Reflections
Articles & Musings by Lizanne Corbit
Divorce: Part II
Blue Iris, a great divorce support and education organization asked me the following question, and here's how I responded: "How can we deal with some of the more difficult feelings that come up during a divorce"? First of all, I'd like to make a...
Divorce, Part I
Divorce can be overwhelming, so it is helpful to know what the possible stages of any crisis can look like. As so many of us have experienced in our lives, there is often a crisis that throws us into a cycle of transformation, and divorce is...
Relationships, Part II
In John and Julie Gottman's book, "10 Lessons to Transform Your Marriage" they state that there are a set of particular poisonous interactions called "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," which can cause serious damage to relationships if gone...
Relationships, Part I
Since 1994, the Gottman Institute has been working on developing tools to help couples identify problems that are proven to destroy relationships and to turn these problems around. They have developed a body of advice from their research and their...
Codependency, Part III
The child who is destined to become a codependent will become extremely talented at pretending; pretending not to feel, see, or hear what is going on in front of them. They re-package their real feelings to cope with the narcissism of the...
Codependency, Part II
Codependents are, by definition, "dependent". They depend on others or something outside of themselves to make them feel valuable. Dependency comes from low self-esteem and fear of abandonment. Do you: Excessively think, worry, or talk about...
What is Codependency?
It's a sneaky disease hidden under the guise of care-taking and rescuing, and it robs women and men of their senses, their souls, and their deep truth. It comes from not being validated, or seen, or blessed as children. We do not develop a positive...
Heroic
It is heroic to grow into yourself and to grow out of old, limiting perspectives and wounds. It takes courage, fortitude, deep desire, and hope, for without hope there is no desire and calling for more. What do any of us want more of? Usually, we...
Spiritual Tah Dah List
Innocence lost Sadness revealed Cumulative exhaustion Raw spirituality Reverent humanness Delving duplicity Wicked wisdom Loving ancestors Mother holiness Thou art She is We are Blind faith Tempered soul Tattered senses Sweet remembrance Tickled...