Narcissist Mother? Ten Steps To Moving On

Everybody’s problems are always easier to resolve than our own. Right? As I was talking (well, actually texting) with a friend about the issues she was having within her own relationship with her narcissistic mother, I was trying to convert what I was thinking into a short text speak kind of way. My “Aha Moment” was, “Wow, this seems so clear to me now, I wish someone had showed me these steps years ago,” the answers to my friends frustration and anger […]

Tags: Mean Mothers, mother daughter relationship, moving on, my mother hates me, Narcissistic Mother

What A Difference A Tune Makes…[explicit]

By Barbara Coleman
Sep-16-2013
The Narcissistic Mother, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
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It has been my good fortune to have the universe, a handful of eclectic radio stations, iTunes, my iPod, and now some really great streaming music apps (Songza & Pandora my favorites) to deliver the exact tune at the exact right time to turn my mood around…It doesn’t surprise me anymore, perhaps my surprise has morphed into appreciation. The timing is what makes it so magical. Its is magical when a song comes on randomly and it’s exactly what you […]

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I’ve Looked At Life From Both Sides Now…

By Barbara Coleman
Sep-10-2013
The Narcissistic Mother, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
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It was 1971, I was about 15 years old and singing the song “Put your Hand in the Hand” by “Ocean” in the back seat of our family car. That particular song had a lot of key changes to it and as I recall, I was making every one of them perfectly. I was used to singing to myself and would sing all the different parts of a song (I was my own back up band!). My brother, Dick, […]

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The Great Burger Challenge Review: Denver – Round 2

By Lee Aldrich
May-22-2013
Marriage
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If you recall, we left our heroines, trying to make their husbands step up to help be part of the planning process for social things – experiences – to share.That’s when blogging partners, Barb and Lee, devised a challenge. Something the husbands would be tricked into planning….and voila….The Great Burger Challenge was born. Barb is playing in Atlanta, and I’m play in Denver. When approached with “The Great Burger Challenge” my hubby was all for it. I explained that the […]

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Teaser Alert: Burger Challenge Round #2 – Wednesday in Denver!!!

By Lee Aldrich
May-17-2013
Marriage
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Our Burger Challenge continues…. As you may recall, In an effort to get our husbands to own part of the planning process, my blogging partner and friend Barb, and I, devised a challenge. Our husbands think it’s about Burgers, but we know better. It’s really about tricking our husbands into planning something. So, our Secret training for Husbands: The Great Burger Challenge was born. Barb is playing in Atlanta, I’m playing in Denver. If you missed the the story behind “The Great Burger Challenge” […]

Tags: Atlanta, Burger Challenge, Denver, Eater.com, husbands, middleage, middlesage, planning, training, training your husband

Not a Typical Mother’s Day Story: Lessons I’ve Learned from Barb Coleman

When I was finishing college, my dad wrote a letter telling me he had been talking about me to his friends and how proud he was of me. He said it then occurred to him that he should share the good things he was saying with me. So I’m taking up my dad’s example, and telling you how proud and grateful I am to have Barb Coleman, my blog partner and friend of many years, in my life. This is […]

Tags: love, Mother's Day, Narcissistic Mother, partner, relationships, self reliance, writers

Lessons from a narcissist mother

You know that feeling you have in the middle of the night? The one where you’re laying in bed wide awake, your mind is busy and you can’t find a position that brings you any comfort or a quiet mind. Your tossing and turning in the quest to get comfortable seems like an endless struggle and you long for it to be over…eventually, you begin hoping for daylight. Then it happens. You move just a foot or maybe even an […]

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The Atlanta Burger Challenge Review: Round #1

I think we may be on to something here. In an effort to get my husband to own part of the planning process…Okay, that sounds a little intimidating, [I'd settle for him making dinner reservations without a direct commandment from me...] I no longer dream of the trip planned by my husband and given to me as a surprise. I’d settle for dinner reservations. My blogging partner and friend, Lee and I, devised a challenge. Our husbands think it’s about […]

Tags: Atlanta, Burger Challenge, dinner out with your husband, Eater.com, Fresh Market, middle age, training your husband, Yeah Burger

Passion? Romance? Where for art thou…..?

By Lee Aldrich
Apr-24-2013
Marriage
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Although I was raised Presbyterian, I haven’t stepped foot in a Presbyterian church since my niece was baptized 15 years ago. That was until this past Sunday. While the order of the service remained the same as the church I grew up in years ago and half way across the country, my mind drifted during yet another esoteric, mind numbing Presbyterian sermon.(Although I did get something out of the children’s lesson.) I wondered, why was I here, hoping against hope, […]