by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jul 11, 2011 | Articles, Empowerment: Moving Beyond the Childhood
Commitment phobia is a very painful experience both for the one who engages in the pattern and for those who are involved with that person. Usually the art of pushing and pulling and seduction are the domain of the commitment “phobe.” The answer dwells...
by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jul 11, 2011 | Articles, Boundaries Work, Empowerment: Moving Beyond the Childhood
Question Hi Ms. Lorient-Faibish I’m trying to overcome a fear I have with confrontation. When someone does or says something offensive to me, I have trouble voicing my feels to the person, because I usually fear the outcome. I worry about hurting the other...
by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jul 11, 2011 | Articles, Healthy Relationships and Friendships
Dear Victoria, I recently met someone who is becoming a very important part of my life. I’ve never had such a strong connection with anyone before. I know I’m not in love but I do care about him a lot. I’m scared because I’ve never...
by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jul 11, 2011 | Articles, Healthy Relationships and Friendships
Hi Victoria, I recently reunited with my half brothers and sisters. I haven’t seen them in over 10 years. I was really happy to see them because we were really close growing up, but were separated when my father moved out of the country. I haven’t...
by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jul 11, 2011 | Articles, Step Into Your Greatness Thinking
First I want to say that I enjoy reading your articles. They’re very enlightening, and I’m learning so much from them. I wanted to ask you about self-love. My grandmama is always telling me that I need to learn to love myself first before I can learn to...
by Victoria Lorient-Faibish | Jun 11, 2011 | Articles, Step Into Your Greatness Thinking
Transcribed from my video at www.youtube.com/askvictoria . With mental illness, the pain of feeling mocked, gossiped about or ashamed is so difficult and isolating. They feel often they need to hide or lie in order to mitigate the feelings of being ostracized. The...
