by Lucille | Apr 29, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Care
Yesterday I was listening to a top radio commentator. He has 20 million listeners. A woman called into the show and told him she had noticed he was an overcomer. Over the decades many people had attacked him, made up lies, and belittled him because they didn’t agree...
by Lucille | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Relationships
“I’ll be there next week,” she said. I felt the familiar sense of agitation creep in. A person that I have a long history with is telling me something but not really telling me what she wants or needs. I find myself trying to read into it, hoping to fill in the...
by Lucille | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care
I’m in a social/friendly Facebook group where people randomly share situations in which they are needing advice from others. Here is one I saw and how I responded: I need some friendship advice. I’m in a difficult situation with one of my friends — he...
by Lucille | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog, Relationships
Typically I write posts about what helps people emotionally, spiritually, and physically. I write about selfcare. I write about what helps hurting people. But today I’m veering off topic because I have many author friends who write and blog. I want to tell...
by Lucille | Feb 21, 2017 | Books, Relationships
Years ago I came across the Dutch word Gezelligheid. It doesn’t really translate to English but it’s similar to our word “cozy.” I think it’s similar to Hygge, the word everyone is talking about. I wrote a lot about it in my book Renewed. My...
by Lucille | Feb 15, 2017 | Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Trauma
When I was 37, with middleschool children at home, I went to graduate school to study counseling. If you had met me then you would have seen a perfectionistic, seemingly happy young women. But in reality, I hid a lot of shame and massive amounts of unprocessed trauma....
