by Maria Merloni | Jul 5, 2013 | Spirituality
You know those funky, new age hippies that believe in things they can’t see? Yeah, I’m one of those people! I was driving in my car yesterday and I realized how much I censor myself about many of my beliefs and practices when I’m around certain...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 27, 2013 | Relationships
I recently got a response from a reader on one of my blogs that provoked a lot of thought, and I’d like to respond to it here (with the readers’ permission, which I’ve already gotten.) So that I don’t lose anything in the interpretation, I...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 26, 2013 | Relationships
Just to jog your memory (as if you could forget the details of my fascinating life 😉 ), my primary partner had just had sex with someone else for the first time since we’ve been dating, and I kinda freaked out. Then I cried a lot, he supported me, and I felt...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 21, 2013 | Relationships
So, when I left off, I had just had a big reveal about all the fears and insecurities that came up for me when my primary partner had set up a date with “Emily”. The crying that I did after the revealing, and the way my partner so expertly held space for...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 20, 2013 | Relationships
The author of a book named “Full Catastrophe Living”, John Kabat-Zinn, refers to “the poignant enormity of our life experience” and suggests mindfulness (being present in each moment) as a means to coping with it. After a recent experience in...