Connie Leach

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. " -Vincent van Gogh Last week, I was became frustrated trying to put together a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It's picture was filled with multiple flowers in shades of pink, orange, and red. As I got started, the task felt more daunting than I had anticipated. The pieces weren't as distinct as they appeared on the box; instead, the colors seemed to blend into one another. The task in front of me suddenly...

"If you don't listen to yourself, you'll always be waiting for someone else..." -Unknown So often, women including myself--feel stuck, we sense that something just isn't working in our lives, but we are unsure exactly what it is and what to do about it. We start asking familiar questions: Should I change my work? My relationships? Do I need to do something completely different? On one hand, we feel we should be grateful for what we have and perhaps even feel selfish for wanting something...

I didn't realize how defensive I could sometimes be in relationships. If I felt misunderstood or disappointed, I closed off. I protected myself. I reacted. What I didn't realize at the time was that I was often expecting the other person to take care of needs I hadn't even identified for myself. " Shouldn't they have just known ?" Then I learned about the "Wall of Needs." This is a wall that is built up between two people. Overtime, this wall has been constructed brick by brick from each...