by Ginger Sullivan | Jul 12, 2019 | Relational Intimacy, Relationships
In our age of drive-by contact, go deeper. Emotionally, authentic connection is still the most exciting and satisfying meal in town. It offers juicy nourishment to counteract the stagnation in superficiality. Go for substance and know how to generate it: 1. Create...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jun 21, 2019 | Emotional Health, Relationships
One of the best definitions of psychotherapy I’ve ever heard is that we take the parts of someone that aren’t likable and we turn them into someone that’s more lovable. Bring me your shit and we shall turn water into wine. Sifting through the no...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jun 11, 2019 | Emotional Health, Parenting, Relationships
I hate that picture. Or, I should say, I hated it. It is now one of my most prized possessions. The framed moment was the first thing I grabbed when my father’s life suddenly ended back in September of 1987. I now look lovingly at it as it sits atop my desk. I still...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 23, 2019 | Emotional Health, Relationships
Do you know that we have an “internal thermostat” that unconsciously tracks the amount of goodness in our lives? It’s as of our nervous system can only tolerate so much love and positive energy before it blows. When it reaches its limit, it signals us to stop the flow...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 11, 2019 | Emotional Health, Relational Intimacy, Relationships
… Without sacrificing one for the other. For if I hide me, then at best I am codependent. At worst, I am suicidal – metaphorically – meaning that I am nowhere to be found in my relationship. If it’s all about me and I don’t give a shit...
by Ginger Sullivan | Apr 24, 2019 | Emotional Health, Relationships
Stop looking at your neighbor’s yard. You have your own damn lawn to mow. If you keep peering over the fence, you will not only neglect your own grass, but you will make up in your head that they have something you don’t. That their grass doesn’t...
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