by Maria Merloni | Sep 28, 2013 | S.E.X., Spirituality
Do you know what projection is? Being a therapist and life coach, I see it often. It is the unconscious defense mechanism that people use when they take some part of themselves, project it onto someone else, and notice it in the other. Lately, it’s been coming...
by Maria Merloni | Sep 20, 2013 | S.E.X., Spirituality
Just the other day I had yet another conversation with a friend who said: “I used to think I was a lesbian.” I can’t tell you how many women my age have told me that same thing. And I can relate, because there was a period of time during which I...
by Maria Merloni | Aug 14, 2013 | Spirituality
It was the day I committed to fulfilling my life purpose in the world. It was the day I said my “Sacred Yes”, as my friend and colleague Johanna Lyman calls it. Sure, I have said it before, not knowing that I really didn’t mean it. Are you ready for...
by Maria Merloni | Jul 16, 2013 | Spirituality
From the time I was in college, I remember people using the word “intense” to describe me. In fact, the first time (that I know of) was when my college professor told my internship supervisor something along these lines: “The problem with Maria is...
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 11, 2013 | Relationships, Spirituality
That’s what my daughter used to call “divorce” when she was five. When her dad and I got divorced. Interestingly, she was unknowingly reflecting the attitude of our whole society toward divorce. We treat it is if as it were a bad word. Kind of...
