it now, aching deep behind my rib cage the way it does every time we're together, beating a desperate rhythm: Love me. Love me. Love me. ― …

Foods to help ease Seasonal Affective Disorder

When I saw this delicious looking dish in an email I got from Canadian Livng, I had to find out what it was and this video of Marlo Thomas popped up.   Salmon is one of the foods mentioned and a favorite of mine and my husband's.  I look forward to cooking this dish.  It may …

Women and Bipolar Disorder

The first time I was aware of bipolar disorder was years ago in New York.  It was there that I learned that my sister was manic depressive.  She had suffered from a nervous breakdown.  I never knew that she was manic depressive.   It was not evident to me.  She seemed fine to me. While …

Bad Posture

Growing up my mother always used to say to me, "Hold up your back" because I slouched.  You would think that going to ballet classes would have helped.  It didn't.  Years later I was still slouching or hunched over my keyboard as I was typing.   My fiance used to be on my case.  He scolded me every time he …