In Pursuit of Fulfillment

Image via WikipediaYesterday, we talked about identifying toxic family members who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder (NPD.) Today, let’s dive a little deeper and discuss symptoms and risk factors of NPD. How do you know it’s NPD? Diagnosis of NPD is typically made when five or more of the following characteristics are identified: The belief [...]

Toxic family relationships can take a toll on anyone who has to deal with them, especially when mental illness is involved. Any sort of mental illness among family members, especially left untreated, can cause stress and discord in the family, but sometimes, the affected person doesn’t even realize there’s a problem. If you’ve ever dealt [...]

Back in September of last year, I wrote a post about how to identify toxic family relationships, and at the end of that post, I promised to come back and explain how to deal with the situation. When I wrote that, I assumed I would have figured it out by the time I wrote that [...]

“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” ~Mark Twain Everyone has something (or someone) in their past that they’d just rather forget–but as everyone knows, sometimes that’s a little easier said than done. Yet, as we focus on obtaining our ultimate [...]

As we travel along the road to personal fulfillment, most of us encounter obstacles along the way. Sometimes, the obstacles are within our own selves, and other times, they come from external sources.  Toxic relationships, in particular, can be an extreme source of stress and discord in our lives–and can even lead to our own [...]

We all have different roles in our daily lives. Personally, I’m a mother, a wife, a daughter…a writer, an editor, the co-founder of a blogging network, a lover, a healer, a friend…the list goes on and on. I’m not alone with my mile-long list. Everyone has their own, and most everyone has, at one time [...]