Rejection is a part of life. It's ugly, painful, frightening, and disappointing, but we can't avoid it. We can only re-frame it... More >>

I started listening to you when I was 16 and living with two drug-addicted parents. I knew I could create a better life for myself, but didn't understand how to do that... More >>

You cannot forget or ignore the past. However, if you keep recycling negative memories, you'll never have freedom... More >>

I did not have an easy childhood. I feel as if I had to go through all of it to get me where I am today... More >>

Whether your parents were mean, suffocating, hypercritical, cruel, demanding, drunk, philandering, or unloving, you generally turn out with the same problems. Here are some of the signs that your parents screwed you up... More >>

...It's because of the example my mom showed us as a stay-at-home mom and your support of stay-at-home moms that (even after getting my graduate degree), I'm at home with my daughter... More >>

Several years ago I called you regarding my parents and step parents... More >>

...I've always said I'm the type of person who learns from other people's mistakes (although I make plenty of my own too)... More >>

My Mom died when I was five. My Dad then remarried, only ten months after, 'to give us kids a mom'... More >>

My life today is much different than my childhood. In a couple of days, I will have been married 20 years to a wonderful man, who adores me and his daughter... More >>