The Other Side of Nice

Tag: fiction

  • Waiting for the Bus: Recognizing Codependency and Choosing to Walk

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    loriday1974
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    My therapist once gave me a simple image that stuck: You’re standing at a bus stop, waiting to get somewhere you really need to go. The problem? The bus isn’t coming, who knows, maybe it’s delayed; it might come…eventually. So, you stand there. Waiting. Watching. Hoping. You don’t actually need the bus; you can walk.…

  • Trust your gut – Always

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    loriday1974
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    A few years back, when my daughter was still in high school, she ended up at a friend of a friend’s house one night where a party was going on. Some of the adults there were doing things that made her uncomfortable — things someone even tried to tell her were “perfectly normal.” She didn’t…