Recipes for living, loving and laughing:Jo, Elliott, Cloey & Zoey's adventures

 For the soul drowning in heavy emotions, Learn Buddha’s Vedanānupassanā (Mindfulness of Feelings) meditation 🌊 A heavy wave of anxiety, sadness, or frustration hits you. Instantly, your internal alarm goes off. You panic. You think, “I shouldn't be feeling this way. I need to make this stop.” You immediately reach for your phone to scroll and numb the feeling. You distract yourself with work, or you start a fight in your head, analyzing every single reason why you feel so bad. We spend our entire lives running away from uncomfortable feelings, or drowning inside of them. We treat our own emotions like dangerous intruders. But the harder you fight a heavy feeling, the more exhausted you become. 🛑 Wait. Do not keep scrolling. You do not have to live at the mercy of your emotional roller coaster. Over 2,500 years ago, the Buddha taught a radical, scientific approach to handling overwhelming emotions without letting them destroy your day. It is called Vedanānupassanā (Mindfulness of...

I won't paste the article here but you can just click the link: 8 Weird Behaviors Tied to Psychopathy 8 Weird Behaviors Tied to Psychopathy - HDfr 10 Warning Signs You’re Dealing With An Evil Person 10 Warning Signs You're Dealing With An Evil Person - HDfr  Quara.com Are narcissists born with all their genius tactics to destroy us ? Narcissism is a result of a poor upbringing, and even genetic factors contribute to the development of narcissism. Narcissists are cunning and manipulative, which they have learned during their childhood. As they age, they gain more experience of manipulating people for their own needs and desires. Narcissists take advantage of people's feelings and trust to hurt them. Narcissists take advantage of people's poor boundaries to hurt them. Narcissists aren't genius. They are exploitative and selfish by nature. Destroying people doesn't make you a genius; it only makes you look cruel, wicked, and egoistic. Although there are narcissists...

 This is for our grandkids who might read it someday. The last communication we had with your parents. Moving forward loomislevys Arik Levy  Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 11:44 PM to me, Elliott, Jessica Jess and I are writing to ask that you stop all forms of harassment directed at us, our family members, and those connected to us. You have repeatedly engaged in threatening, disparaging, and unwelcome communications, including numerous emails, text messages, and social media posts and messages. (Not true) These actions have caused significant emotional distress and have only served to widen the distance between us.   Your conduct, including making disparaging remarks on public social media platforms (such as posts on our children’s school’s page), contacting members of Jessica’s family with false or inflammatory statements, (not true) sending repeated harassing and threatening messages, and making threats to interfere with our children’s school, teachers, or caregivers, has raised s...

This was mostly written by Elliott. The year has taken its toll. When we were traveling to move to CA, he said "what if we get estranged?" I was baffled because it was unthinkable to me. His inner being sensed it could happen. My mom did not speak to my aunt for 10 years. We do not have 10 years. We are missing so much even it is on facetime.  It has been a year since Arik and Jessica terminated contact between Eliana, Mikayla and Dylan and their paternal grandparents.  This is the story that needs to be shared with the children. (I will add that I know this situation has escalated. There are support groups on Facebook for estranged family members. This story might work for others if published in a magazine. -May 2015.  Elliott, Arik’s dad, was in Sacramento for his regularly scheduled visit with his son.  Arik introduced his dad to Jessica, whom he met in Dec 2014.  The couple shared that they were pregnant.  Elliott called Joanne, Arik’s stepmother for th...

 That's what we call it. https://tiny.cc/# I had an exam, a mammogram, and an ultrasound. They all say I'm ok. However, a couple of months ago my left breast was itchy. That can be a sign of cancer. So I am terrified that my cancer has comeback. I'm anxious. MRI A ok. Come back next year!💃

  Narcissists are disordered, disturbed individuals. They have developed a disorder due to their poor upbringing, and even genetic factors also contribute to the development of narcissism.  Narcissists are truly evil people because they have control over their behavior depending upon the people they are with. Narcissists are chameleons. They will change their behavior according to their needs and desires.  Narcissists are aware of their manipulation and abuse. They abuse you to gain control and dominance over you to feel powerful in relationships. Narcissists will abuse you and play the victim to escape accountability and responsibility. Narcissists will destroy your life and move on to someone else who isn't aware of their behavior. Narcissists are evil in human disguise. Narcissists don't change even with help of treatment.

 When I was about 12, my older cousin (may she rest in peace) gave me a piece of paper with these words. Since then I have done a large puzzle, I have a book and right in front of me I have Desiderata framed.  This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published. Go placidly  amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the...