By: Suzanne Maiden None of us know when will die. Most of us don’t know how we will die. When someone has a catastrophic disease, this awareness is acutely activated. I am living on borrowed time. I am a two-time cancer survivor. For whatever reason, my body grows deadly tumors. So far, my oncologist has successfully cut […]
Behaviors
Substance Abuse Recovery and Your Partner
By: Suzanne Maiden When your partner is in recovery for substance abuse for either drugs or alcohol or both, the supporting partner should abstain. Period. I know many couples who have a partner in recovery and continue to use, specifically alcohol. I hear, “Why should I stop drinking? I’m not the alcoholic?” I do not […]
Jealous Spouse
Dear Zanny: So I woke up at 6:30 this morning to find my husband at the kitchen table already working. It is rare for him to be up this early, and even rarer for him to be working so soon, so I asked him what’s up. He says he’s been up since 5 AM because […]
Constellation of the Animus/Anima
Swiss psychiatrist, C.G. Jung, talked extensively about the projection of one’s anima/animus – our inner opposite gender. When we meet our animus (the inner male for women) or anima (inner female for men) – it’s instant kinetic attraction. My God, you will feel it like a tsunami. You will find yourself fantasizing about them in every […]
Death of a Baby
Dear Zanny: I was wondering if there are any other mommies here that have lost a baby. My daughter was born still on June 1st and I am slowly getting back into my normal routine. I was just wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar and how they handled the situation. I have a […]
To Know All is to Understand All
“To know all, is to understand all.” That’s a Zanny-ism. A Zanny-ism is an original quote by me. They may not be brilliant, but they will be practical and applicable to most people. So, one thing I know for sure is: when you know all the pieces of information, everything else makes sense. It all fits together. […]