Tag: boundaries
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Keeping the Fifth House Locked Down
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. It’s said that certain things belong to the different “houses,” or areas of your life. In the Fifth House, those things include romance, children, finances, creativity, and work you love (sort of like your creative children). This is a particular house that I…
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Brick Walls
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. Today is proving to be a little difficult, and I hate that it is. It’s a meaningful date for me that brings back some sadness. I woke up with the sadness of it. Early. I tried to sleep in so I wouldn’t have…
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Relative Strangers and Strange Relatives
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. Okay, given recent painful events, I really was in serious need of hearing something hilarious. So let me just lay it on the line because I’m out of patience. I got a call tonight from my hometown about something someone said about me…
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The Law of Attraction: Staying the Hell Away
If one of the secrets of the Law of Attraction is to feel good about what you’re attracting or what you’re working on manifesting, then I think it’s vital that we know when to stay the hell away from other people who will repeatedly make us feel bad about what we want or what we’re…
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Furious
I am fit to be tied, and not in a fun way either. I am so freaking pissed. Instead of doing anything fun tonight, I decide to wrap up one last project and check on my tax refund…still MIA. Meanwhile, I download my 2006 edition of my tax software while I’m waiting and see right…
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Confession Time
I have something to confess that I’ve never said before, at least not in this way. From the Bookshelf Unapologetically Happy — 23 lessons from a life reimagined, and your permission slip to find happiness on your own terms. Available direct from the author → There is a woman I’ve been afraid of for a…
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A Bearable Lightness of Being
Not getting slammed for a change While everyone else seems to be crashing around me, I’m not having a bad time. Maybe I’ve done my share for the past few years (at least definitely since March of 2005!) and the meaner stars in the sky are focusing on other people right now. I understand the…
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War Energies
Communication this week is a burden. Must be Mars energy! Too much of that warrior-like aggressive behavior, too much irritation and aggravation, and people getting very antagonistic. Mercury in retrograde is all about miscommunication, but in this case, the communications are quite clear…and filled with irritation. In the past, I’ve said things gently and let…
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The Progress of Not Expanding
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. My mentor looks at the past month and sees what I cannot. I’ve really come to appreciate her objectivity. What seems like a month when I’ve been stuck in a mud hole to spin my wheels has instead been very productive. The results, however, can’t…
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Pre-emptive Strike
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. I’ve complained before that most of my married male colleagues stopped talking to me once they found out I was divorced. It’s a plague, you know? Wouldn’t want to catch that. But there’s an up side, too. From the Bookshelf A Reverence for Trees —…
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Turnaround Is Fair
Every so often, this happens, and I have to wonder. Am I being fair? Should I give someone another chance? While helping with a special project this week, I spent more time than expected with three different men, all single. They laughed—genuinely—at my jokes, chatted openly, complimented this and that. Dropped a few hints to…
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“I Can Tell You Anything” Has Consequences
Several months ago, I lost a good friend. It was very sudden, very unexpected. Like a death. I don’t talk about it. I don’t know what to say about it. I still don’t know exactly what happened. As for why, I’m trying to look at it in that big-picture sort of way that says we…
