by Mary Carey | Jul 11, 2024 | adult friendships, attachment, communication, connection, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, intimacy, Motherhood, Parenthood, parenting, Relationships
I had a beloved aunt who, late in her life, lost a loved one, and that loss devastated her. It was a punch from which she never recovered. We lived in different states and would often talk by phone. I tried so many things to lift her spirits, but her sadness was too...
by Mary Carey | Jun 4, 2024 | Compassion, empathy, materialism, mental illness, Relationships
Can we suffer from money poisoning? How would we know when money stops being something we use, and instead becomes something that hurts or even poisons us? Money isn’t poisoning us when it pays our bills, buys groceries, gets the car fixed and puts a roof over our...
by Mary Carey | May 14, 2024 | communication, connection, empathy, family, friendship, intimacy, materialism, quality time, Relationships
I have a quick question for you, and please don’t do the math. Just give me a ballpark guess of how many weeks you think are in an average lifetime? I was listening to the podcast, “We Can Do Hard Things” and learned the shocking answer. While one of the hosts guessed...
by Mary Carey | Apr 24, 2024 | Compassion, connection, empathy, Forgiveness, friendship, intimacy, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships
I injured myself on New Year’s Eve, 2019. Completely sober, I broke some metatarsals in my foot. At my first doctor’s appointment, I was told the healing could take up to three months, due to my age. “My age?” I thought. Had I reached the age when doctors say “due to...
by Mary Carey | Apr 9, 2024 | adult friendships, attachment, communication, Compassion, connection, empathy, faith, friendship, intimacy, materialism, Relationships
Maladaptive is such a succinct word, and yet we are so creative in finding numerous ways to be maladaptive. “Mal,” if you remember as little as I do from high school French, you know it means bad. It also includes adaptive. It means the bad ways in which...