Survival Techniques

Survival Techniques

What are your survival techniques? Survival techniques are what you put in place when you are angry, disappointed, frustrated or confused – when life isn’t going according to your plans. They come into effect when you are confronted with a distressing situation...
Relationships and Why We Have Them

Relationships and Why We Have Them

On the surface many people think they have relationships so that the people they are with can make them happy.  When you are born, you have a relationship with your mother; she has given birth to you. It is her job to nurture you, feed you and to take care...
Coffee Read ~ Alone Again

Coffee Read ~ Alone Again

Diana rushed into the house and made a beeline for the bathroom. Another hot date, oh who was she kidding. Tonight would be the fourth night in a row that she had been out. Sounded great, she was the envy of the girls at work, but if they knew the truth they would...
Coffee Read ~ Belonging

Coffee Read ~ Belonging

Darcy laid the tablecloth on the table and prepared for dinner. Today was Wednesday, Joy played bowls on a Wednesday so Darcy was used to organising his own. He liked to lay the table as he had always done. It gave him a sense of routine and discipline. It was...
Just Enough… How do you know when you have it?

Just Enough… How do you know when you have it?

Today was a wake-up-call kind of day. I was chatting with a friend who was sick and worn out. She told me she had to keep going because she didn’t have enough money to live the way she wanted. The house needed updating, it would be nice to update her car, perhaps a...