Wrapping up our month-long focus on love, let’s reflect on our relationship with ourselves. Do we have a practice of self-love? Do we show ourselves love every day? Let’s start a self-love practice. You can begin by going grocery shopping and buying favorite snacks or drinks, cooking yourself your favorite meal, or taking a...
A big part of having the love you deserve is letting go. Letting go of regret, letting go of mistakes, letting go of toxic people–letting go can be hard, but it makes us stronger. Letting go of things that do not serve us makes room for things that will. Letting go of toxic people...
A major part of getting and keeping the love we deserve is being secure in the knowledge that we deserve love. This means being secure in ourselves and who we are. Trusting our own judgment creates security and builds positive self-esteem. Learning how to trust ourselves begins with gathering objective facts. One thing that...
I don’t remember when I first formally learned about “unreliable narrators” in fiction. It was probably sometimes during junior high or high school. First, we had to learn about points of view, of course. Was the fiction written from a third-person or first-person point of view? If third person, were they omniscient? Limited omniscient?...
Are you getting the love you deserve? Most people do not consider whether their loving relationships are giving them the love they deserve. This is just not something we typically contemplate. Do your love relationships (this includes family, friends, and romantic partners) provide you with evidence of being loved? What constitutes evidence of being...
A review of Pink Plastic House by Kristin Garth, in anticipation of a new chapbook by her.