Loving Oneself

Regardless of our circumstances the one thing we can do for ourselves is to love ourselves unconditionally. We don’t need to be married or in a relationship, have a loving family or loyal friends to foster a relationship with ourselves. Being in love with ourselves allows us to give grace to ourselves and to be […]

Attachment

Attachment to people or things that causes us pain stymies our growth. Everything is transient, walk away, live another day. Past experiences are life lessons. Don’t endure because you feel you have invested a lot of time and money in the relationship. A life worth living is a life devoid of trauma. © Norma Bobb-Semple […]

Relationships

We have to stop investing in relationships whether familial or romantic if there is no reciprocity. Attachment prevents us from letting go. Nothing lasts forever. Our peace and sanity is more important than being shackled to repugnant relationships. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2023

Let it Go

We like to hold on to habits, things and relationships. We have to let them go when they are no longer serving our best interest. Everything has its season so let’s cleanse ourselves of those people and things that clutter our lives. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2022

Belief

Our beliefs dictates our relationship with others. What we do and say is who we are, there is no place to hide from our machinations. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

Investing

We have to stay away from people who require us to lose ourselves when we are in a relationship with them. If we become lonely, and destitute because of the relationship we are in, how does that relationship benefit us? Relationships aren’t Insurance Policies, TFSA’s, RRSP’s or GIC’s and ought not to be invested in, […]

Trickery

Be wary of people who pressure you into doing their bidding, your control ends when you acquiesce to their demands. The life you have is yours to live and you are only accountable to you. Friends can’t be bought. If you find yourself in relationships where you have to do all the giving then it […]

Relationships

A relationship is not a sacrificial altar. If sacrifice is required in a relationship then the victim should be the relationship. If you have to deny yourself in any relationship it is time to cut the umbilical cord. Norma Bobb-Semple 2020