Letting Go of the Rescue Fantasy
Let’s face it–many of us were read plenty of fairy tales when we were younger and in those fairy tales, there was generally someone doing the rescuing and someone getting rescued. Usually (but not always) it was the handsome male prince doing the rescuing while the beautiful female princess waited to be rescued. As adults, especially those of us who have been through a separation, death or divorce, we have the opportunity to get past those myths and discover a new way of living–a way of living that does not involve either waiting for someone to come along and rescue … Continue reading