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Great Advice About How to Break up with a Narcissist
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
A lot is written about narcissism. However, because this has become a trendy buzzword, not all information is accurate. The word narcissist is being confused with simply selfish or egocentric behavior. When in fact, it is a severe personality disorder that goes far beyond an individual having a few self-centric ways. The following piece written…
I Thought I Was Ready to Date
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
With impending freedom, a girl can’t help but think maybe it’s time for a date. After all, I have a friend who is two years out of her divorce who actually looks younger and more beautiful. I must admit I find a fascination with it. More time has passed yet more beauty surfaces. It certainly makes…
Does Your Spouse Make You Feel Important?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
Last week I was watching NBC’s First Dates (which I SO want to be on by the way). It’s a new show produced by Ellen DeGeneres and narrated by Drew Barrymore. They teased the upcoming clips and right before I flipped the channel, I heard a guy say, “I just want to be important to someone.”…
From Nightmares to Divorcemares to Futuremares
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I like to joke that I have switched from nightmares to what I call ‘Divorcemares.’ And they have run the gammet from the mortgage company knocking at my door to claim my house to remarrying my soon to be ex-husband. Dreams are complicated AND therefore, ‘Divorcemares’ are SUPER complicated. On a good night, I no longer…
7 Relationship Secrets We Can Learn from Toddlers
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
In many ways, we can learn from our youngest selves. Toddlers live in real time. There is zero pretense, no games and no holding back. Toddlers demand to be heard and because of this we listen. Is it possible we complicate things as time moves forward and our egos develop and dig in? Toddlers are…
It’s Just Lunch
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I am out with four of my girlfriends last night. Everyone is taking turns catching each other up in our lives. I joke about “going on my second husband field trip.” It is simply divorce humor since I am still not, yet divorced. Even more humorous because the truth is I can’t imagine dating again.…
A Husbandless Valentines Day
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
The store is bursting with activity. People stand in line arms overflowing with large red hearts and other love professing products. I hear a young father in the isle next to me with his two young boys. “I don’t wanna pick a card,” the boys protest. Obviously, turned off by tons of heart bearing I…
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