There are few patterns I’ve seen more consistently over the years, than the proclivity people have to give in to fear when it comes to self-help and the whole realm of healing and growing self. That’s how powerful fear is. The pain in your life mustbecome unbearable before it can push you through your fears. The fear is of the stuff that is dragging you down most inside. Thus, the work of healing and growing selfto full authenticity and ALIVENESS, is conversation between you and your own fear.

One of the newer words to work its way into common parlance, at least vis-à-vis dating and relationships, is ‘love-bombing,’ wherein a person you’re dating showers you with attention, gifts, kind words, affection, and everything you thought you ever wanted, building a strong emotional bond in you. You become convinced you’ve finally – FINALLY! – found the person you’ve been looking for your whole life. You don’t just fall. You fall hard!