Articles by Jodi Aman on relationships between romantic couples, parents-kids, work colleague and more. How self worth is created in relationship with others.
When someone you love is in pain, you look for ways to be helpful. When we love someone so much, it seems harder to see them hurting than to feel hurt ourselves. I find this especially true with my children. I’d gladly take their anxieties away even if it means I’d feel it stronger. In […]
“Love Heals, Kindness Heals” was first published on my Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog. It has received over 36,000 hits. I am glad romance still holds as much value to all of you that it does to me. Share if this makes you feel good! “His Kindness Healed Me” As often happens, I was brought to tears last
“Call Jodi. She’ll know what to do.” That’s what everyone said. There’s an interesting phenomenon that has followed me around for more than half my life. I turned it into a fulfilling career as a counselor. Let me give you an example… In college, my housemate once knocked on my bedroom door. She entered my
If you do nothing else in 2013, please know that it is time to speak from the heart. For me, not much is more important. It is time for us to get out of our minds, where competition, blame and fear run our lives and into our bodies that follow the flow of nature. And
Some days the preciousness of life beams at you like beacon. At those time we walk so closely between the edges of life and death that what is important becomes clearer. And what is not becomes inconsequential. Emotions abound and our heart fly open. And we FEEL that life is precious Yesterday was one of
Peace on Earth Isn’t it interesting how close Peace On Earth is to Peace One Earth. Just an ‘e’ makes the difference. And at risk of being really cheesy, I would say that that “e” is for everybody. Not only peace for the deserving, or the privileged, or the worthy, or the sane. We will
Come see the updated version of this post with a video! I Miss You Means I Love You Missing is a common human phenomenon. I feel “missing” everyday. I miss my family while I am working. And I miss my clients when I am home. I miss friends who live out of town. I miss
Humans are social creatures, we hang around each other, paying attention to what each other is up to. We touch, we play, we communicate, we share, and we know how to have fun. Most importantly, we love. I have been thinking of this lately. And then, today, I read this quotation by Mother Teresa and