Leesa:

Sending my support

I agree with you on putting personal things in the blogs. Sometimes I hold back. I hope you find answers to your questions.

Good Luck,

Leesa 

Wordsmith:

Try this... or this...

Sometimes it helps the thought processes to just write it out.  It slows down your thinking so you can work through what you need to work through.  The cool thing is that you can then set your blog entry so that you are the only person with access to it.   Nobody else will see it, but it will be there as a record that you can go back to read again later.  Just the process of writing may help you.

But maybe you want feedback.  Okay, be sure to set it for Members Only, or perhaps even Friends only.  Put in only what you need an opinion on and nothing more.  Don't get into a lot of detail and don't put in anything that allows someone to read between the lines.   Write it as though it were a hypothetical situation.

Don't know if this helps or not, but it at least gives you a couple of possible approaches.

Wordbird:

Deep reflections

Those are all important questions. You've been really reflecting and experiencing deeply about relationships and family, lately.

I believe it's good to remember this is the world wide web. This is a supportive, caring community but whatever you write is accessible to the entire internet planet, except anything in your toolbox. That is always private for you only. Even when you set a blog to private, it's still "on" the web.

Some people are totally comfortable with that, and some prefer to keep things at a lighter or more Tools-oriented level.

Our closest relationships are so essential and important...I would like to offer that you consider "real time" support in your community. There are support groups, counselors, life coaches...all kinds of places where real people interact with and listen to you, or professionals who are trained to  help guide you...in these deeply valuable, personal, important reflections.

Then you could blog here about what you discover, what insights you have, how the Tools relate to other things you are changing...and continue to get our support.

journaliing, whether at home or set to private here or set to public here...is a powerful tool. It does help us realize what we are thinking and feeling and it helps us look back, and organize thoughts and all kinds of things...

but it cannot guide us the way real people can. It can't give you a hug or share personal stories or interact with you as you talk things through. When it comes to the looking at our most close relationships, I think you deserve really close attention and interaction from people in your daily life. Don't feel you need to work things through alone, I'm saying.

Continue to get all our support to use Tools to full advantage, while you look at possibly changing your life and future.